| Before I had finished my first cup of coffee
this morning, I felt I had accomplished more than
enough to justify taking the rest of the year off
(even though my boss won't even consider letting
me take the rest of the day off). I was
working on the Dukes of Brunswick in the
Presidential Family Forest. "Bruno I
Unknown" was already in the first edition of
the Presidential at the top of the line, but
other than a death year and the name of his wife
and son, I had no information about him.
But Brunon I, Count of Brunswick from 955 to
972, is responsible for a high-probability
intersection (see "upcoming log entry" for an
explanation of intersections) that I estimate at
least twenties of millions of people living today
will eventually pass through, if they follow
their roots back thirty-five or so generations.
Brunon I's parents were also in the first
edition of the Presidential, but I had not yet
come across the source that connected them to
Brunon. With just a couple of mouse clicks, I
connected Brunon to more than 120 ancestors
stretching back 44 generations (fully-sourced, of
course).
With just the addition of a few more people,
and a couple more mouse clicks, I connected
Brunon to a number of additional lines of descent
that stretch throughout Europe and America and
lead down to present day. It seems likely that
the majority of people in America and Europe will
connect into these lines at some point between
here and Brunon, if they follow enough of their
roots.
Immediately after all of that, I made another
connection of equal magnitude. Doesn't that sound
like enough justification for taking a little
time off?
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