zombiemann
Of course we can't exactly do a DNA test online, and since the accepted family trees are pretty much agreed to be only partially representative, you
can claim to be decended from attila the hun. The best way, probably the only way, for relatives to succesfully seek damages is to pony up for the
test and take the results to a court in the jurisdiction where the ancestor controls the most money.
Of course, there are probably dozens of incidents where perfectly nice people were murdered because they threatened to tell on the lords and ladies
who don't practice what they preach, in RECENT history. In ancient history there are no doubt thousands of similar occurences.
Hierarch, I know it's just a phrase, I was just having a bit of fun with you. I think the etymology, or at least my version of the etymology, rich
men don't bleed, so their blood is always blue. The royalty aren't supposed to bleed to protect the country, that's the duty of the peasants; all
us Red Blooded Americans.
Ironic that we had European royalty versus royalty running against each other in the same American race - but it's happened several, no many times
before. Hierarch, you also made the comment about the trees branching laterally, and how this sort of connection was irrelevant. The blue bloods
don't think so, or at least, I don't perceive that they do. Title is title, claim is claim, money is money. They strive at all costs to keep money
in the family. It's their own sort of flacid attempt at immortality and guaranteed superiority. It's not very effective, as many assorted
revolutions can attest.
To some these things are the height of importance. To others it is not that interesting who sired whom. I find it mildy interesting, but I'm always
tempted to go farther and farther back, and then I realize the essence of what I'm doing. I'm retracing my steps to Ape for the purpose of
venerating and emulating those long dead. Better to be the man of this century than the man of last century.