ancestry Archives - Stephen M. Miller

March 27, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: ancestry, family tree, granny, hillbilly, holy roman emperor

From Holy Roman Emperor to hillbilly

WHEN I TOLD MY SON that Otto the Great, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, was his 37th great grandfather—descended from my Granny, he said: “Well, that was a big fall—from Holy Roman Emperor to hillbilly.” My son is a smart mouth. I …

February 20, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: ancestry, granny, heritage, lady godiva

Godiva and me: My kingdom for a horse

I LEARNED THIS WEEK that I’m related to Lady Godiva (born about 1040). She was a noblewoman who, naked, rode a horse through the British village of Coventry to protest the high taxes that her husband had imposed on his tenants. The gene link to the …

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