General Chat

"'Tis the season to share your story

With Christmas just around the corner we thought it would be nice to hear some of the discoveries you have made whilst searching for your family history. The Genes Team are on the lookout for interesting facts such as, who has the biggest tree? Who has the richest ancestor? Whatever it is that you've found, send us your story and if it appears in print we'll send you a £50 M&S voucher."

You know when you read something and you're not quite 'with it' ? ( happens a lot to me lol) ... having read the above I thought "Why are GR interested in the size of my Christmas tree?" ...I need to to take more water with it obviously ;)

in print where?

what will be add to it to bolster membership.

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lol rose!

who has the biggest tree?

I immediately thought that too Rose lol

Pays to be cynical sometimes Kay lol

well I'm glad it wasn't just me who thought 'Christmas tree' lol

So I wonder who does have the biggest tree on here? I don't have any rich ancestors that's for sure!

Biggest tree? hmmmm That's bound to generate more discussion on name collectors.

Actually I'd be more interested in who has the biggest Christmas tree on here lol ;)

WELL I HAVE A 6 FOOT TREE
PITY ITS NOT FULL. OF NAMES

THERES AN IDEA FOR GR A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH
ONE NAME FROM EACH O US THATS OUR
BRICK WALL

NOW BACK TO MINE,,ITS SILVER A SWIRLY ONE
,,ONE PIECE WOUND FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

I have a tree on here with 800+ names. All the 'posh' and any vaguely important ones are on husband's side. Most of mine are 'the salt of the earth' lol!

As for Christmas tree, we usually have a 7 ft one. When we buy it, I choose one, stand 'im indoors (or outdoors on this occasion) next to it. He's 6ft 2, so I mentally add on 10 inches - if it looks OK, job done.

ars is 6 foot too but my Angel is sad so I need to find her a new home n erm replace her :-( do yu think there is a tree angel heaven?

I do envy you receiving these emails :-)

" who has the biggest tree? Who has the richest ancestor?"
the biggest tree - our trees are not very high now but we used to have a very high one with a TPO. Richest ancestor? - none.
Why is size of such importance to them?

Size is not everything Joy, it is the quality that is important :) my tree, like some of my ancestors, may be small but perfectly formed lol.

Size is not 'important' to me and I have no 'important' rich ancestors. My husband's ancestor pioneered ultra-sound scanning in the 1950's and I think that's quite important.

I have a tall Christmas tree because we have high ceilings and my children and grandchildren love it. That's what's important to me!

Size isn't important to me either :-)

It is the actual people in whom I am interested, where they came from, how they lived, who they loved, the transport, the housing .... etc :-)

Off to browse in my birthday books - Lost London and My Boy Jack :-)

Size isn't important to me, the quality of the research and how well sourced it is far more important.

Also I have no interest in who has the richest ancestor. I'm more interested in who has lead an interesting life.

Is the prospect of winning £50 if it is published tempting me to submit one of my ancestors life stories, nah.

Is that the Philip Davies book Joy? if so it sounds really interesting.

The very same :-)

...creeps in....i think I have the biggest ancestor!!!.......
Shuffles out.......

Oh, go on, tell us, don't shuffle out.

Well, I may have to tell GR, as I have no rich ancestors, had moved 28 times before I moved here 23 years ago, so have hardly 'stayed where my ancestors were born' (though lived fairly close at times) and have only 500+ people on my tree.
My great x 4 grandfather was, according to the newspaper report of the time, the heaviest man in England!
There is a wonderful description of how they had to knock down the wall beneath his bedroom window to remove the body from the bedroom, and they had to close the road which stopped the 'Rocket' ( a fast coach I presume) from travelling that day!
He was small by todays standards, only 32 stone. However, the paper gives the size of the coffin. Almost 7ft in length, 3ft wide and 2ft 6" high.

My grand daughter and I made 2 sides of his coffin out of lining paper (taped together to get the width!) - it was Huuuge!!! LOL
She got good marks for that homework - she had to research a famous Victorian!

Apparently the rest of the family (2 married daughters and his wife) were 'big' as well - not too sure but they were about 16 stone, 14 stone and 12 stone!! I am a descendant of the 14 stone daughter.