While waiting for the school bus this morning I got into a conversation with my daughter which ended up in a discussion about how people in the modern world are much more mobile than even just a hundred years ago - travel, migrations etc.; and thus the diversity of people and backgrounds in her class. To include citing examples of life in differing areas "back then." When she then piped up "And one of our ancestors traveled on the ocean stealing things!"
This stems from the fact that on the maternal side there is a famous pirate in the family bloodline, something the kids do get amused about at times.
It was then explained to her that well yes, that's true... but she also had ancestors who lived in the hills of Scotland stealing sheep.
And others in the high Rockies who were plundering the Navajo for horses and brides.
Which then led to me going "Umm and while stealing is wrong, apparently there's a lot of it in our background kiddo..."
2 comments:
Ohh... THAT's going to be fun to explain later... :-)
We've been aiming to misbehave for centuries. :)
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