Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Seven children? Better her than me, that's my reaction.
Speaking of, my young Morman cousin who got married in 2011 and had her first child a year later is now officially trying for the next one. Apparently she wants to catch up to her sisters-in-law (who have 5-7 kids each).
I think a "menopause baby" is not that unusual in general. I know a couple of people who are their parents' late "oops" kid and have much older siblings. But there's a difference in plausibility between a baby at 42 and a baby at 56!
How good is ancestry.com? I have a ton of info about both sides of my family and have always wanted to dig deeper. Is it worth the money?
If you know you'll have a block of time to focus on it, you can just pay for a month to so and get all the details. Once you have people in your tree you can access them after the paid time lapses--you just can't access any documentation.
I filled in my tree to the 1600s for some branches. Everything now calls for the international price, so I'm gonna hold off on that until I know I'll have time and energy to deal.
My dad did the Nat. Geo. DNA test, where they trace your DNA out of Africa. Finns have a weird path.
One of my friends has six kids. The first three were born while she was still in grad school. I have no idea how she did it.
I am amazed that I seem to have no relatives that have spent time in jail.
One of my relatives was the first person in New Jersey convicted under Prohibition. It was later overturned, in a ruling that pretty obviously resulted from someone being paid off. He also testified in the Lindbergh baby trial, and as far as I can tell, lied under oath.
One of my relatives was the first person in New Jersey convicted under Prohibition.
My grandfather sold booze to smugglers in St. Pierre during Prohibition.
My mom is one of those "oops" babies, with siblings 17 and 16 years older; some people may have thought that about her. But my grandmother started young and had her at 38, so hardly an amazing late conception or anything. The timing probably works out to when my aunt and uncle would have first been out from underfoot and over at friends' places a lot of the time.
I have an ancestor who was tried for murder (after a street jostling that resulted in swordplay) at the Old Bailey in 1723. He was convicted of manslaughter and branded in the hand. [link]
My mom is thirteen years younger than her older sister, who apparently was deeply embarrassed by the potential for people mistaking the relationship.