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[batmanschmatman]

I've been thinking about that flood we had a while back, where we turned into people from history, I guess? And whoever I was, it wasn't like he was anyone important, but it still made me think about a few things.

Now, I'm not saying everyone turned into some direct ancestor or something, but it kind of made me realize I really don't know that much about my family history. For all I know, that kid was some distant relative of mine. I know basically nothing about my mom's side of the family except that she was a dental assistant before she married my dad and her dad died when I was five or six, and anything I have about my dad's is kind of spotty.

When you're a kid, you don't usually ask too many questions about where your great-great whatever grandfather came from, or why he decided to move somewhere or enlist in the army, and if they did say anything about it, I don't remember. And if I have any living relatives, they either didn't know I exist or didn't have an interest in taking me in after my parents died, so it's not like I can just call them up and ask questions. But it would be kind of interesting to know something beyond a really vague Dad's side was Romany, Mom's was probably something from western European.

[Private to Rorschach]

You been keeping out of trouble?

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[ichoosefight]

You know, I don't even know that much about my family.

[batmanschmatman]

You could still ask people about it.

[19centconstable]

I believe it's quite natural of us to wonder where we've come from.

[onceandfutureprat]

I know of my family history. [Because princes have to know this stuff.]

[ichoosefight]

My mom maybe. [ She laughs. ]

Can you imagine? "Hey dad, will you promise not to poison me again if I ask you about Grampa and Grandma?"

[batmanschmatman]

Better than nothing, if you're really curious.

[batmanschmatman]

Probably. I guess I do know more than some people.

[batmanschmatman]

Got any interesting stories?

[19centconstable]

I'm quite sure I'm not related to The Queen, though.

[ichoosefight]

I think I'll stick to the internet, all the same.

Hey, there's an idea! There are all sorts of heritage websites in the future, you could totally just use one of those.

[batmanschmatman]

It would be more helpful if I knew people's full names. I don't think typing "grandpa" into Ancestry.com would be that helpful.

[batmanschmatman]

Well, if you are, it's probably incredibly, incredibly distant.

[ichoosefight]

Well you start with your own name! The computer does all the work for you, silly.

[batmanschmatman]

That's... not really how it works.

[ichoosefight]

Sure it is. Why, how do you think it works?

[19centconstable]

That's the sort of thing that's kept careful track of. Just in case.

[sixthanimorph]

Why are you taking about that flood? That was months ago.

[David sounds a little more surly than usual.]

[batmanschmatman]

Steph, you can't just type "Stephanie Brown" into a website and hope they'll give you everything you need to know about your family. There's hundreds of people with the same name as you. They need to know who your parents were, who their parents were, and it's not like they're going to be able to hand you an accurate file on every ancestor because of people changing their names, files getting lost or they just aren't uploaded to the website yet. I mean, does "Grayson" sound Romany to you?

[batmanschmatman]

I don't know if I'd want her job, even if I was related to her.

[batmanschmatman]

I was thinking about my parents. Is that a crime now? [What is with you lately, David. :|]

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[officerrenaldi]

On the other hand you could be awash in family drama from the moment you are born til the day you die [And possibly come back from the dead with a hunger for flesh. :/]

One of the first things that we did was make a complete medical history a requirement with the LAPD so people know what causes of death to watch out for that are biological.

[19centconstable]

It's not a matter one really gets much choice in.

[batmanschmatman]

Would you do it? Hypothetically?

[19centconstable]

If I were...Queen?

Well, I'd be King, I suppose. And I can't even imagine.

[onceandfutureprat]

My father conquered Camelot in his youth.