How inbred art thou? Let me count the ways

not sure why I find pedigree collapse so hilarious as of late. Perhaps it's the irony that folks have long used lineages to prove their superiority over those descending from anonymous ancestors when in truth they just serve to remind us how inbred we are. Everyone is severely inbred, but usually it isn't something of which we like to be constantly reminded. It kinda creeps me out/makes me feel unclean, but is both an inevitable truth and an awesome thing to flaunt

only know 34 of my 2048 9x great-grandparents, and 6 of those 34 are the same 2 people. Another set of 9x great grandparents are also 10x great-grandparents of mine. Going back another coupla generations and John Lothrop (1584 - 1663) is both my 12x great-grandfather through a son of his first wife and my 11x great-grandfather through a son of his second

those 5 people = 12 of my ancestors. Not quite as confusing or silly as that I'm My Own Grandpaw song, but nonetheless a pretty awesome display of inbreeding



Alfonso XII is even cooler though. He wins for being the most inbred person ever. Dude's grandpas were brothers and his grandmas were sisters. That means that instead of the usual 8 great-grandparents, he only had 4. Only having half the usual number of ancestors 3 generations back = inbred to the extreme, but Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo was even cooler than that because his grandfather brothers didn't just just marry any two sisters, they married the daughters of their sister. That's right, married their nieces. King Carlos IV and his wife (who was also a first cousin) married two of their sons to two of their granddaughters. Plenty more cousins marrying cousins, but it makes the brain hurt trying to understand everything

scroll down to the section entitled Ancestry and click on the blue [show] link in the box that says Ancestors of Alfonso XII of Spain to witness the insanity.

tweaking the ethnic pie filling

had to move another 0.15% to the unknown category due to confusion over Philip Judd (1740-1776) and Phillip Judd (1715-1745). If they are somehow the same person, then that would give me 6 more known 10x great-grandparents who would contribute an additional 0.1% English, 0.02% Scottish, and 0.02% Welsh to my pie chart. Until I can get me some better sources though, gonna have to rescind the CYMRU AM BYTH ! ! ! and stop claiming 1/4096 Welsh ancestry through William Lewis (1620 - 1690)

The Netherlands pretty much replaces Wales as my statistically insignificant nation of origin. With one 10x great-grandfather and one 11x great-grandmother, I am 3/8192 Dutch. WHOO HOO ! ! ! JE MAINTIENDRAI ! ! ! !

still a good percentage of purple, although it probably breaks down as 3% German and most of the rest English. Until I can get me some more info though, the mysterious parents of these 'Merican ancestors remain a vexing violet

3.12% = parents of Mary Frelick (abt 1838 - 1883)
1.56% = parents of Eli Rowell (abt 1818 - aft 1860)
1.56% = parents of Thomas Robinson (1803 - aft 1860)
1.56% = parents of Caroline Clarissa Covell (1817 - 1901)
0.78% = parents of Minerva Winslow (1800/1 - 1882)
0.78% = parents of William Howland (1788 - 1867) (not giving credence to any unsubstantiated rumors unless they can provide him with a mother)
0.39% = parents of Hannah Thompson (1777 - 1807)
0.20% = parents of Philip Judd (1740 - 1776)
0.20% = parents of Mary Smith (1721 - 1793)
0.20% = parents of Elizabeth Wiltse (1725 - 17??)

and a bunch more folks back Colonial times. Prolly almost all English with an occasional Irish or something. Still hoping to find an exotic 12x great-grandparent was a werewolf or something though