I got back into gen.

[The Genealogist]

7. My early experience was the opposite: it made humans more mythical!

I got my first taste of genealogy from my paternal grandmother. I have her work. She had her great grandfather as a captain in the Confederate States of America's army. Nope. He was a private. His BROTHER was the captain. She had herself linked to all sorts of southern aristocracy, including Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee. I have no idea where she got this, as in all my years of research, there isn't a shred of evidence. Fact is, she was the descendant of generally successful but simple, plain old farmers. I don't think she ever felt at ease with her lineage. She needed her family history to be a pageant. The truth is, it is a family history more at home in a Thomas Hart Benton painting than a Broadway musical.