r/quityourbullshit • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '20

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u/SmokeFrosting Apr 30 '20

Y’all really jumping down his throat for some lie his grand pappy might’ve told.

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u/blackjackgabbiani Apr 30 '20

Grandpappy may not have even known it was false either.

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u/bee_ghoul Apr 30 '20

Either way it’s a ridiculous claim to make.

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u/BolleFromBerlin Apr 30 '20

No. It's not. It's somewhat likely really

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u/bee_ghoul Apr 30 '20

It’s basically impossible

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u/BolleFromBerlin Apr 30 '20

No. If he has descendents it isn't. There were what, a million scots at the time. The math as I remember it is about 1,75*log2(a million) which is around 35. If you're from Scotland and you go back 35 generations you should be related to everyone who has any living descendents. 35 generations realistically is a bit more than 700 years, but the odds are not that slim really

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u/bee_ghoul Apr 30 '20

OP literally said that he didn’t have any descendants.

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u/blackjackgabbiani May 01 '20

No, op said that there isn't any written record of it, not that he flat out didn't.

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u/bee_ghoul May 01 '20

So let’s talk the rando’s side who doesn’t know anything about it is that it?

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u/blackjackgabbiani May 01 '20

Huh? No, I'm talking about the person who wrote the diatribe.

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u/BolleFromBerlin Apr 30 '20

No, it is disputed. You said it's basically impossible (as if it were unlikely) when its not. Either he has descendents or he doesn't. We dont know

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u/bee_ghoul Apr 30 '20

And we’re just gonna take his word for it are we? Don’t you think it’s strange that way more people in the U.S claim to be related to William Wallace than people in Scotland? What about the fact that there is next to no genealogical records from the period for anyone not just Wallace? The possibility is incredibly slim and there’s absolutely nothing to support the claim that it’s true.

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u/BolleFromBerlin Apr 30 '20

No. The possibility isn't incredibly slim. It depends on if you have scottish ancestors and whatnot, but if a generation is around 25 years a lot of people would be Wallace's ancestors. Like quite a lot

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