When I was younger my family had a book detailing our Welsh side. Somewhere over the decades I've lost the book. However I DO recall something I've been totally unable to verify. That is that my family was descended from one of the first kings of the Welsh - King William the Ridiculous.
This IS NOT and April Fools joke!
Sadly I've searched the internet and found nothing detailing King Willie, only obscure references. One of these days I'm gonna get serious about it and see if I can determine if the story is true. In the meantime I celebrate the other celtic aspects of my heritage.
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So who was the first person to ever "Welsh on a bet"? (Or is it Welch on a bet?)
I recall reading somewhere that Thomas Jefferson considered himself to be of Welsh descent, based on a family tradition.
Just spotted your remarks and may I offer my experience with a missing book. I have an original set of Dickens works (1864) but I was missing #II of "Bleak House."
So, after many years of wondering where Vol. 2 was, I thought about it and decided to ask some relatives. No luck. Then I decided to check with some friends whom I know like English literature novels (maybe I had loaned these volumes out). Again, no luck. Then, I decided to check different areas of my house and searched everywhere. No luck.
So finally I gave up. However, I didn't check the attic. And of course, everyone knows or should know, that old books and heat don't mix, so I never thought it would have been up in the attic. But it was there. When we did our last move, this edition II of Bleak House somehow was placed in a moving box with odd ball 'stuff.' And that's why it was in the attic and that's where I found it.
Anyway, perhaps the various places I've described above will help you to find your important book.
Was King Willie married to Queen Hildebeast of the Rodham (and how) Clan?
Just an interesting question: why do Americans differentiate between Welsh, English, Scots, Scots-Irish ancestries? From my conversations with native British born friends, they (most NZers are from Britain in ancestry) consider themselves simply British in heritage.
I'd love to visit Wales someday.