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more blonde in the gene pool

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.08.23

My mum, our family's chief genealogist, has been contacted by someone through ancestry.com who's tracked back one line of his (and our) family to the 5th Century. When the names along that line switch from Scottish to Danish. I'd like to see the research some time.

So to recap, my ingredients: German, Mennonite (same thing), Irish, Scottish (same thing), Scots-Irish (ditto), English, and may contain traces of Danish/Viking/troll. There's a simpler way to spell that out, and it's "Canadian". E.g. my kids' ingredients: Japanese, Canadian.

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An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

—Orlando Battista