re: #379 retired cynic

Mine came over about 1660.

I love watching “Finding Your Roots”.

William H Macy’s great-great-don’tknowhowmanygreats-grandpa used to own Nantucket. The whole island.

John McCain knew he came from a long line of military on his dad’s side; he didn’t realize his great-great-don’tknowhowmanygreats-grandpa ON HIS MOTHER’S SIDE was George Washington’s CO in the French & Indian War. Gates even found a really nice evaluation he’d written of his “impressive young officer who will surely go far in his career.”