Monday, November 22, 2010

'Genealogy carried too far'

was the subject line on an e-mail from my wife, who's been on a genealogical tear for the last two or three months. She's been mucking around in Kentucky records and came across a wonderful quirky bit of research, some folks who have posted what they figure is their lineage dating back to Adam. Some examples of the assertions made about ancestry, jumping through the generations:
ADAM was born about 4026 B.C. in Garden of Eden and died about 3096 B.C. in Olaha, Shinehah. First man. Lived in the Garden of Eden until expelled by God. Name Meaning: man; red skin; red earth; clay; to be red. Patronage: gardeners, tailors. He married EVE about 4022 B.C. in Garden of Eden. (Click link for more on Adam and Eve) http://kykinfolks.tripod.com/fromdust/adamand.htm Children are: 1. Akilia (Aklemia) *2. SHETH(SETH) 3. Cain 4. Abel 5. Luluwa
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BRUTUS (Brwt) APSYLVIUS , King In Britain who died about 1091 B.C. He married UNKNOWN and was the first King of Britain who ruled for 23 years. He leads his people out of Greece and settles on the island of Britain (in those days called Albion), where he becomes its first king, roughtly 1100 years before the birth of Christ. When a young man he makes a journey westwards and wandered forty-two years in Africa, and arrived, with his family, at the altars of the Philistines, by the Lake of Osiers. ...
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SIR DAFYYD DAVID "SQUINT EYED" GAM was born in Wales and died October 25, 1415 in France. We are from the line of David Gam who was killed at battle of Aggencourt [sic] fighting for Henry V. His units actions got him knighted although he died of his wounds. ...
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ROY THOMAS KASSINGER was born July 1, 1945 in Henderson County, Kentucky and married DORIS JUNE "JUDY" KASSINGER July 20, 1966 in Mclean County, Kentucky. Judy is the daughter of George Davis and Bertha Richardson and was born October 3, 1946 in Mclean County, Kentucky. (Adam and Eve are the 114th great grandparents of Roy Thomas Kassinger).

Pipe it all here. They claim to be pretty heavy on kings and such way back when but appear to have become rather more ordinary in these latter days.
Genealogy is interesting, but it's always felt to me like a term paper for no credit. I couldn't resist her nifty research site and ran a couple of my own lines back before 1650 here in America but saw no connection to Adam.

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