@Fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz
2026-09-23 21:35 UTC
@LaylaAlexandrovna@spinster.club This sounds like when anyone with French ancestry finds that they are 'descendants' of Charlemagne. Sure, if you go off in enough directions through all the branches you might get there, but to say you are a direct descendant is a bit of a stretch.
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@LostInCalifornia@spinster.xyz 2026-09-23 22:18
@Fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz @LaylaAlexandrovna@spinster.club Um, there is a presidential line where most presidents can claim ancestry, but it's not a direct line, and it doesn't include all presidents. Everyone has 8 great grandparents, and 16 great great grandparents, so that's a lot of intermarriage over 250 years.