quote:I'm guessing your great grandmother lived half her life in Ireland before 1921 (and so half English)?
It's sort of a family riddle passed down through the generations from my great-grandmother, who delighted in keeping people guessing for years. I'm not like that, though it's always interesting to present it when a bunch of people were sitting around a campfire or something.
Only one person has ever got it on their own in my lifetime, and that was a ten year old girl. I asked the question and she blurted the correct answer like a game show champ. When I tell you the answer, I'll bet you can see that her biggest advantage was that she was a kid, and didn't get hung up on details.
Here it is: my great-grandmother's maiden name was English.
