On Ancestry.com I traced my roots back to Thomas Jefferson...

[matmar]

[immoderate]

1. That's what good genes will get you.

[font color=red]On edit:[/font] Both branches of Jefferson's descendants are aware, and even had a publicized meeting a few years ago. They are publicly known. It makes sense for Ancestry.com to track down a few of them for their commercials.

--imm

[jwirr]

2. My family traces their lines back to that area and we have lines (not direct) back to both Jefferson

and Lincoln. I was just playing around with seeing how close we could get. It is fun to show the kids because they then become very interested in history.

[fascisthunter]

3. I'm related to Genghis Khan

[Bruce Wayne]

4. you and about 9% of humanity

Temujin got around.

[fascisthunter]

5. I wasn't being serious actually

but hey, maybe I am...

[WolverineDG]

6. It's a joke

watch the whole thing. There's no freakin' way Ancestry.com would have an ad that includes the "m---f---" bomb.



Having said that, genealogy is a fun way to learn & connect to history, though.

[Chorophyll]

7. This is from "Key and Peele." Love them.

Jordan Peele does a *fantastic* impression of the POTUS.

[kestrel91316]

8. I'm a descendent of Charlemagne........

.....me, and about a billion other folks in the Western Hemisphere, lol.

[rustydog]

9. My son's maternal side traces back to Giles Corey

Salem witch trials.

[Honeycombe8]

10. How much did it cost to do that, do you mind my asking? nt

[matmar]

11. This is a parody of the commercial for Ancestry.com

my bad for misleading you to think I'm related to Thomas Jefferson