Inspired by Jacqueline Saphra and 100 Lockdown Sonnets 11-01-2022 Booze cruise Email shows Boris Johnson aide invited No 10 staff to lockdown ‘BYOB’ party – The Guardian In the dark disturbing, gloop-thick of it, as we sank in rule-infested watersthe socially distanced, so sick of itonly one, please choose between your daughters Shouts from yacht: “We’re all…
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Scanner?
I’m something of a jack of all trades. Of course it’s difficult not to automatically finish the sentence – ‘and master of none’. It’s not a positive character trait is it? I have way too many interests and rarely stick to anything. Just focus, why don’t you? Recently I’ve discovered there are other names for…
Family Ties
Continuing with the tangled roots of my family. Firstly, my Dad, the posthumous baby wasn’t the son of the man he had believed was his father. As I mentioned in my last post DNA revealed that Derek, my Dad, was the result of a liaison between Amy Sanders, my grandmother and Reginald Currall. Suddenly I…
Broken branches
Misattributed paternity. A phrase that makes a genealogist’s blood run cold. Although, traditionally it has been the practice of family historians to study the male line, the all important ‘family name’ that is passed down to descendants, this may not be as reliable as we imagine. A study of blood type testing revealed that around…