The Genealogist’s Christmas Lament

Santa

My family tree, it seems, is quite a mess,
John’s Y DNA did not match Mackness,
John instead matches up to an Ibling,
But then the Ibling did not match his sibling,
Instead the Ibling matched up to a Rolland,
But Rolland wasn’t from here, but from Poland.
The only thing in common I can remember
Is that all of them were born in September.

Good Heavens, I might have figured this out,
There’s one magical man, roly-poly and stout,
That visits worldwide just once a year,
In just one night, bringing gifts and good cheer.
Cookies and milk are left for his snack,
With a wink, he finds gifts for good kids in his pack,
But maybe he had something extra special in stow
For a few grateful Moms under the mistletoe?
My gosh, I think there’s even a song,
About kids seeing Santa kissing on Mom.
All this time, I thought sure it was Dad,
And Dad surely is going to be mad.

Do you think it’s possible that all these odd matches at play
Could be related to the man with the reindeer and the sleigh?
He’s been around forever it seems,
But not in even my wildest dreams,
Does it seem possible that the man with the twinkle and jingle,
Would be the guy doing the Mistletoe Mingle?
However, the modus operandi really does fit
And all I need now is some Santa Claus spit,
Cause, of course, I’m just dying to know,
If John, Ibling and Rolland all line up in a row.
And the name they all match, of course, would be Kringle,
Which would explain all about that wink, twinkle and jingle….

mistletoe

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The Found Poem

found

 

i will keep calm

and keep researching…

in spite of my assertion of disappointment

that the ready answer

wasn’t waiting

 

keener minds have

reminded me…

that

we are really just at the beginning

of this science

 

all of these different studies

focusing…

on that which may be discovered

through diligence

 

i am mindful of a great gratitude

for the things that I have been able to discover…

and which knowledge

no other generation of us

ever had even the slightest chance

of discovering

 

it is a wonderful picture we have been given…

a picture which fastidiously

places us personally

upon the tree of life

 

the reality of our descent

through ancestors

both known and unknown…

is far removed from youthful thoughts of alienation

 

generations of relations…

moving

inexorably

through history

is a great gift

 

hopefully

it is a story

i can pass on

to those who have not yet even been born…

how wonderful

 

and thanks to M-168

M-70

and even pf7443 whoever he was…

and H2a2a2

that very special lady

 

harry

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