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So, I was recently told that I am directly descended from Dr. Johnson.
Yes, that Dr. Johnson.
Not that that's a totally solid fact, but my mum mentioned it, and said that her mother (who was born a Johnson) believed it to be the case--which is to say, it was believed by her family to be the case, and based on more than having the common surname.
Thing is, I've always thought of myself as more of a Boswell.
Other thing is, that makes Dr. Johnson the only ancestor of mine I have any idea about, going back more that one generation beyond people I have know in my lifetime. (I.e., I know only an iota or two of information--mostly geographical--about the parents of some of my grandparents).
There's even some ethnic confusion about ancestral family names, so its weird to have a historical celebrity suddenly expose himself from between obscured roots.
Yes, that Dr. Johnson.
Not that that's a totally solid fact, but my mum mentioned it, and said that her mother (who was born a Johnson) believed it to be the case--which is to say, it was believed by her family to be the case, and based on more than having the common surname.
Thing is, I've always thought of myself as more of a Boswell.
Other thing is, that makes Dr. Johnson the only ancestor of mine I have any idea about, going back more that one generation beyond people I have know in my lifetime. (I.e., I know only an iota or two of information--mostly geographical--about the parents of some of my grandparents).
There's even some ethnic confusion about ancestral family names, so its weird to have a historical celebrity suddenly expose himself from between obscured roots.