My mother and many of her cousins were very much into geneology - on her side. Dad's side doesn't go back any further than Ellis Island on the Swedish side - Swedish geneology being insanely difficult to trace if you don't know an awful lot to begin with! So Ma knew how we were related to almost everyone ... and Dad said - "Ah, we probably don't wanna know on my side anyway - probably all Russian horse-thieves or something!"