Originally Posted by
JaneV2.0
He didn't even know until the DNA results came back, and he wasn't nearly as interested as I was. Both his surnames are prominently listed in Inquisition lore. I'd love to trace his line back and find out the details, if possible. Heretical? As if being a Jew or Moor who converted to Christianity and then had the rules changed on them in the middle of the game was something to be ashamed of...
History has always seemed boring to me; having examples of real people involved (as opposed to kings and wars and dates ad nauseum) has definitely fueled my interest. As far as I've been able to tell, I have a couple of murderous ancestors (Saint Olga is a possibility), but if they were psychopaths, that particular trait hasn't been passed along to me. I wouldn't hold anyone's antecedents against them--unless their family tree was particularly rife with miscreants--then, I would precede with caution (and I've never encountered that). At any rate, I find genealogy fascinating--mine and everyone else's.