[Hermann the Cherusker]

Myself, I come down from Earl Thorfinn, the Skull-splitter, who was a cousin of William, Duke of Normandy, the great great grandfather of William the Conquerer.

Wonderful! I'm a lineal descendant of Roger de Washbourne, of the Norman de Washbourne's who came over to England, thumped some Anglo-Saxon's around in 1066, and took up running large estates and opressing the peasantry. Ours was Little Washbourne and Great Washbourne in Gloucestershire. North on A435 out of Cheltenham, then right on B4077.

I haven't traced back those Normans far enough to find any colorful names like Skull-Splitter yet. ;-)