Odin of Asgard (215)
begat Beldeg of Scandi (243)
begat Brond of Scandinavia (271)
begat Frithogar of Saxony (299)
begat Freawin of Saxony (327)
begat Wig of Saxony (355)
begat Gewis of Saxony (383)
begat Esla of Saxony (411)
begat Elesa of Saxony (439)
begat Cerdic of Saxony (407)
begat Creoda of Wessex (493)
begat Cynric, King of Wessex (525)
begat Cealwine, King of Wessex (547)
begat Cuthwine of Wessex (584)
begat Cuthwulf of Wessex
begat Ceolwald of Wessex (622)
begat Ceured of Wessex (644)
begat Ingild of Wessex (680)
begat Eoppa of Wessex (680)
begat Eafa of Wessex (732)
begat Eahlmund, King of Kent (758)
begat Egbert the Great, King of Wessex (775)
begat Ethelwulf, King of Wessex (857)
begat Alfred the Great, King of Mercia (849)
begat Edward II (870)
begat Edmund I (921)
begat Edgar the Peaceful, King of England (943)
begat Ethelred II, the Unready (968)
begat Goda of England (1014)
begat Ralph, Earl of Hereford (1003)
begat Harold, Baron of Sudelay (1051)
begat Robert, Baron de Sudelay (1085)
begat Robert de Sudelay (1125)
begat Sybil de Ewys (1165)
begat Robert de Tregoz (1190)
begat John de Tregoz (1222)
begat Sybil Tregoz (1271)
begat Mabidia de Grandson (1294)
begat Catherine Pateshull (1300)
begat John de Tudenham (1346)
begat Robert de Tudenham (1372)
begat Margaret Tudenham (1404)
begat Thomas Bedingfeld (1428)
begat Edmond Bedingfeld (1450)
begat Agnes Bedingfeld (1457)
begat Christopher Browne II (1482)
begat Christopher Browne III (1523)
begat Thomas Browne (1557)
begat Abraham Browne (1607)
begat Jonathon Brown (1635)
begat William Brown (1684)
begat Isaac Brown (1711)
begat Isaac Brown (1739)
begat John Brown (1780)
begat Timothy Brown (1811)
begat Isaac Brown (1836)
begat John Frank Brown (1858)
begat Kenneth James Brown (1909)
begat Kenneth John Brown (1935)
begat John Allen Brown (1953)
begat ME! (1979)
From a pagan god to my kids in only 62 generations!
Unfortunately for him, though, Odin isn't the oldest relative I've got. That distinction goes to somebody named Clodius II. I don't know what year he was born in, but to give you an idea, Clodius' great-great-great grandson died in 113 A.D.
After spending the last several days searching and cataloging ancient French, Saxon, and Norwegian royalty, the Norse are by far the most entertaining. Who else has names like: Ingjald the Wicked? or The Mighty Olof? or Ragnarsson Sigurd the WormEyed? or Moelda the Fat (who happened to be a queen)?
5 comments:
How did you do that? Do you have software or something? I have tried doing a little family history and I never get very far.
Gotta luv the names.
Sometimes I could be readily convinced I'm descended from Ethelred, the Unready.
same question, how did you do that? my parents found some stuff out last time they were in england but i would love to have a geneology.
My Grandpa Brown (my dad's dad) worked it back to about the 18th century level with his own research. He even drove back to Southern Illinois (where the family was at the time) and looked up local records. I did some internet searching on my own because we were stuck at that generation and I found a distant cousin who seems to be a genealogical fiend. She gave me the connection I needed which got us back to the 17th century English immigrants. From there back the line seems to be pretty well known because the Brownes were all radical Congregationalists (of all things)! From then on it was easy finding people who've cataloged this all on-line. One married-in relative (Agnes Bedingfeld) was roytalty, and that's where the distant connections come in. It seems English royalty have been keeping track of their descendants since Adam (probably so that they don't marry too close of cousins)!
Very cool stuff. Can I hire you . . . my mom would be stoked.
Also, have you seen the website, "Geni", you can track your family tree.
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