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From: "Andrealphus" <>
Subject: Re: Skeletons in Closet
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:47:09 GMT
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Lesley Robertson <> wrote:
> "Bonnie Bunce" <> schreef in
> bericht news:...
>>
>> Not to trivialize this topic, but it reminds me of a humorous
>> story that I once saw posted to a mailing list, which kind of shows
>> how we all want our ancestors to have been upstanding, respected
>> citizens! It doesn't
>> always work out that way, though. :-)
>>
> The trouble with fine upstanding citizens is that they left far fewer
> records than the slightly less virtuous. From a genealogical point of
> view, a few scoundrels are an advantage!
> Lesley Robertson

Hehehehe... I was thinking the exact same thing. The more virtuous people
tend to live "quieter" lives.

--
Brigham Young on interracial marriage:

"Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the
white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed
of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This
will always be so."


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