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A few interesting things we've found out (interesting if you're in our family at least):
On my mom's side, found out that back in the mid/late 1800s in London that my great grandfather's siblings were real shits - Drunks, vagrants, criminals and wife beaters. I saw some of the clippings from the local paper, including one where one of the brothers dragged his wife across the house by the hair and then punched her out before being arrested.
For years it was rumored there were gypsies in our past, again on mom's side. Still haven't found direct evidence, but did find out an ancestor moved from France to Guyana and started a family there. Still don't know if the mother was native or French (we assume the latter, but they did drink a lot so ...)
A lot more is being collected as some distant relative in Spain is using one of the ancestry web site. It's actually quite fascinating.
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