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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 3,916 Send Message	LollyWithSprinklez	Report	13 Jun 2010 00:25
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 3,916 Send Message	You can't sneeze with your eyes open!!
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	13 Jun 2010 10:09
	when i was a teenager........... "Antidisestablishmentarianism" WAS thelongest word in the English language......dunno if it still is..... Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	13 Jun 2010 10:58
	Well Bob, it still has 28 letters. I assume it did when you were a teenager :-)
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	13 Jun 2010 11:27
	The word 'Underground' starts & finishes with the letters 'UND'.
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	13 Jun 2010 13:36
	We chose our friends for OUR ability to make THEM laugh.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,844 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	13 Jun 2010 14:11
	Continents start and end with the same letter, i e Asia, Europe.
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 2,301 Send Message	CherryBlossom	Report	13 Jun 2010 16:09
	The longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'"
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	13 Jun 2010 19:53
	In 1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 3,916 Send Message	LollyWithSprinklez	Report	14 Jun 2010 00:57
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 3,916 Send Message	Fleas only jump backwards and always land on their back legs :O
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	14 Jun 2010 07:10
	'Catch the ball' - shocking new game invented by Rob Green.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 516 Send Message	Julia	Report	14 Jun 2010 12:02
	During the last 3,500 years, it is estimated that the world has had a grand total of 230 years in which no wars took place Julia (in Cambs)
	Researching: Rogers, Angus, Royston, Strickland, Nayler, Mountain,
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	14 Jun 2010 14:14
	Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like competition. Love Daff xxxx
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	14 Jun 2010 14:34
	You are more likely to be killed by a rogue champagne cork than a poisonous spider. Now that one surprised me! xxxx
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	15 Jun 2010 14:23
	BP oil leak spreads to goalkeeper's gloves - Obama blamed.
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:10
	The Queen can't be prosecuted for driving offences because she would technically be prosecuting herself.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:36
	well actually, I dont recall the Queen ever passing a driving test......??? (thats NOT to say that she has never had one cos I cant remember) do they have driving tests for 'Orses though? Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 502 Send Message	Beverley	Report	15 Jun 2010 15:38
	Actually Bob, I don't recall ever seeing her driving before until a news item yesterday and she wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	15 Jun 2010 16:06
	'Chirotonsor' is an alternative title for a barber.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 280 Send Message	skwirrel	Report	15 Jun 2010 18:17
	The Queen drove ambulances in WW2 when she was a very young princess. Gill
	Researching: Ireland, Poland.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	15 Jun 2010 19:24
	LOL Ambulances.......!!! THAT rings a bell!!! wasn't she and margaret in the land army as well? Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

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