tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-1159488309771532922006-09-28T22:48:00.000-04:002006-09-29T16:22:04.316-04:002006-09-29T16:22:04.316-04:00I've only just discovered that yesterday, September 27, was Ancestor Appreciation Day. Fortunately, only three of my ancestors are still sufficiently alive to feel appreciated, and none of the three expected a card.<br /><br />Which is not to say that I don't appreciate those defunct ancestors who made me the man I am today, including the French-Canadian housewife who started her second family before ending her first marriage, and the deacon's son booted from his father's church for tippling. Without them, I might have become a happily married churchgoer instead of a miserably single agnostic. So much for <a href="http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2006/09/defense-of-genealogical-obsession.html">evidence of innate superiority</a>.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.com