What does the other half think?

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What does the other half think?

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In general, probably not too much :wink:
I'm talking about what your wifes, husbands, partners think of genealogy.
Are they interested, or do they think your crazy?

Mine - he rolls his eyes and asks if I'm "researching" again :-)

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Re: What does the other half think?

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Yes Snoopysue mine is the same, although he will go to graveyards & cemeteries with me and reads his newspaper while I mooch around. :roll:

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Re: What does the other half think?

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Mine hates it!!

he has seen me turn into this archives addict!
He has no time at all which is sad :(
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Don't quite know if I'd get him to come with me! Although it's abit of a jaunt as i live in Denmark, and most of my lot come from the black country. One of these days I'll get round to a dedicated genealogy trip to fill in the blanks!!

Although he has a semi famous Dane in his tree - even got a statue in the town square!!
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Re: What does the other half think?

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Who would that be Snoopy Jan Molby?
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Re: What does the other half think?

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Mine started it and was fanatical for many years.
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Rob wrote:Who would that be Snoopy Jan Molby?


No someone called Søren Kanne. He saved some sailors from drowning just off the north west coast of Denmark near a town called Grenaa. There's even an intercity train named after him.
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hubby and family :roll: eyes! :lol:
The kids bought me a folder to keep things in,
it says,
screw loose! :lol:
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Re: What does the other half think?

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grangers14 wrote:hubby and family :roll: eyes! :lol:
The kids bought me a folder to keep things in,
it says,
screw loose! :lol:
Jo :)



what :!: one escaped from next door :roll:
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Re: What does the other half think?

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my mrs listens when im on about me tree, but her eyes glaze over when start talking about world war one :lol:
It must come to a fight . Only make the right wing strong
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beardie wrote:my mrs listens when im on about me tree, but her eyes glaze over when start talking about world war one :lol:


I remember in school, they taught us about the battles, and told us the statistics and didn't really touch on the people - so I can sort of understand your wife. For me to get interested I had to start finding out about people's individual stories.

I was talking to my collegues about genealogy today, and I think they don't quite get it either :(
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Re: What does the other half think?

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She appears interested for a while when I tell her something I found out, then her eyes start to glaze over and I thik I could say anything.
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Re: What does the other half think?

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My fiance Craig, hasn't the slightest interest in genealogy, so when I make a new discovery he just gives me an amused smile. :lol:
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Re: What does the other half think?

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snoopysue wrote:I remember in school, they taught us about the battles, and told us the statistics and didn't really touch on the people - so I can sort of understand your wife. For me to get interested I had to start finding out about people's individual stories.

Yeah, I get what you mean about that. The only "people" we really studied in school history lessons were the leaders of the Easter Rising, and due to the nature of the school (Catholic with a large percentage of those being of irish descent), it's understandable why they did actually touch on the people.

Although I always have been a bit of a history geek, but when it was boring stuff like the war of the roses, WWI, America in the 1920s I would tend to be less interested in that, and it would reflect in my grades.

As for my other half, I think she is the same as most others. When I discover something interesting she'll listen, but then her eyes start to glaze over...
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Re: What does the other half think?

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The trick is to notice the eyes glazing over straight away, and stop. :wink:
I must admit my other half would say I ramble on for hours. :(
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