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This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but why is it in these threads that some people, particularly Americans, seem to honestly believe the incredibly shoddy genealogical "research" they, or some dodgy company have done. Really, just because you share a surname like Smith with some guy from five hundred years ago, does not mean that you're a direct descendant of this that or the other earl duke, lord or assorted famous personages. It's like those moronic "family crests" that people think belong to them because they have a surname like McDonald.
I seriously doubt any layman could carry out remotely reliable pedigree research going back more than two or three hundred years.
Didn't mean to go off on one, but it irks me when all the hyperbole distracts from the authentic and interesting real ancestors that people talk about.
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