Well! After watching a podcast on the Mayflower and seeing one o’ those New England Ancestry pages go by, I decided to once again check to see that I indeed had no ancestors on that cursed boat of righteousness and religious bigotry, and this time, I failed! Not one, but three! And none through the bastard side of the family either!

Richard More Sr. and Larry Sanderson are both descendants of Hugh (Stafford) de Stafford KG.
Richard and Larry are 9th cousins 13 times removed

Henry Samson and Larry Sanderson are both descendants of Edward (Despenser) le Despenser KG.
Henry and Larry are 8th cousins 14 times removed (Uncertain)

Agnes (Cooper) Tilley and Larry Sanderson are both descendants of Edward (Despenser) le Despenser KG.
Agnes and Larry are 7th cousins 15 times removed (Uncertain)

But, I gotta ask, is going back to the 1350s too far to fish for ancestors? I mean, that’s what ancestors are, isn’t it? Dead, gone, and lost in the past?

Gosh! I feel just like the Daughter In Law Elect!

My mother was exactly like Jupiter Jones in Jupiter Ascending, well, with bees anyway. In Jupiter Ascending, Jupiter Jones was Queen of Earth and much of the universe and the bees swarmed to honor her Majesty.

The bees reacted exactly the same with my mother, except they hated her. If she got within two miles of a hive, they would swarm and attack her. See, just like the Queen of Earth, only different.

Happy New Years to those of you on the Gregorian calendar. Asia’s is coming up soon, but it ain’t here yet.

Things get complicated at Joseph Sanderson and Joseph Sanderson Jr. Bethia Kemp, Joseph Sanderson Junior’s mother, won a paternity suit in court against Joseph Sanderson, who it turns out, was not the father. Recent genetic testing indicates it was a Lakin, although it’s not clear which one.