How many Bastards do you have in your tree

[robjam]

I have been shocked by the number of illigitimate births in my tree and am still finding more .  How many do you have?

Regards,

Rob

[alcrighton]

Get over it Rob!  We all have skeletons in the cupboard.

Cheers,

Al

[Ninatoo]

icky word that....bastards.  I always have disliked it.

Only 6?  I have about twenty so far!  Some of the women in my family had three or four each!

I think I broke a longstanding tradition by NOT being pregnant or having had a child out of wedlock....

I find them fun, (the "oh you bad girl!"    thing) yet annoying, as that line can't go much further.

Nina

[robjam]

Al, don't skeletons make the search more interesting? By the way, exactly how many siestas have you had today?

Rob

[robjam]

Nina, sorry about the word.  I've grown used to it over the years, usually with the word fat in front.

Rob

[Ninatoo]

 

Love that Austin Powers!

[MarieC]

Great question, Rob!!! 

But I couldn't respond to your poll, much as I would like to, because I'm still trying to establish this.  Have found a marriage for one of my ggggrandfathers which WASN'T to my ggggrandmother, but almost certainly him!    So far, I'm totally unable to find the marriage that I am descended from!! 

So, depending on:
*  whether the latter marriage came before or after the one I have found, or
*  if indeed it occurred at all!

my gggrandmother, her three sisters and brother may all be bastards!!

MarieC 

[LFS]

Dear Rob
I have a feeling that it's more unusual to not find em.  My gggrandparents couldn't marry as he was her uncle by marriage - she took care of her aunt when dying and stayed to take care of the children, and had another five.  The total answer will probably be lots.
Linda

[bearkat]

annoying, as that line can't go much further.

Nina

Yes, very frustrating.
Always worth looking for bastardy bonds though.