It says I am a 21st great-grandson of a King of England and a 53rd great-grandson of Constantine. I found this b findong our comon relative. It is called familyforrest.com.
2007-03-22 13:44:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hey Likkhd,
The easy part to believe is that the King of England would be descendant from Constantine. That is a cross between History and Genealogy. Going back 21 generations to the King of England can be tenuous at best. However it can be done. Focus on the Records and their accuracy. Each Connection needs to be true. Validate your connection by participating in a DNA Project, and then it will be believed.
2007-03-22 15:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
75% of the people in the world with English, French, Northern Italian, German, Swiss or BeNeLux lines are supposed to be able to trace back to Charlemagne, usually through an illegitimate child of royalty. Henry II coupled with anyone who'd hold still for 10 minutes, for example.
Accuracy is another matter.
My link to Charlemagne, Emperor of the West and King of the Franks, depends on 1,200 years of record keeping, through fire, flood, worms, the fury of the Norsemen and the Black Plague. In one place our royal blood depends on a lady who worked in a castle, came up pregnant without a husband, and told her parents it was the King.
Well, let's see. Assume you are in that lady's situation. You can approach HRH and say coyly "Oh, you royal stallion, you've done it again." If the child is a boy and looks like him, the king may make him an earl, and you can live out your days in an upstairs suite in your son's country manor, with a maid. On the other hand, if you tell the hulking young assistant gardener that you have to get married, you'll end up living in a hut at the foot of the Royal Onion Patch, cooking for a man who washes his feet every other month.
I told my kids not to give themselves airs.
2007-03-23 10:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm
Take your pick of MANY reliable articles that discuss how and when research can be unreliable.
Books in libraries are NOT immune to bad research. One of my lines was "worked" by a well known professional, who relied on other old books... and she never bothered to look in original documents. I did. She was wrong.
People like prestige, they like to say they have traced back to the Crusades, they like to brag about how many names they have in their files, or finding their entire ancestry online in 15 minutes.
I do not trust lineages that far back, since there is little means to "prove" them, or that I am related to them. I'd rather have 5 names, that I KNOW ARE ACCURATE, than a huge file.
And the spreading of "bad" research online is pretty comparable to computer viruses.
2007-03-22 21:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by wendy c 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should never believe any site that tells you who your ancestor is. If you wanted to find out a real truth, there are books about family history that you can look up in a library.
2007-03-22 20:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
any documentation to back it up. Trust the documents not the website. Remember research is only as good as the researcher. If they can't produce legal documents to back it up DON'T believe it. If I said you were related to the President would you believe it? Same difference.
2007-03-22 22:09:54 · answer #5 · answered by Holly N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check it out and see what is all about
2007-03-22 20:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by lala15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋