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

[childeric.livejournal.com]

WRT your priests, I do like the fact that the Head of the Church of England, i.e. the Queen, holds her position at least to some degree as a result of her supposed descent from the West Saxon royal house, the Cerdicingas, and, via them, from the god Woden

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

... and look what happened to the rest of Woden's lot. Set to long, dull music by that German bloke -- the ultimate indignity -- after all sorts of soap-opera behaviour.

That's an excellent point, and it explains a great deal. (Though not Prince Philip.)