End of the family line......

My daughter has decided to ensure that my surname lives on and goes boating with my grandchildren at every oppertunity.
The my family are fully aware of my many many DIY disasters and the volume of the language depends on the age of the observers. :)
 
oldgit said:
My daughter has decided to ensure that my surname lives on and goes boating with my grandchildren at every oppertunity.
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Umm! Are the grandchildren of whom you refer the children of your daughter? If so, how come they have your surname? Did she happen to marry someone with the same surname?
 
Wansworth said:
Not having any male heirs my issue will not go on to carry the family name nor from what I see any interest in boating or bodgeing they have seen where it takes you and will Not be buying power tools and searching secondhand supplies but will be going directly to Ikea...
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Joining family names looks quite popular so all is not lost.

As I have one daughter and my brother one of each. Who knows, or in my case cares, what will happen to my family name the important stuff is in the DNA you pass on.
 
I wouldn't worry about a name;-) My cousin did some ancestry stuff and discovered my great great great grandfather altered his family name slightly .. so the scottish clan I was immensely proud of was actually not valid and to my horror I discovered my ancestors were english! I consoled myself with the thought we were still the same people as we'd always been!
 
Angele said:
Umm! Are the grandchildren of whom you refer the children of your daughter? If so, how come they have your surname? Did she happen to marry someone with the same surname?
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Maybe the daughter isn't married and still has her father's name? As do her children, though I imagine they're not too happy being called "oldgit"
 
jimi said:
I wouldn't worry about a name;-) My cousin did some ancestry stuff and discovered my great great great grandfather altered his family name slightly .. so the scottish clan I was immensely proud of was actually not valid and to my horror I discovered my ancestors were english! I consoled myself with the thought we were still the same people as we'd always been!
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och well, niffer mind.. could be worse ye ken.

A lot of ‘Scottish’ surnames are derived from French - Fraser, Bruce,Grant and more...

In the distant past there was no such thing as a surname in Scotland but can’t remember when or why it changed, probably when folk started writing things down.

Anyway your clan is as valid as mine is.
 
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Wansworth said:
Not having any male heirs my issue will not go on to carry the family name nor from what I see any interest in boating or bodgeing they have seen where it takes you and will Not be buying power tools and searching secondhand supplies but will be going directly to Ikea...
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Makes me realize how fortunate I am. I have a son who is an RNLI volunteer cox. and his elder son has just become the father of a boy and my younger son has earned a living teaching sailing.
 
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You could console yourself with the thought that throughout history a fairly steady, and surprisingly high (1 in 6?) proportion of people are not the descendants of the father they are named after.

This could easily mean any (or all!) of:
(a) you are not really a true Wansworth, and your real family name lives on elsewhere; and/or
(b) your daughters are actually someone else's (which could explain the lack of salt in their blood); and/or
(c) you have male descendants somewhere you were not aware of/have forgotten about, who may be carrying on the noble family tradition of boating, diy and treasuring junk (much to the disgust of their 'father(s)' who are wondering where on earth such inclinations came from!) . :D
 
The only male issue on my brothers side is quite a handyman but lacks the family scourge of amassing potentially useful stuff .And he is spending most of his money on expensive consumer goods....not entirely acceptable!
 
Well, an individual only inherits 50% of their DNA from one parent, so unless you go for an Oldgit cloning process, the kids are going to have the precious stuff diluted out anyway. And in the case of grandkids, the proportion is down to 25%, so not surprising that the lure of the great salty 'oggin and the dumpster is waning. Let them worry about it, I foresee that global warning might soon be triggering a resurgence of interest in homes that float!
 
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