Genealogists discover royal roots for all

Associated Press ^ | July 01, 2006 | Matt Crenson

[AntiGuv]

Just thought this was a cool article. And that Mohammad tidbit is neat (at least to me). I guess it's just common sense if one thinks about it, especially the way royal people 'get around'.. :)

[AntiGuv]

This might fit your ping list!

[ConservativeMind]

Mohammed has screwed many people throughout time.

[blueminnesota]

Do I stand to inherit anything? No? Then I don't care.

[DannyTN]

"And that Mohammad tidbit is neat"

It would be neat, if it wasn't too late for an honor killing.

[Truthsearcher]

This is just common sense, it doesn't have to even be royalty, any random person who managed to have children a thousand years ago probably can claim the majority of people as his descendants.

[Jack Black]

this is based on this simple fact: we each had 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 great great grandparents, 32 great great great gandparents. Thats only getting most people back to the last century. 2^100 is a very large number.

I still think a lot of the logic is faulty though. There were places like Iceland that were very remote. I seriously doubt people there have any "Mohammed" in them. The do have lots of "my grandfathers wife was your great-grandfaters daughter" type of stuff though.

[OSHA]

Some experts estimate that 80 percent of England's present population descends from Edward III.

It's good to be the king!

[COEXERJ145]

It's good to be the king!

Yes it is.

[Mike Darancette]

The only famous ancestor of mine was honored by being hung, drawn, quartered and his head adorned the London Gate. The General was a regicide.

[Draco]

I am proud not to have any royal blood. And I don't see how I have any relation to Mohammed that is as recent as the 620s. Those times were characterized by immobility, no matter how much the prophet "got around."

[P8riot]

I'm related to Douglas MacArthur. Our family tree split about 15 generations ago and we ended up swinging from different branches.

[pgkdan]

...And that Mohammad tidbit is neat

Not to me...I'd rather descend from the devil himself than that pig fornicator.

[fish hawk]

I take it that if you are descended from a Pope, you are a bastard???

[Armigerous]

....well Royal descent isnt all that uncommon...I cound England's King Henry 11 among my ancestors....although to suggest that Brooke Sheilds id directly descended from 5 Popes strains credulity...I'm something of an authority on the history of the English Crown and I'm wondering which English King you were referring to that your ancestor supposedly killed...only a few of them died violently..EDward 11, Henry V1, Richard 111, and Charles 1

[Lady Jag]

[TruthConquers]

I wonder if this article is a very weak attempt to encourage Europeans to think of themselves as "Muslims" instead of Europeans. The faulty family lines and the "suppose here and suppose there" kind of thinking, are also laughable.

[AdvisorB]

Well she can't act, so I guess it's the only thing she can grasp at for ego-gratification. My royal, enlightened ancestors were better than your classless, barbaric ancestors. If it makes her feel good, I guess it's okay.

[Paladin2]

I have an ancestor who was the only casuality in the Whiskey Rebellion.

[ops33]

I have been researching my family's genealogy for about 15 years now. I have tried to be as accurate in my research as possible and use primary sources for my research rather than secondary resources. I have found that in my family are ancestors who are Irish, Scottish, English, French, German, Danish, Spanish, Portugese, and Jewish. In other words, I am an American.