Quote Originally Posted by gilmore View Post
It seems that you are trying to establish two contradictory genealogies, both of which have their own internal problems. One originates in Normandy and continues in southern England (and is unlikely due to the reasons set out in my earlier post.)

The other would originate in the Scottish Highlands, and is also problematic, as others have pointed out.

You really can't have it both ways.

This is an example of why I don't have the patience I should with false genealogies, and those who invent them and pass them on. If one wants to believe fanciful things about one's ancestors, that is one thing. If one passes them on to unsuspecting people, that is another, and is the unforgivable sin of genealogists. After doing geneaological research for some years, one finds oneself spending much more time plowing through other people's BS than in doing original work.
Hence digging out as much as I can. I would greatly love to know simply where it all began. As far as conflicting angles go, I think when your dealing with information that is based on another's facts, you need to eat the meat and spit out the bones.

I know that somehow my family has clung to the French, Welsh, Scot, English connections, and it has become apparent that there is a great deal to that. So now its mearly a matter of sifting through what sticks and what doesn't

Do I think Richard Hywish left a crap load of money to a bunch of charities when he died and they now bear his name? Yes.

Do I know his pedigree is accurate and factual? No.

This all very new to me. Canadian families a lot of the time have basically had their fore fathers deny their roots as being "not important" and hence why very few Canadians know about their heritage. Which is why I am so thankful for all the people with some UK knowledge willing to help me out.

Basically, Canadians don't know much about the UK and vise versa unless they've been there. Somersets history is all new to me. People lying about ancestry is pretty new to me too, because it's importance to most Canadians is of minimal value. So, if there are conflicting pathways regarding information , I appreciate you pointing it out.

Myself, I think it is crucially important to understand where you come from. This digging will become a gift to my children and to theirs; that they will understand what our blood lines have lived for, longed for, fought for and died for. A sense of identity to a rather rootless generation.

My want to perpetuate a falsity is none existent, my want to find and preserve where we come from is.

Cheers