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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	10 Dec 2012 11:17
	Henry Henrique (1394-1460) " ships were a "she" because "like a woman, they take much powder and paint to keep them looking good" ;-) :-D Actually, probably down to grammar - in Romance languages, 'ship' was/is always feminine.
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 1,984 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	10 Dec 2012 11:23
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 1,984 Send Message	These days it takes more than powder and paint to keep me looking good, Mr. Daff. More like polyfilla I would think :-D
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,517 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	10 Dec 2012 11:42
	Mr daff beat me to it.......... because they always seem to need extraordinary amounts of decoration and maintenance to keep them " Shipshape"?
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	10 Dec 2012 15:35
	Not only women - but men of the cloth! Often wondered how passenger ships copes with that one.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 8,905 Send Message	LadyKira	Report	10 Dec 2012 22:54
	I wonder if it a language thing. In many languages words are masculine and feminine. We do not have it in English but many of our root words come from these languages.

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