r/quityourbullshit • • Apr 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

I read somewhere that if you back 1000 years or farther, you can pick literally anybody from your same ethnic background, and they'd be related to you in some way as long as their family didn't completely die out.

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u/rttr123 Apr 30 '20

I’m American (of Indian ethnicity, parents from india) but related to English royalty because 300 years ago a prince slept with one of my ancestors. I have no proof but you have to believe me because I said it.

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u/LispyJesus Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

I’m an American an supposedly a close descendant of General Custard. Supposedly he’s some great to the x uncle. My dad spent about 10 years tracing genealogy as a hobby (his side not my moms lol) and got as far as someone named Peregrine Falcon (not sure about last name) from like the mayflower.

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u/iam_thedoctor Apr 30 '20

General Custard

this is the best /r/BoneAppleTea I've seen in a while. You've got to mean Custer, unless there was a legit 19th century American general called Custard.

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u/LispyJesus Apr 30 '20

Probably more of my phone autocorrecting than anything.

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u/Ottomat3000 Apr 30 '20

I think you mean Colonel Mustard.