[JenB]

It was an accident. FR had a hiccup. Besides, if you convert to binary and invert the sequence, it - er... whatever.

Well, we're getting close on the one line to those dates. Certainly into the 1200s. The family lines are... 90% English, with some Scottish and a German or too for good measure. My great-grandmother was a first-generation Scottish immigrant; we have a tartan, if I ever want one.

The church thing is just random. Presbyterianism came from Scotland, and our church is in a valley settled by the Scottish, so there's that connection to; but my parents 'converted' to Presbyterians when I was 10 or so. Not a family heritage.

[Fedora]

It was an accident. FR had a hiccup. Besides, if you convert to binary and invert the sequence, it - er... whatever.

Aha!--you're right! And then if you add the first two numbers, take the sum, and cube the first number, you get the fourth number. . .

That's a pretty neat ancestry! The explanation on the church thing makes sense. Does your family retain close ties with their Scottish relatives? I have a Scottish friend from that area and his family is still pretty close to their roots--even lived over there for a while.

[stands2reason]

90% English, with some Scottish and a German or too for good measure.

That sounds like me practically. Are all your people from the North?