tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post2024528004642041066..comments2023-12-05T14:42:17.793-06:00Comments on Gene Notes: Limited or LimitlessAnne Percival Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-65192334342421882512010-10-11T09:02:05.820-05:002010-10-11T09:02:05.820-05:00Unmitigated: Nope, Michigander born and bred, so c...Unmitigated: Nope, Michigander born and bred, so can't claim his parents were cousins or siblings.<br /><br />Linda: My response to this man was "What will happen if you try to do a pedigree chart for one of your daughters (he had no sons if I remember correctly.) Again you could see the wheels turning in his head.<br /><br />Carol: Thanks.Anne Percival Kruszkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-87500736332307049552010-10-11T08:37:21.335-05:002010-10-11T08:37:21.335-05:00Great post Anne!Great post Anne!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-42948664529696408452010-10-11T06:43:25.615-05:002010-10-11T06:43:25.615-05:00Not long after I started researching I encountered...Not long after I started researching I encountered a man who only researched his male line. "That's my name" was his response to my questioning why. When I asked him if he wasn't just as related to his mother and all of the grandmothers in his ancestry as he was his father and the grandfather's who shared his surname he was baffled. The light finally went on for him when I Linda McCauleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402203453403304529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-10750464244319347992010-10-11T05:53:19.428-05:002010-10-11T05:53:19.428-05:00Very nicely said. And I can vouch for the fact tha...Very nicely said. And I can vouch for the fact that you can leave people speechless. Searching just one name, one generation back means ignoring 75% of your heritage, right? Two generations back, and it's about 92% ignored!<br /><br />On the other hand, maybe the gentleman was from the south, and one name was on both sides of the family tree, only one generation back.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.com