re: #133 thedopefishlives

Yeah. I lost both my grandfathers very early - one to pancreatic cancer, one to emphysema - and never got a chance to know them or to extract the history from them. Especially my paternal grandfather, we know nothing further back than his dad. Apparently, he and his dad weren’t exactly on the best of terms, and all that history is now lost. I may have to saddle up and spend some money on some ancestry sites if I’m serious about recovering that history. My mom’s side of the family, thankfully, kept impeccable records all the way back to Scotland.

I never knew my Dad’s Dad and that’s always bothered me. He’s always and I know this sounds silly but always felt like a huge legend since to hear my older cousins, aunts/uncles, and Dad talk about him. He just sounds like he was larger than life. That’s cool about your mom’s side. My one cousin’s mother has done tons of research. I think she traced them back all the way to the Norman invasion of England.