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Posted: 1/19/2012 3:58:40 PM EDT
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Scottish royalty from the Isle of Skye. Way on back down the road. Can't get the wife on board with me wearing kilts though. Wives... Clan Macdonald? That would be me. Actually, some Norse people that married into the clan. ETA I am the KING of page 4! 
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:05:24 PM EDT
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I imagine odds have it that if you trace far enough back, most anyone can find a connection to some nobility. This. Let's not take ourselves too seriously! |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:07:28 PM EDT
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The way that noble families inbred, most if not all of the claims of royal blood are incorrect.
Also, how is it that so many white people i meet are mayflower desendants? My anscestors crossed Kit Carson pass before Kit Carson did. They also slapped Mejico around in the bear flag revolt. Then they got poor mining the gold rush... lol. Hence the prohibition bootlegging. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:20:37 PM EDT
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Directly related to Mary Queen of Scots and indirectly related to the last king of Ireland who ever the fuck that was.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:28:41 PM EDT
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Not me; my grandfather was kidnapped by Baptists from North American Aborigines back in the late 1890.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:31:18 PM EDT
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Is this white peoples' equivalent of saying, "I'm part Cherokee?"
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:32:25 PM EDT
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On my dad's side, there was a Welsh Duke a long time ago.
On my mom's side there is none to my knowledge, but we can trace it back to 867 A.D. in Norway. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:34:31 PM EDT
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My grandmother was from a wealthy German family. She was born in the late 1800's. Her mother was supposedly a German baroness and her father was supposedly a blue blood. His last name started with "Von". I have a book in German Die Deutshclandreise de Arion from NY from 1908 where he appears with Teddy Roosevelt in photos. Noble titles were abolished in Germany in 1919. http://i42.tinypic.com/20fvj0p.jpg Oh hello cousin! I bet you didn't think you would e related to me |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:35:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:35:48 PM EDT
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Is this white peoples' equivalent of saying, "I'm part Cherokee?" Lol no everybody here thinks they are 1/64 slapahoe too |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:38:01 PM EDT
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My emigrant ancestor was a 10th generation descendent of King Edward III of England.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 4:59:20 PM EDT
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The old homestead of my Gramps family on Moms side.
Bloodline runs back to the Wards and Suttons, and further back to the Dudleys. At a certain point, the bad blood caused by the Suttons got Gramps family run the hell out of Britan, and all the damn Scotts then ran them out of Nova scotia as well. Imprison just one popular queen, and the Scotts get thier skirts in a knot... My mom was fascinated by this shit, so I yakked it up with the B.I.O.T. Brit Rep one afternoon, and got he did some digging for her, and had a bunch of documentation sent to her from the records keepers at some historical society in Birmingham. Sometimes, it's best not to know exactly why blood relatives left a castle and a good life behind them. Some of Gramps family were real fuckers! 
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:01:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: First.I have noble blood. In a mason jar. On the shelf in my shed. What's your address? Post. Wins. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:02:48 PM EDT
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Not that I know of, but I do have at least one ancestor who may have shed some noble blood while he was fighting for the birth of this nation.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:04:42 PM EDT
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I personally own title to 49 acres. I have declared myself Baron.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:05:21 PM EDT
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Quoted: Manship...you have a defective one. I LOVE men in kilts.Quoted: Scottish royalty from the Isle of Skye. Way on back down the road. Can't get the wife on board with me wearing kilts though. Wives... Clan Macdonald? That would be me. Actually, some Norse people that married into the clan. ETA I am the KING of page 4! Windknot...Clan MacDonald is a fascinating clan. I know more about the 17th century Glencoe MacDonalds than I do about my own lineage. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:14:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:17:54 PM EDT
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Yes
Traced back to the 1600's on my grandfathers side. I'll leave it at that. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 5:56:01 PM EDT
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On my mom's side, verifiable link to William the Conquerer. Wish all his lands were still in the family
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Posted: 1/19/2012 8:22:45 PM EDT
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Quoted: Landsknecht were pretty much everyday run of the mill mercenaries but got to wear the gayest stuff ever. Most were pikemen or arbequisers. Sure some guys who were knights at one time joined thier ranks but they were certainly not the majority.Quoted: Quoted: German landsknechter, Landsknechts were mercenaries. Very few nobles took that job. Quite the opposite. Most noblemen in 15th-16th century Germany were impoverished knights, who were more or less forced to take up the mercenary profession, because the practice of rigid primogeniture deprived them of access to agnatic inheritance. By the time commoners made up the majority of cavalry (in the late 16th century) they were no longer called landsknechter but reiters. Speaking of Reiters, I have a 3/4 black and white harness complete with burgonet collecting dust. Not an original. I had a guy in the Ukraine make it for me. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 8:24:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: This. reiters primary weapon was a wheel lock. 2 of them to be exact. And yes Landsknecht were commoners.Reiters were a form of light cavalry armed with firearms, and had nothing to do with the landsknechte, who were mostly pikemen, and who were, yes, mostly commoners. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 8:25:51 PM EDT
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A Prussian Prince through marriage several times removed. That's the only one I know of.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 8:29:51 PM EDT
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I just found out that I am a direct descendent of Shaka Zulu.
Now I have the urge to go spear some redcoats. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 9:07:34 PM EDT
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My great-grandmother was a Wedgwood.
Darwin's wife was Emma Wedgwood. Charles Darwin is my 5th cousin, 7x removed. The Wedgwoods also married into the royal family. Edward I (Longshanks) is my 5th cousin, 23x removed. It doesn't mean much of anything.....Grampa Longshanks didn't let me gut anybody or invade any foreign lands. Instead the offspring of his offspring of his offspring married some poor Irish immigrant farmers and lived in the projects. Makes a cool story, though. Sort of. But not really. Royalty doesn't mean shit in this country.....as it should be. So.....my claim to fame is I'm a nobody just like every other red-blooded American. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 9:22:54 PM EDT
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I am a descendant of adam. oh wait, so is everyone else.
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Posted: 1/19/2012 9:29:15 PM EDT
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I am a descendant of adam. oh wait, so is everyone else. I'm not. |
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Posted: 1/19/2012 9:39:17 PM EDT
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I am a descendant of adam. oh wait, so is everyone else. I'm not. thats because youre a neanderthal 
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Posted: 1/20/2012 1:28:29 AM EDT
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Royal blood? I am a fucking GODDESS! it doesn't get much higher than that! Pics of you in your Goddess robes. please. 
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Posted: 1/20/2012 1:31:23 AM EDT
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OP, you have been here almost 2 years.
Everyone on Arfcom:
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Posted: 1/20/2012 1:32:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: OP, you have been here almost 2 years. Everyone on Arfcom:
I'm a failure, I only score 4/6 of those |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 1:46:10 AM EDT
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OP, you have been here almost 2 years. Everyone on Arfcom:
dont forget the fact that I can bench press the combined weight of a large african village,with my 12 inch penis....... |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 2:18:53 AM EDT
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IN before "I'm related to William Wallace".... aww shit.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 2:21:40 AM EDT
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serf blood here
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Posted: 1/20/2012 2:29:53 AM EDT
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Check my records for some more details.
My Great-x27-Grandfather on the direct male line was Roger Bertram, Baron Briquebec, who came over with William The Conqueror. I have a Great-x12-Uncle who was married to the countess of Ogle and assassinated in London by her lover, a Swedish Count. Another Great-x12-Uncle was a Viscount, and his grandson was created a Marquess, this grandson was a politician who held 2 or the top 3 positions in the Government of George III and at the time of the American Revolution was the minister responsible for the colonies. He owned a 60 miles wide strip of land on the border of North Carolina and Virginia that was lost after the revolution. My Great-x13-Grandfather married Catherine Howard, who was the granddaughter of the Earl of Surrey, her line makes the 3rd Duke of Norfolk (the premier Dukedom in England) my Great-x16-Grandfather, the 3rd Duke of Buckingham my Great-x17-Grandfather, and King Edward III of England my Great-x23-Grandfather. Through Edward III I am descended from the following: Great-x24-Grandfather - King Edward II of England Great-x25-Grandfathers - King Edward I (longshanks) of England, and King Philip IV of France Great-x26-Grandfathers - King Henry III of England, and King Ferdinand III of Castille and Leon Great-x27-Grandfather - King John (lackland) of England (brother to Richard the Lionheart) Great-x28-Grandfather - King Henry II of England Great-x29-Grandfather - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Maine, who married Mathilda the Empress, Queen of England Great-x30-Grandfathers - King Henry I (beauclerk) of England, who married Mathilda of Scotland, and King Fulk of Jerusalem Great-x31-Grandfathers - William the Conqueror King of England, and King Malcolm III of Scotland Great-x32-Grandfather - Robert II (the devil) 6th Duke of Normandy ... Great-x36-Grandfather - Rolf/Rollo/Robert of Norway?/Denmark?, 1st Duke of Normandy, a Viking leader who laid siege of Paris and was granted Normandy in a peace treaty with King Charles III of France. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 2:30:29 AM EDT
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Yep, just a knight but still technically nobility. Rui Peres de Villalobos. Was at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:18:49 AM EDT
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IN before "I'm related to William Wallace".... aww shit. Most of Scottish descent claim to be related to William Wallace. Most females with a sliver of Native American claim to be related to Pocohontas Most Southerners, especially those who are into its history, are related to Jackson, Forrest and or Lee. Most who are passionate about American revolutionary history are related to Washington, Jefferson, Franklin or Adams. etc. Find what someones historical passion is and they are likely to tell you they are related to someone famous in their chosen passion. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:32:55 AM EDT
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Things to remember: Everyone on Arfcom owns their house and cars outright. Everyone makes $100,000+ a year. Everyone has an IQ of over 140. Everyone can shoot 1/2" groups at 100 yards with a Mosin-Nagant - standing. I guess I need to add: They are all descended from royalty. Youeft out the part that everyone has an eight inch pecker and a bunch of hot girl friends. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:34:41 AM EDT
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Quoted: I personally own title to 49 acres. I have declared myself Baron. I'm going to put a moat around my cubicle at work and start raiding parties to the fridge. The savages will bow before the might of Lord Zhukov. At least until HR gets wind of my little scheme.  |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:36:55 AM EDT
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It's funny how everyone is related to royalty. They're never related to the court jester or the guy that emptied the chamber buckets. I feel sorry for those losers.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:39:18 AM EDT
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I can trace my family tree back to a Scottish king.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:44:34 AM EDT
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My Dad did our geneology back to the time when our peeps came over on a boat from Scotland. We have a DEFINATE
royal name (from Scotland), but I'm thinking that our line was branched off from the local bar maid, not a Queen.
I have seen family pictures of the homestead from the 1800's..... I LOL when some people think all white people in the south owned slaves. NOT OUR POOR ASSES... I can tell you that! LOL!!! -ZA |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 5:52:05 AM EDT
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My Dad did our geneology back to the time when our peeps came over on a boat from Scotland. We have a DEFINATE royal name (from Scotland), but I'm thinking that our line was branched off from the local bar maid, not a Queen.
I have seen family pictures of the homestead from the 1800's..... I LOL when some people think all white people in the south owned slaves. NOT OUR POOR ASSES... I can tell you that! LOL!!! -ZA Amen to that. My ancestors were more likely complaining that slaves were taking all the good jobs. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 6:07:30 AM EDT
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A cousin of mine claims he traced our family back to Caesar but who knows if he was just bullshitting or not. I never knew whether to believe him or not.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 6:19:00 AM EDT
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One of my great grandfathers was in Washington's army and crossed the river with him after Christmas for the surprise attacks. Name was John Banks. That is the only claim to fame I have...
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Posted: 1/20/2012 6:25:54 AM EDT
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Dirt farmers & peasants as far back as I've been able to trace. Ancestors fought in the Revolution, and there's an old family rumor that we're related to Ethan Allen but I haven't seen the documents. Great aunt is active DAR so she'd probably know for sure, if I cared enough to ask. Royalty? Not a lick Do you get a family discount when buying furniture? |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 6:39:14 AM EDT
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The way that noble families inbred, most if not all of the claims of royal blood are incorrect. I think you are underestimating population dynamics. Say your Royal blood goes back to 1200 AD. That's 812 years, or 40 generations. Say each child begets two children who survive to adulthood and have their own children. Royal A - 1 2nd gen - 2 3rd gen - 4 4th gen - 8 5th gen - 16 6th gen -32 7th gen -64 8th gen - 128 9th gen - 256 10th gen - 512 11th gen - 1024 etc. By the time you get up to 40 generations, we're talking 1 billion possible descendants. Of course, some forks will be dead ends, and inbreeding will reduce some of the lines, but some families will have more than 2 children survive to adulthood as well. That's not even counting illegitimate children. Also, how is it that so many white people i meet are mayflower desendants?
There were 135 people on the Mayflower. Lets call it 67.5 breeding pairs. 20 generations since the Mayflower. Using the assumptions above, that equates to ~71 million Mayflower descendants, or a little more than 1 in 5 Americans, or 1 in 4 white Americans. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 6:55:56 AM EDT
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Quoted: By the time you get up to 40 generations, we're talking 1 billion possible descendants. Of course, some forks will be dead ends, and inbreeding will reduce some of the lines, but some families will have more than 2 children survive to adulthood as well. By the time you get more than a couple of generations away from the actual noble, I think it's stupid to say you're descended from royalty. So 20 generation one of your ancestors was technically "nobility" - that doesn't mean you have "noble blood". [ETA] For more on this, just look at the futile attempt people in the Kennedy clan make to try to associate themselves with that clan of miscreants. Second cousins twice removed on the great-aunt's side will all of a sudden try to put "Kennedy" into their last name. [ETA2] I'd be embarrassed to try to claim nobility status for any of the aforementioned reasons. Unless you're a direct descendant of someone within the last couple of hundred years, just drop it. It makes you sound pathetic. |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 7:38:01 AM EDT
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Nope. I represent a long and pure line of drunken violent hairy ass peasant bastards.
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Posted: 1/20/2012 9:45:20 AM EDT
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Dirt farmers & peasants as far back as I've been able to trace. Ancestors fought in the Revolution, and there's an old family rumor that we're related to Ethan Allen but I haven't seen the documents. Great aunt is active DAR so she'd probably know for sure, if I cared enough to ask. Royalty? Not a lick Do you get a family discount when buying furniture? I suspect he was as tight as the rest of my family - "Full price and while you're here fix the cash register" |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 9:55:31 AM EDT
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Quoted: It's funny how everyone is related to royalty. They're never related to the court jester or the guy that emptied the chamber buckets. I feel sorry for those losers. Same thing works with the racial separatist morons of all stripes. "Back in the ancient days WE WERE KINGS!" or "When we take over our new homeland WE'LL BE KINGS!" Apparently nobody is going to change tires and take out the garbage. |
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