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From: "Leonard M. Keane" <>
Subject: Re: Oldest male line?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:58:25 GMT


In <54mmof$>
(bryan tinlin) writes:
>
>What is the oldest traceable European straight male line from someone
who
>is alive today? Are there any male line descendants of Charlemagne in
the
>present day or, if not, who was the last one?
>
>Bryan
>

As I've recently posted, the oldest traceable unbroken male-line
descent for a European family is a horserace between O'Neill, McCarthy
and O'Conor (Don), all having present-day descendants who are heirs to
the ancient royal dynastys of each. The dates are subject to some
debate, but somewhere between 350 - 550 A.D. is in the ballpark. I'm
not sure about Charlemagne.

Len.

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