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In order to put the "final
touches" on your genealogical research, you've asked all of your
closest relatives to provide DNA samples.
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You are the only person to
show up at the cemetery research party with a shovel.
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You were instrumental in
having "non-genealogical use of the genealogy room copy machine"
classified as a federal hate crime.
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Your house leans slightly
toward the side where your genealogical records are stored.
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You decided to take a two-week
break from genealogy, and the U.S. Postal Office immediately
laid off 1,500 employees.
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Out of respect for your best
friend's unquestioned reputation for honesty and integrity, you
are willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera while she
reviews your 57 genealogical research notebooks in your home.
The armed security guard, however, will remain.
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You plod merrily along
"refining" your recently published family history, blissfully
unaware that the number of errata pages now far exceeds the
number of pages in your original publication.
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During an ice storm and power
outage, you ignore the pleas of your shivering spouse and place
your last quilt around that 1886 photograph of dear Uncle
George.
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The most recent document in
your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36-page contract between you
and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company.
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Ed McMahon, several TV cameras
and an envelope from Publishers Clearinghouse arrive at your
front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the first thing you say is,
"Are you related to the McMahons of Ohio?".
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"A Loving Family" and
"Financial Security" have moved up to second and third,
respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far
behind "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader."
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A magical genie appears and agrees to grant
your any one wish, and you ask that the 1890 census be restored.