I've been attempting to do genealogical research recently. Interestingly, I have so far discovered that I am descended from Henry II of England. However, I have also seen a website that suggests that I could be descended from a Roman emperor, as well. I don't really see how that can be, though, because genealogical records weren't kept in ancient Rome the way they were kept among the European nobility and royalty during the Middle Ages. I can understand why there would be records linking my family to medieval English royalty, but I can't imagine that there would be records linking my family to Roman emperors.
2007-06-06 03:55:18 · 7 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hello,
Some make this claim but the general consensus is no.
Even European wealthy aristocrats who have lots of money to burn finding their family lineage find that things become very murky indeed past the 13th or 12th centuries.
Many records disappeared or were not kept over the dark ages and the obliteration of many church birth and baptismal records during the French Revolution ruined research for everyone. Also there was too much mixing by waves of barbarians and immigrants entering Itlay after the 5th century that you are dealing with a real hodge podge of things.
Michael Kelly
2007-06-06 04:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Roman Emperors Family Tree
2016-10-19 04:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your cousin might hint your household's ancestry again to some of the better halves of Henry VIII, even though I'm now not definite how she might be a right away descendant, if any such better halves used to be a descendant of English royalty herself (possibly Edward III), then your buddy might definitely hint your ancestry again to Alfred the Great and possibly Charlemagne (as can Elizabeth II). The trick is tracing a household tree again to English royalty. After that effortlessly comply with the road that countless genealogists have already traced by way of the centuries. I'd doubt the traceable descent from Jesus Christ, nonetheless. Even verifiable descent from European royalty stops in approximately the 7th century CE.
2016-09-05 23:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by vandeventer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#1. Go to google. Type in Charlemagne and see what you get. Authorities are NOT absolutely certain about ANYTHING, so you pretty much have to take things with a grain of salt. However, if you read up on Charlemagne, you will see that his descendants spread out over much of Europe and were kings, queens, bishops, etc., in France, England, Netherlands, Italy, Spain...You will also see that many of the kings and queens of Europe were descended from Roman Emperors (Imperator in Latin).
#2. Check with Burkes; you will find that there was both father and son who did genealogical studies and both wrote several books on genealogy: both will lead you back, back, back... Another good genealogy book is The Plantagenet Ancestry, another is Royalty for Commoners. Start digging; there are hundreds of such books.
#3. Study the Roman history: during their expansion, they spread west to France (Gaul), Spain (Iberia), England (Britannia), north to Germany (Germanicus) and all the rest of Western Europe. They needed leaders in each of those "regions"; hence, Romans became the ancestors of Europes royalty.
#4. The Romans were (as far as I know) the first ones to use more than one name for a person. Before that, people were "the daughter of...", "the son of...", etc. For the emporors and immediate family, very fine records were kept; some of them supposedly were descendants of Troy and other ancient kingdoms/empires.
2007-06-06 08:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
well..the romans actually were very good at record keeping. that is how they grew their empire. all records were maintainted, including how much each person had paid in taxes.
it is certainly possible. i just read in the paper of a man in isreal who can trace his family back to 400 AD, and is a direct descendant of some famous apostle. So...it can happen.
my grand mother had a family tree that was over 10 inches thick and went back 21 generations in america, and back to 1061 in britain. my father has the book now.
2007-06-06 04:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I know there are some of the Roman nobility (Papal Court) who it is stated family lines go back to the Roman Republic. One being the Massimo and another the Orsini.
2007-06-06 07:56:35 · answer #6 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that what is possible and what is likely may be two different things.
2007-06-06 08:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋