GEnealaddict

[linmey]

I completely agree with your third point Lloydy. I now spend hours chatting on MSN to my third cousin once removed who I have just linked up to through Rootschat.
We have never met but who cares.   SHES  FAMILY!!!!!

[Cedas]

Yes, those symptoms must definitely be added to the list - I too am emailing 4 releatives I have never met.  I get more emails from my 3rd and 4th cousins than I do from my own sister!!  I can remember her children's names-- at the moment

[linmey]

Its been great meeting my distant cousin through Rootschat because we are now working together and that not only makes it easier but also more fun.
         Linmey.

[Lloydy]

irritate the living

I always irritate my Mum when I ask her questions about her side of the family.  She is just NOT interested in my family history research

[linmey]

My seven year old daughter tells everyone I talk to dead people. Its not doing my image much good.
              Linmey.

[Cedas]

don't know about the lighter side - your daughter will have people thinking it is the darker side (may the force be with you!) but I know what you mean - and some ancestors definitely speak louder than others.

[B1]

I love the descriptions   Seriously addicted and have no intention of therapy.   My mother is amazed that I can know the names/dates/places of everyone I research and that I can almost find anyone I look for.  Still have a few people out there that will be found.  Whether they want to or not.

What a great idea for Christmas.. asking for money for certificates to support my addiction.  Sure beats new clothes any day   Actually, a trip to Ireland and England would be the best Christmas present and I could go "grave robbing" looking for my DH's family. 

[linmey]

I am a nurse in a district general hospital and the other day I had a patient in my clinic who had the same surname as one I had come across in my family tree. Yes, you guessed it, I started grilling him about where his family were from and did he know anything about their history. Perhaps its time to seek help from my colleagues in the psychiatric department.
           Linmey.

[Cedas]

I m a hopeless case. Today I had a phone call from a potential customer who has the same, fairly unusual, surname as my 4th cousin's mother's maiden name (4th cousin found on Genes Reunited) and I considered asking him who he was decended from before discussing what he wanted. (well he is in the same town as they were 150 years ago ) I've arranged an "essential client visit" and I know I will drop family history into the conversation - and it is not even MY line. I've got it bad