We spent a weekend at my parents, and it's been nice to have a break. I certainly needed some time away from home to relax and collect myself. This week coming up is going to be a stressful one. I'll hear about the outcome of my application for the doctorate course in Clinical Psychology. By post. At some point. Argh.
Anyway. This weekend we had inteded to take my parents out for a meal, but because we were going for a short time, it didn't really work out. We did have a very nice time though and it was good to catch up with them. I was also able to score off a good thing - Learn about the family tree from mum.
My mum's traced back our ancestors quite far, but I hadn't realised quite how far back we had traced it. Right now, I'm the ninth traced generation of our family - we have the tree right back to the 1700's! Isn't that cool? I also learned some awesome stuff about my family. For instance, the furthest back ancestors my mum's traced on her side of the family are (she thinks) Jacobites; they have a daughter called Jacobina and all the children have very Jacobian names. The furthest back on my dad's side there is a Hahter in the family, which is a German name and (she thinks) related to a famous musician. I also found out that I'm directly descended from Prince (?) Donald, the leader of the Donald clan. We know this because some of our blood relatives have had genetic testing and found that out.
I've wanted to learn about family tree for ages, and it's so cool to see this history right in front of you that you can trace back where you come from. Each person has their own wee tree too. So, now, I'm hoping to do Will's family tree. Since he didn't get the chance to meet all of his grandparents, it's quite exciting for him to see where he came from too. Then, one day, we'll be able to join our trees together!
So. Family ancestry aside, here are my two photo's from this weekend. (Sensing a theme, anyone?) I also learned to knit this weekend, so that may well be my photo tomorrow!
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