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[pipi_k]

2. Was that through

Ancestry.com, by any chance?

I've been doing my family tree since 2007, and every now and then I sign up for Ancestry.com hoping for some new information.

Last time I did, a little over a year ago, I "discovered" that I was related to Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Just to make sure, I went backwards and checked each connecting person and found out that a random person had mistakenly inserted an incorrect ancestor into the line.

Too many people zealously and eagerly insert names into their family trees that don't even belong there. I've had to wipe out whole branches of mine when the GED com files I use pointed out that sons (as posted in Ancestry.com) were listed as being born before their own fathers or grandfathers.

My advice, if someone is using an online site to do genealogy work and finds a link to royalty, is to have it confirmed by trained genealogists. It could save lots of embarrassment later...