I just figured out why my family is the way it is....

[Wolfhawk]

... I was working on my genealogy and decided I wanted to move it to another program that has some statistics generators and relationship generators. I decided to pick someone famouse from my extended family to see how they were kin to me. It came back with the following:

Relationship Report
for
William Lee BENNETT-9173 b.1959
and
James I STEWART-4170 b.1394

James I STEWART-4170 is the 16th great-grandfather of William Lee BENNETT-9173.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 16th great-grandfather of William Lee BENNETT-9173.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 14th great-grandfather of William Lee BENNETT-9173.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 14th great-grandfather of William Lee BENNETT-9173.

James I STEWART-4170 is the 14th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 14th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 15th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 15th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 16th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 16th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 17th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.
James I STEWART-4170 is the 17th great-grand uncle of William Lee BENNETT-9173. Their common ancestors are Robert STEWART-3778 and Annabella DRUMMOND-321.

I have a few double kins in my tree where the picking were slim and they picked someone close. I was related to King James the First in 12 different ways. Too much close kin, I guess.

[ForresterModern]

At least give the curious among us a hint---how in blazes did you do all that?

[Draelore]

At least give the curious among us a hint---how in blazes did you do all that?

Indeed! Most of the genealogy sites that I have found are just ways to separate my money from my wallet.

[Bigkahuna]

That means that if the entire British Monarchy dies today, you are still 2470th in line for the throne.

[Livingston]

I have Personal Ancestral File from the LDS. It will generate those reports. According to it and research that a cousin did(**DISCLAIMER** As we all know, anything back before the 16/1700's can be suspect):

Gregory Livingston is the 32nd great grandson of Malcolm "Melkolf" MacKenneth II, King of Scotland.

In order to get the full list you need to have the companion software which will let you print it out.

[Tartan Shortbread Jock]

Wow....I think Wolfhawk would make a good king of Scotland, he even looks
like king James VI of Scotland.

[Wolfhawk]

At least give the curious among us a hint---how in blazes did you do all that?

I have been working with genealogical records for over 20 years. Reading books, bibles, tombstones, census, writing scraps and working for a few others in the family. I decided to take my info where I have been working on the Ancestry.com location and d-load it and ran it thru my Ancestral Quest program where there is relationship calculators. You pick two people in you listings and the software tells you how they are related and shows you. My 2G-grandfather was the results of two cousins marrying. The original connection happened in Charleston, where two Finlay sisters met two Pyeatt Brothers and married them. Each had a daughter who married someone outside the family. These couples had a child each (one boy and one girl) who married together and had my 2g_grandfather. As the Finlay's family is traced back from the sisters, to Ireland, then to Scotland. The rest is based off the books written and the records I could find to continue backward to the point I arrived at.

[Wolfhawk]

Wow....I think Wolfhawk would make a good king of Scotland, he even looks
like king James VI of Scotland.

Thank you, sir, for your kind remarks. I do not think that the they could properly appreacite a Texan as part of the lineage anyway. The cowboy boots might offend them somehow.

[Wolfhawk]

That means that if the entire British Monarchy dies today, you are still 2470th in line for the throne.

Oh, that is just one indicator of my heritage. I have connections to lots of others thru the ages. I have lots of Royal Blood

It is true the anything prior to a certain age is subject to speculation. I try to have references win my genealogy of books, census, land records, wills, etc. to back my statements but sometimes not all the facts are real clear. The closer the writing are to the time of my ancestor's, the more I feel the statements might have some justification.

I do genealogy sometimes so when I am reading a book about history, I can feel the time period thru my ancestors lives, if I have someone in that era.