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Rob Researches His Ancestry

Rob Researches His Ancestry By Elton Camp His family’s stories filled Rob with glee For few had ancestors as illustrious as he The gratifying report he happily approved A king was his grandfather a bit removed Nothing could be more splendid Than from royalty to be descended At his claims, some folks would sneer So he decided to make the facts clear With the use of powerful Internet tools He would shut the mouth of those fools When the genealogy was all done Gloating at them would be such fun The final report in his hand he clasped At what he learned, poor Rob gasped Rob was as embarrassed as could be There was no king in his family tree The boastful family stories had been wrong To a hangman’s descendants he did belong

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Date: 12/14/2013 5:06:00 PM
ha! very clever!
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Elton Camp
Date: 12/14/2013 5:15:00 PM
I traced my ancestry back to England in the 1500s and found very ordinary folks and quite a few scoundrels. Not a king in sight!

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