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steepholm ([personal profile] steepholm) wrote2008-01-24 07:03 am
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More embarrassing ancestors

The shame! Now it seems that my great-great grandfather diddled Alfred Russel Wallace out of sixpence back in 1867 - just when he was getting over being gazumped by Darwin in The Origin of Species.
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[identity profile] brisingamen.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
You can choose your friends, you can't choose your relations! Having said which, your ancestors seem to be rather more interesting than mine!

[identity profile] emmaco.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
At least he had nice handwriting! A very cool story to have about an ancestor.

Happy Birthday for tomorrow, before I forget! Have a great day!

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2008-01-24 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ha! Great story, you have a brilliant set of forebears.
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