Never go out on a limb for the relatives `A family tree has its growing tip at the bottom and its roots in mid- air! Nothing like a tree at all!'

From: The Independent - London | Date: September 11, 2000| Author: Miles Kington | Copyright information

HAVE YOU made your family tree yet?

Well, it's about time you did.

The genealogical craze has been sweeping the country for several years now, and you don't want to be the only person in your neck of the woods without a listed great-great-grandmother, do you? Of course you don't.

In the words of the motto of the Genealogical Society: "Nobody got here without having forebears, or if they did, we'd certainly like to hear about it."

So, let's make our family tree, ...

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