If your last name is in here, you're probably a tracable cousin. If you have any documentation on any of these individuals, please email me.

Giovanni Ernesto Satta and Edvegia Nicoletta DiMeglio

My maternal grandparents

Charles Edward Bard and Irene Pauline Charette

My paternal grandparents

Charlemagne

Charlemagne is my 35th great grandfather. On Christmas Day, 800, Charlemagne accepted the title of emperor and was crowned by Pope Leo III. For several years after he regarded the imperial title of being of little value. Moreover, he intended to divide his lands and titles among his sons, as was the Frankish custom. At his death on Jan. 28, 814, however, only one son, Louis, survived; Louis therefore assumed control of the entire Frankish empire.

Jesus of Nazereth

This is the mythological bloodline of Jesus Christ through his supposed marriage with Mary Magdelene.

Abraham

Abraham or Abram, BC ca. 1996-1822 recorded to have lived 174 years. He was the first patriarch,and the founder of the Hebrew nation. In Jewish, Christian and Moslem tradition, he emerges as a father-figure.

William the Conqueror

The Duke of Normandy who went on to conquer England is my 27th great grandfather. William, now known to us as The Conqueror, was known to his contemporaries as William the Bastard. His mother, Herleva, bore the only son of Robert, Duke of Normandy in the year 1028. After William's birth his mother was married to one of Robert's followers and had two more sons, Robert and Odo. Although William was illegitimate, the Duke, soon to leave on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, persuaded the barons of Normandy to recognize William's birthright. On his way home, Robert was killed and at the age of seven William became Duke of Normandy.

Fernando and Isabel

The sponsors of Columbus are my 16th great grandparents.

John "Lackland", King of England

The signer of the Magna Charta is my 23rd great grandfather. The administrative and bureaucratic innovations John brought to the Angevin government have not been enough to save his reputation throughout the years. Chronicled as England's most cruel and untrustworthy monarch, John may long be the victim of his early bad press. As a monarch, John displayed no love lost for the Church of Rome and as a result, the historians of the day--almost without exception clerics, took every opportunity to malign and discredit him. However, while not evil incarnate, John certainly demonstrated on many an occasion those qualities that led generations of school children to remember him as Bad King John.

Richard the Lionhearted

Since he is John's brother, he is also my 23rd great granduncle. Born on 8 September 1157, the second son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard was raised in Poitiers, the court of his mother, well-known for its adherence to the rules of courtly love, chivalry, and knighthood. The skills Richard learned in these years proved invaluable for he had two strikes against him: he was the second born son and he was not his father's favorite. Henry II's first son, also Henry, was crowned during the old King's lifetime. The Young King Henry died in 1183, and Richard was poised for succession, but Henry favored John, his third and youngest son. Richard, pushed to the point of open rebellion, joined with Philip II of France in an attempt to destroy the Angevin empire and Henry. In July, 1189, with his health failing, Henry accepted a humiliating peace and died. On 3 September 1189, Richard was crowned in Westminster.

Catherine De Medici

The Queen of France is my 14th great grandmother

Duncan I, King of Scotland

Killed by MacBeth, is my 28th great grandfather. Duncan was probably quite young when he became king of Scots, and probably not of great competence. Little is known about his reign. In 1038 or 1039, Ealdred, Earl of Northumbria, invaded Strathclyde, perhaps in an attempt to wrest it from the Scots. Duncan responded in 1040 with an attack on Durham. Like his grandfather's attack in 1006, it ended in disaster, with Scottish forces fleeing, and Scottish heads decorating the Durham marketplace. This defeat seems to have weakened his authority so severely that Macbeth was able to defeat and kill him in battle near Elgin.

Germain Doucet dit Laverdure

The first governor of Acadia is my 10th great grandfather. Germain Doucet dit Laverdure was born at "Couperans-en-Brie" (Couperans-en-Brie cannot be found anywhere on todays maps), perhaps he was from Courpalay-en-Brie, in the department of Seine-en-Marne, or from Conflans-en-Brie, near Paris. He came to Acadia in 1632 with Isaac de Razilly and Charles de Menou. The King of France had commissioned Razilly, a Knight of the Order of Malte, to go and rebuild Acadia which had been restored to France in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Odin and Frigg

They were revered as gods by their people, the King and Queen of Scandanavia are my 60th great grandparents

Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun is my 46th great grandfather Attila lived from 406-453 and was king of the Huns from 433 until his death. Known as 'the scourge of God', Attila waged a reign of terror, ravaging vast areas of Europe and Asia between the Rhine and the Caspian Sea. The Huns were already very powerful before Attila succeeded his uncle, Roas or Ruglias. Attila at first shared the throne with his brother Bleda, but killed him in 445.

Alfred the Great

Alfred is my 33rd great grandfather. He was one of the greatest men in history. He was crowned king at Winchester, 871; founded the British Navy, organized the militia, compiled a code of laws, built schools and monasteries, and invited scholars to live at his court. He was a good scholar and translated many books. The only English King called "The Great," Alfred is renowned both for his ability as a war leader and for his love of learning. He can be counted with Charlemagne, as one of the two most outstanding rulers of the 9th century.