Quick Questions #1: Ancestry

[tamaranth]

Inspired by a reference in Route 66 AD to Egyptian priests at the time of the Roman Empire, who claimed to trace their ancestry back 10,000 years:

How far back (in years) can you track your family?

Can you think of anyone who can track their family back before the Norman Conquest?

Comments

[tea-cantata.livejournal.com]

There's a family tree around somewhere of my paternal grandmother's side going back to 16-something, I think. My mother's side could probably trace quite far back if they wanted, being a Samurai family, but I haven't really looked into it. Nothing so glamorous as pre-Norman Conquest, though.