[decimon]

The things you related in those posts are just what I’ve had in mind. Thanks.

If I could know who were my ancestors then I’d of course be interested but, like Popeye, I am what I am and that’s all what I am.

[AnAmericanMother]

Unless you've got a serious roadblock, like a very recent sealed adoption, I wouldn't assume you can't run your family. Even courthouse fires or census record fires (like the infamous destruction of most of the 1890 census) aren't insurmountable.

And of course, my cousins are still interested in the family genealogy despite being no blood kin -- they go to all the family reunions and have a great time talking families. After all, their grandfather was CHOSEN to be part of the family . . . .