Highly accurate name, alternate meaning of 'Halen' is stroking/pulling.
(currently an Idle Van Halen, not much of a master)
I have been spending time swinging from branch to branch of the family tree as if I was a chimp at the local zoo...... 
Anywayyyyyy - I decided to check on what my relationship was to an old ancestor and this is the answer that came up.....
I'm thinking about using this as a line at the next family gathering......
"Dear Thomas,
"John Shannon is your 8th great uncle's father's wife's second great granddaughter's husband's second great grandfather."
Anywayyyyyy - I decided to check on what my relationship was to an old ancestor and this is the answer that came up.....
I'm thinking about using this as a line at the next family gathering......
"Dear Thomas,
"John Shannon is your 8th great uncle's father's wife's second great granddaughter's husband's second great grandfather."
"I'm My Own Grandpa" (Willie Nelson version.you are probably related to him too!)
Now, many many years ago
When I was twenty three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
My daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matters
Even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
That also made him the brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son
That kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because, she is my wife
She's my grandmother too
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
Now, if my wife is my grandmother
Then, I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As the husband of my grandmother
I am my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
Now, many many years ago
When I was twenty three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
My daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matters
Even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
That also made him the brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son
That kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because, she is my wife
She's my grandmother too
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
Now, if my wife is my grandmother
Then, I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As the husband of my grandmother
I am my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
Trying to break a board with your head.....
Annnnnnnnnnnnnd today's winner of the I'mma Big Dummy Award iz.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0cosKhRdbA
Annnnnnnnnnnnnd today's winner of the I'mma Big Dummy Award iz.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0cosKhRdbA
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Here in the USA that is the symbol for having a hook in you mouth and getting reeled in like a big fish.... Which means that you are done...
Cal is back.
Nice to be with the dodos again.
1. I took a step back and looked at the springer again and my eyes finally saw it. You know how sometimes you look at something and see the opposite of what others see? Well guess what?
2. The time away was good but I missed the dodos and the internet was really hit and miss.
3. I have a little gremlin that shows up every couple of years and makes a nest in my lower back so Calhoun is very sore right now.
4. I broke a tooth while away.
5. I took new shoes to play tennis with Dad and I now have a big ol' blister on my baby toe.
6. I tripped over the suitcase and started bleeding like sacrificial pig.
7. There something wrong with my shoulder, I can't lift my arm over my head.
8. My knees buckled more often than usual.
I'm not going away next year, it's too dangerous.
Nice to be with the dodos again.
1. I took a step back and looked at the springer again and my eyes finally saw it. You know how sometimes you look at something and see the opposite of what others see? Well guess what?
2. The time away was good but I missed the dodos and the internet was really hit and miss.
3. I have a little gremlin that shows up every couple of years and makes a nest in my lower back so Calhoun is very sore right now.
4. I broke a tooth while away.
5. I took new shoes to play tennis with Dad and I now have a big ol' blister on my baby toe.
6. I tripped over the suitcase and started bleeding like sacrificial pig.
7. There something wrong with my shoulder, I can't lift my arm over my head.
8. My knees buckled more often than usual.
I'm not going away next year, it's too dangerous.