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[glatt]

Originally Posted by jinx

The America show on History channel said that more than 1 in 10 americans can trace their roots back to the Mayflower. Much more than I thought...

I understand that this one Mayflower ancestor that Sarah and I share has millions of other descendants. Exact number is unknown.

[glatt]

My mom is really into this stuff so I've benefited from the research she's done.

Another branch of the family came over from Holland about 20 years after the Mayflower and became real bigwigs in New Amsterdam. There's still a major street in Brooklyn that carries our family name. And there's a playground in a nasty neighborhood there too named after us. One guy had a mansion near the waterfront in Brooklyn and the British took it over during the Revolutionary War to use as a hospital. It was later torn down and there's a historic church on the site now.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by glatt

I understand that this one Mayflower ancestor that Sarah and I share has millions of other descendants. Exact number is unknown.

MANWHORE!