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MarkDWalker
MarkDWalker ✭
March 9, 2022 edited July 16, 2024 in Family Tree

I have just found, here on Family Search, one line that purports to extend clear back to Julius Caesar. To me, it seems ... well ... "iffy." How reliable are lines that extend past about 1500? In other words, should I even bother putting in the work to add such lines to my files?

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 10, 2022

    My answer to "should I even bother" is "nope".

    Don't get me wrong: fantasy genealogy can be a fascinating topic. Just don't expect any of it to be true.

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  • MarkDWalker
    MarkDWalker ✭
    March 10, 2022

    "Fantasy genealogy." That's a good term! I'll remember that.

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  • Gail Swihart Watson
    Gail Swihart Watson ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 10, 2022

    What I have done with lines such as this is to send out chatty emails to family about the history surrounding such individuals who may or may not be our actual ancestors. I’ve sent emails such as happy Battle of Hastings day, Happy Battle of Bosworth day, what did our Saxon Beast Ancestors do, Viking Invaders were our family, At least one Islamic Invader took a Spanish wife, We sacked Rome, etc. I make a point that these are unproven lines, and my hope is to increase interest in history. Some of my emails were very popular, generating several weeks of banter about modern family traits or additional facts thrown in and additional relatives being added on that I didn’t know about. It may be fantasy genealogy but somebody’s ancestors did all that stuff!

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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 10, 2022

    On YouTube there are a bunch of videos by James Tanner on the topic of fantasy genealogies. I find them hilarious.

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