Mother's side (adopted mother) goes back to Mary Queen of Scots.  Her dad goes back to the royalty of France. Dad's sides (adopted dad) can only be traced back to just before the Civil War and of course they were on the the side of the South.  Both grandparents on that side are very proud of that fact.

Birth side I don't know a ton about but do know that my great grandpa on birth monster's side was the track doc when Seabiscuit ran.  That same great grandpa is the great Uncle to Cher, so I'm related to her.  My grandfather's (birth monster's dad) had the first Ford dealership in Grand Island NE and one of his uncles has a wing or building named after him at the University of NV at Reno for mining.

I was told by the birth monster that my birth dad was killed in Da Nang  Vietnam in 1968.  But I can't find his name on the Wall so I believe that she is being less than truthful about the whole thing.

sunridge1 wrote:
I love when folks defend true horsemanshit.

Horsemanshit. Just another type barn blindness. It's everywhere.
Never apologize for what you feel.  It's like saying "sorry" for being real!