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Legitimacy of bloodlines

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♥†۩ Carol   Paine ۩†♥

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ Report 31 Jul 2009 09:57

As is often said 'Your maternal line is the truest'. The hardest to trace back in many cases!

BarryByTheC

BarryByTheC Report 31 Jul 2009 09:53

Rose

But what if a really strong facet of your nature entered your bloodline from a person who is completely unidentifiable?

Barry

Rambling

Rambling Report 31 Jul 2009 09:48

not really...in as much as (similar to the answer i was going to add to your other thread) I tend to look at the 'individuals' rather than as a 'blood line'...

We all have sides of the family that perhaps have a stronger claim on our genetic make up... in that I know without shadow of doubt that my Irish side influences strongly my personality...whereas my features come rather more from my maternal gt grandmother.

BarryByTheC

BarryByTheC Report 31 Jul 2009 09:41

A thought crossed my mind a while back which I find a bit unsettling. Human nature being what it is, what are the chances of an identified bloodline really being legitimate? I cannot help thinking that somewhere along the line (pun intended) an extra-marital relationship may have crept in, and a child born into wedlock but having an extra-marital bloodline.

So far as I know this is not a situation affecting me, but the whole point is ... I don't know. I believe this situation is reckoned to be true of a significant proportion of marriages today, and I doubt it's any different from earlier times? Does anyone else find this a bit disturbing?