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

[madcatwoman.livejournal.com]

My late father said that some uncle or other had traced us back at least to the Mayflower and that one ancestor was a cabin boy etc. etc. Not that I can in any way substantiate this claim because crew records are (AFAIK) pretty incomplete.
There was also (apparently) some other chap hanged for stealing lead off Bolton Abbey Church roof...