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Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France! (Original Post) bif Jun 28 OP
Welcome to the family JustAnotherGen Jun 28 #1
Thanks for the 23 and me idea bucolic_frolic Jun 28 #2
I wouldn't lose my head over it. bluedigger Jun 28 #3
Oh! JustAnotherGen Jun 28 #4
Good one! bif Jun 28 #5
I'm also related by marriage bif Jun 28 #6
I'm descended from Charlemagne EYESORE 9001 Jul 31 #7

bucolic_frolic

(52,146 posts)
2. Thanks for the 23 and me idea
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:49 AM
Jun 28

From genealogy researchers that I looked at 20+ years ago (lineage charts), I'm related by marriage way back when to a physician in the court of French King Francis I. He was likely at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a summit with King Henry VIII of England.

Other ancestors include a Pilgrim sibling and a famous name back more than 1000 years, but I don't feel any different after learning these things. I feel like I didn't get the juice.

EYESORE 9001

(28,917 posts)
7. I'm descended from Charlemagne
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 09:52 AM
Jul 31

Along with roughly 1/3 of everyone of European descent. They did love ‘em some procreation.

Seriously, I once followed a genealogical trail back to the first Christian kings of Ireland - the ones St. Patrick baptized.

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