Shaggy Dog Story
Modern Genealogy
And it came to pass, one day in the latter part of the twentieth century, that Emma Smith married Jacob Jones, kept her maiden name, and became Emma Smith-Jones.

And Emma and Jacob begat Isabella Smith-Jones.

And it also came to pass that Emily Jones married Michael Smith, kept her maiden name, and became Emily Jones-Smith.

And Emily and Michael begat Ethan Jones-Smith.

And Isabella Smith-Jones married Ethan Jones-Smith, kept her maiden name, and became Isabella Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith.

And Isabella and Ethan begat Madison Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith who married one Joshua Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, kept her maiden name, and became Madison Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith.

And Madison and Joshua begat Ava Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, who married one Daniel Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, kept her married name, and became Madison Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones.

And Madison and Daniel begat Olivia Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, who married one Alexander Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, kept her maiden name, and became Olivia Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones.

And Olivia and Alexander begat Sophia Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith, who married one William Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones, kept her maiden name, and became Sophia Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-SmithJones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones-Jones-Smith-Smith-Jones.

And Sophia and William begat Christopher, who became a rock star and one day said, to a crowd of his screaming fans, "Enough already!  I'm not signing any more autographs.  You want an autograph, go see Sting!"

Latest comments

29.03 | 17:31

Hi Bruce,
I smiled a lot as I looked! Sometimes I didn't quite understand, other times I did! Keep doing this! You are a fun thinker!

05.07 | 23:04

hi! your blog is really fantastic! you are really lucky to have it. I have one but i did not have a single like apart from me

11.10 | 23:42

No longer pray for an outcome. Just do the footwork, if I can see any. I just pray for the grace to willing accept what the outcome will be.

30.06 | 02:37

yo that is so cool