The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic The Gathering, is the great great grandson of President James Garfield.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down14
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageTIL that Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic The Gathering, is the great great grandson of President James Garfield.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-24 days agoIs one of your 16 great+ grandparents a president? Are you contributing something to the world millions have enjoyed?
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoTypically one has eight great-grandparents. And yes, thank you for asking.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoGuessing from the hostile tone of your response that my own tone was badly conveyed. I was just making a general observation that we seem to automatically treat relatively distant ancestors with the same significance as grandparents. I do the same.
Is one of your 16 great+ grandparents a president? Are you contributing something to the world millions have enjoyed?
Typically one has eight great-grandparents.
And yes, thank you for asking.
Guessing from the hostile tone of your response that my own tone was badly conveyed. I was just making a general observation that we seem to automatically treat relatively distant ancestors with the same significance as grandparents. I do the same.