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From: Glory Bee <>
Subject: [NEGEN] THE GENEALOGIST'S LAMENT
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:47:14 -0700

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>THE GENEALOGIST'S LAMENT
>
> I started out calmly, tracing my tree,
>To find, if I could, the making of me;
>And all that I had was great grandfather's name,
>Not knowing his wife or from which he came.
>
> I chased him across a long line of states,
>And came up with pages and pages of dates.
>When all put together, it made me forlorn;
>I'd proved that poor grandpa had never been born.
>
> One day, I was sure the truth I had found,
>Determined to turn this whole thing upside down.
>I looked up the record of one Uncle John,
>But then found the old man was as young as his son.
>
> Then, when my hopes were fast growing dim,
>I came across records that must have been him.
>But the facts I collected made me quite sad,
>Dear old great grandpa was never a dad.
>
> I think maybe someone is pulling my leg,
>I'm not all sure I wasn't hatched from an egg,
>After hundreds of dollars I've spent on my tree,
>I cannot help but wonder if I'm really me.
>
>author anonymous

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