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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Lady Godiva
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:58:31 -0600
References: <3B2EE892.54255F7E@ttcu.com>, <3B2EEC60.5FFAD82F@interfold.com>, <3b2eee1c$0$25523$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>


Lynda wrote:
>
> If this is not so, then many genealogists are barking up the wrong tree, as
> I have just been visiting numerous sites, all declaring a sibling
> relationship between William the Conqueror and Lady Godiva.

That they are. Unfortunately, there is a longstanding tradition
of forging genealogical relationships to famous people, and this
would appear to be the product of just such an invention.

taf

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