re: #69 klys (maker of Silmarils)

mr. klys called his folks to wish his mom a happy mother’s day and they got to talking about family genealogy.

At which point we established that his great grandfather died 90 years before he was born, and his great-great-grandfather has a veteran’s headstone …for service in the War of 1812.

That was a fun surprise.

How does someone die 90 years before they’re born?

Does that make them a member of the pre-dead?