tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965700.post110903827546206000..comments2011-04-26T04:32:28.753-07:00Comments on Another Day Another Myth: The Old Gent1000mythshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18249354654422705279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965700.post-1156091495265077872006-08-20T09:31:00.000-07:002006-08-20T09:31:00.000-07:00have you continued to look up cc smith? the whole ...have you continued to look up cc smith? the whole geneology thing has changed with the internet.<BR/><BR/>i have a mystery in my family, too. everyone on my father's side is very secretive, taciturn and unforthcoming. who knows where the blighters came from. no one's talking. secret immigrant from europe begets mining official by day, OSS operator by night who marries american blue blood gal descended from robert morris (allegedly).<BR/><BR/>my dad thinks there's a bad family secret.<BR/><BR/>i think it goes back to the middle ages when someone with his surname was persecuted as a heretic and tortured by the inquisition. temperment and outlook runs in families and i suspect being a waldensian was enough to create generations who play their cards close to the chest.<BR/><BR/>but, then again, maybe there's a bad family secret.annabananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226414619011215321noreply@blogger.com