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Title: Yule Humour
Post by: Andrew Tarr 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 ...
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: Sinann on Saturday 09 December 17 11:39 GMT (UK)
It's a song
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_My_Own_Grandpa
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: Andrew Tarr 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
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: ThrelfallYorky 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.
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: Top-of-the-hill 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."
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: ThrelfallYorky 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.
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: Ray T 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.
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: carom 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!
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: IgorStrav 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!

 ;D
Title: Re: Yule Humour
Post by: Maiden Stone on Tuesday 12 December 17 16:15 GMT (UK)
A new post today is "Partridge Family Tree".  I have resisted adding a seasonal reply enquiring if it is a pear tree. Or if his family has a French Poulet line.  ;D