Tracing both my parents I find that I am related to someone hanged for sheep shagging, an MP convicted of corruption, a follower of Dick Turpin and a promoter of the South Sea Bubble scandal!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Genealogy> Would a change of name by deed poll free me of these inillustrious ancestors?Question: Would a change of name by deed poll free me of these inillustrious ancestors!? Tracing both my parents I find that I am related to someone hanged for sheep shagging, an MP convicted of corruption, a follower of Dick Turpin and a promoter of the South Sea Bubble scandal!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What is your last name I think we are related!?Www@QuestionHome@Com I wouldn't worry about changing your name!. Every family tree since the time of Adam and Eve has had "black sheep" somewhere along the long line leading to you!. That is what makes a family history interesting!. I've been told that my family is related to Jesse James, and you no doubt know the crimes he committed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No right-minded genealogist would ever consider disrespecting such a wonderfully colorful ancestral history!. In fact, such occurrences are prized!. Just don't repeat the mistakes, and to future generations, you'll come off looking like a Phoenix arisen from the flames of human fallibility who got the family back on track!. And don't forget, if just one of those people had done anything else, or showed up late to the bride-bed for just one hour or one night, and everything had not happened precisely on time, you would never have existed!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Miss Blair, you'll still be the same person!. Chances are, if you had to take the trouble to trace them, no one will know or take the time to do the same!. On the positive, you may be related to some honest MPs which we can probably count on one hand!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You can change your name!. You cannot change the people in your past!. And we all have horse thieves in our past!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You would still be who you are!. As long as you aren't a sheep shagging corrupt Tory highway robber!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Sounds likey you come from a really aristocratic familyWww@QuestionHome@Com They sound illustrious to me! :o) Sit back and enjoy them!Www@QuestionHome@Com |