On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:47:25 -0400, spam.sc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(S. Checker)
wrote:
>Snidely <Snidely.too@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mar 15, 8:26 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
>> <reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> My brother-in-law is now the Patriarch and his wife, also named Mary,
>>> is the Matriarch. My husband is the Patriarch's little brother and
>>> I'm the child bride. And, on my side of the family, I'm the Heiress.
>>> Come to think of it, I will be the Matriarch on my mom's side when my
>>> last two uncles die, since I'm the oldest grandchild. Not that any of
>>> my cousins will give a damn, though, since we're not that kind of
>>> family.
>>>
>>> Mary "Scattered and independent, actually"
>>
>> Being the head of the clan was much more impressive when everybody
>> worried about whether you and your clansmen would ride up with swords
>> drawn and torches lit.
>>
>> I'm the youngest son of a youngest son of a middle son on my father's
>> side, so I'm nowhere near the patriarch, and even within my own sept
>> my eldest brother is probably going to give me a run for the last day
>> on the calendar. He has quite a head start, but my exercise program
>> has been affected by AFCA., and I'm not quite serious enough about
>> veggies.
>>
>
>I'm the last of my line, sort of. My father had one sister, no
>brothers. I only have one sister, who does have two boys but of course
>they have a different name. And I have two girls so far. As long as
>things remain patrolinear (is that the word?) my last name will die
>out.
>
>This actually used to bother me. I don't think it's im****tant any more.
My brother, sister and I all used our mother's maiden name as a middle
name for our first born kids, otherwise that family name would be
gone. Of course, we all gave the name to daughters....
Boron
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