Bloodlines

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about anscestry. He had several brothers and sisters and knew his family history back into like the early 1800s. In contrast, I am an only child, in fact there are only 3 members of my generation on my mother's side. I actually have my father's last name. So if one of my cousins doesn't have take a wife and have a child, my mother's maiden family name will "die out" with my 2 uncles and grandfather. I thought wow, I was speechless, to think that the family name would be gone.

So then I thought how many times throughout history that has happened. You know people talk about bloodlines and heritage and all that stuff, but I can imagine most family names are not original. By that I mean over the years names have come and gone, so who you REALLY are will pretty much always be a mystery, if you go back far enough. Even with me, my grandkids (gawd imagine that) probably will only know about my mom's family if I write about it. The bloodline will be there, but the name will not.

I guess I should start writing huh?