Well still no commas or question marks and the cursor is funny now too! But I will persevere and post again.
Recently I was reading The Guardian app and at the end of articles they put links to other related articles. Some are current but mostly they are historical by months or even years. I have completely forgotten which article I started reading but it led to a piece about the fact that genealogists had proved a distant link between Al Murray The Pub Landlord (who was standing for parliament) and David Cameron. It was a very funny piece.
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This got me pondering about who I would and would not want to be linked to. Of course in most scientific or religious theories we are all linked at some point anyway. But how serendipitous was it for the finders of Richard III's remains when Benedict Cumberbatch turned out to be related to the ex-king! And links like that are gold dust for the producers of Who Do You Think You Are obviously.
So I have decided to keep pushing my tree in all directions until I come to a famous person. I am already in the 1600s on one paternal line so that looks like slim pickings. However I feel I must find some medieval king or personage on one of the lines. Surely there must someone! The journalist in the piece above mentions the idea that we are all related within 100 generations. Plenty of scope for my ambitions.
If I want to guarantee a famous orator at my funeral though I will firstly have to become 1) so famous myself that they will want to be associated with me at all costs or 2)ensure my descendants are famous enough to get someone even more famous to officiate. Link or no link. Or possibly 3) lead some sort of battle get buried in a strange place and be dug up centuries later hopefully allowing enough time for really famous descendants to have made their names.
Maybe Richard was just waiting for Benedict.
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