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Yule Humour
« on: Saturday 09 December 17 11:11 GMT (UK) »
From the latest Cheshire ANCESTOR (magazine of the FHSC) you may enjoy this tale - it may even help you to understand complex family relationships ...
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Re: Yule Humour
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Re: Yule Humour
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 09 December 17 12:51 GMT (UK) »
It's a song 

I doubted very much that it could be original, but it doesn't look as if it would fit a song ?  :o
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Re: Yule Humour
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 09 December 17 16:12 GMT (UK) »
Whatever it is / was, it had me chuckling. Thank goodness none of my lot have relationships that convoluted. Thanks Andrew, it brightened my day.
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Re: Yule Humour
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 09 December 17 16:43 GMT (UK) »
   Reminds me of the old Lance Percival song (probably frowned on now) which eventually ends up "your daddy ain't your daddy, but your daddy don't know."
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Re: Yule Humour
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 09 December 17 16:56 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that was one of his "Gossip Calypso"s, wasn't it? He used to do some on the old "Tonight" BBC TV programme, early evenings.
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday 10 December 17 12:19 GMT (UK) »
I'm sure this has been raised before. I remember the song from years ago but, if you Google images for "I'm My Own Grandpa", you'll get pages and pages of graphical explanations of how it works.

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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 10 December 17 15:29 GMT (UK) »
I have something a bit like this in my tree in the 1880's. Two sisters married a father and son and the younger couple went on to have children.
My grandmother told me that the older sister was known as Auntie Gran by the whole family!

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 12 December 17 11:13 GMT (UK) »
I have something a bit like this in my tree in the 1880's. Two sisters married a father and son and the younger couple went on to have children.
My grandmother told me that the older sister was known as Auntie Gran by the whole family!

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Pay, Kent. 
Barham, Kent. 
Cork(e), Kent. 
Cooley, Kent.
Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich.
Cotterill, Derbys.
Van Steenhoven/Steenhoven/Hoven, Nord Brabant/Belgium/East London.
Kesneer Belgium/East London
Burton, East London.
Barlow, East London
Wayling, East London
Wade, Greenwich/Brightlingsea, Essex.
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