By rights I am a duke!

[El Supremo]

"Gentlemen," says the young man, very solemn, "I will reveal it to you, for I feel I may have confidence in you. By rights I am a duke!"

"Yes. My great-grandfather, eldest son of the Duke of Bridgewater, fled to this country about the end of the last century, to breathe the pure air of freedom; married here, and died, leaving a son, his own father dying about the same time. The second son of the late duke seized the titles and estates—the infant real duke was ignored. I am the lineal descendant of that infant—I am the rightful Duke of Bridgewater; and here am I, forlorn, torn from my high estate, hunted of men, despised by the cold world, ragged, worn, heart-broken, and degraded to the companionship of felons on a raft!"



Duke of Cambridge or Duke of Bilgewater - all the same to me.

[Drale]

1. We have an old family story

that in the 1700's one of our ancestors was "royalty" in Germany and became disgruntled with the rest of them royals. He led a rebellion against them and lost horribly. Who knows if its true but if it is I have German Royal blood in my lol.

[postulater]

2. Marmaduke too. nt

[a la izquierda]

3. My husband's family too...

though they were Lords. However, the family left England a very long time ago (like 400 years). He could care less. I am a historian, so I find it fascinating.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. family name was connected to the royalty in Poland

some say... I could care less.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. My father has often told me

I have Kansai blood. That there was a samurai in our family history. All I have are these:
http://twitpic.com/14wmq4

Which came from his mothers home in Osaka. Its a pretty good bet, he was right.

[eShirl]

11. ooo!

beautiful

[madinmaryland]

5. My friend. You got the wrong word.

It is "douche" not "duke"

:P

:hi:

[El Supremo]

18. Behold! The late Dauphin has emerged from the Sports Forum.

All should bow to our Royal Highnesses at DU!

[mmonk]

6. Well, my ancester was the Duke of Albemarle.

One of the Eight Lords and Proprietors of the Carolinas. Also largely responsible for the Declaration of Breda (establishing the compromise of the Constitutional Monarchy of England-Restoration of Charles II through his communications with him). My family's coat of arms can be seen in Eastern North Carolina on historical highway markers. He was also a General and had command of the Admiralty. Albemarle Sound in NC is named after him. Do you think the state will give us our land back or did the revolution make that null and void?

[grasswire]

7. if I only had the land my ancestors owned....

..I would hold a large part of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York (including part of lower Manhattan), New Jersey, and more. Damn it all. I would settle for the riverfront properties on the Connecticut River.

[nebenaube]

8. By rights I am a Cherokee...

So if anybody is getting ancestral lands back ya'll can get the hell out of the Virginias and North Carolina... :sarcasm:

[mmonk]

19. Well I guess you beat me out on that.

Got the deed?;-)

[nebenaube]

28. nope...

we suffered no silly such silly notions. That is how we could lay claim to the whole area...

[kenny blankenship]

9. No one should call themselves a Democrat who is not a democrat.

There are some seriously confused people around here.

[a la izquierda]

23. Oh come off it.

Most of us are simply interested in our family history. My father's family was a bunch of potato farmers in Ireland. Are you happy now, knowing some of us are peasants?
This place seriously needs to pull the ginormous stick out of its collective ass sometimes. Sheesh.

[hifiguy]

10. The Duke of Prunes

My darling, you mean so very much to me,
I love you so deeply
It just makes me...
Duke, duke, duke, duke of prunes, prunes, prunes
I'll never forget you darling...

And you'll be my duchess, my duchess of prunes

- Frank Zappa

[kenny blankenship]

12. The only Emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

--Wallace Stevens

[eShirl]

16. yes! +999

[pipi_k]

13. Well people get all impressed when I tell them one of my ancestors

was a "King's Daughter" back in France.

Till I tell them that she, and other young women who were widowed or orphaned, were sponsored by King Louis XIV for the trip to New France (Canada) to marry the men who had no "real" French wives and had taken to marrying into the local native population.

They were called Filles du Roi


I yam Royalty!!

:7

[eShirl]

14. I am descendant of kings and indentured servants, princesses and house maids

but by far the vast majority of my ancestors were hunter-gatherers in a wild, open world.

It's all good.

[pipi_k]

30. A cousin and I often joke

about our shared distant ancestor, Pierre the French Amoeba.

[trof]

17. I'm a cousin of George Washington.

Descendant of his great grandfather.
:-)

[SheilaT]

20. I'm the Duchess of Gadsden.

[Keith Bee]

24. Gadsden is a mighty fine town!

[SheilaT]

26. No, Gadsden as in the Gadsden Purchase.

I lived in Tucson, and decided that since it's within the aforementioned Gadsden Purchase, I could declare myself the Duchess thereof.

[originalpckelly]

21. Fuck that shit, I'm the Duke of Earl.

I know that it doesn't make sense, but neither do I, so it works out quite well for me.

[madinmaryland]

22. FREE THE DUCK!!!1!!!

[Keith Bee]

25. Yeah. David Duke.

Hey, based on that drawing...

[Diclotican]

27. El Supremo

El Supremo

Not sure about the "Lord" thing... But I can, by stright line from my grandmothers side, go back to 1350... My uncle who are somewhat of a local historican, have discovered that we have been on the same county, since at least 1350... So my roots here I live, are at least 661 year old...

Diclotican

[somone]

29. Try this car

[provis99]

31. and I'm a direct descendant of Charlemagne. So take that!

But that's actually an old genealogist's trick; most West Europeans are descended from Charlemagne.

Most of my ancestors were Joe-the-Shit-Shoveler types; they at least made an honest living, rather than rampaging around the countryside bashing peasants on the head.

[Zanzoobar]

32. Maybe by Entitlement, never by Right.

A common misunderstanding.