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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Profile	Posted by	Options	Post Date
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 6,802 Send Message	supercrutch	Report	27 May 2014 21:23
	JoonieCloonie those examples were brilliant :-D
	Researching: Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Member Since: February 2008 Posts: 7,326 Send Message	DameShelly("\(o)/")	Report	27 May 2014 21:31
	i did the test and the test don't no what its chatting about as im not posh or a chav im a cockney and don't have to put on a voes or use made up words to pretend who i am im me a eastender girl :-D :-D :-D :-D the test said im a chav and 5% posh but i do have a brover how thinks his poo don't stink and a S.I.L who think her farts dont smell and thay are nether chav or posh just pathetic
	Researching: Re-searching Barber and Marrow Wickhambrook Suffolk
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	27 May 2014 22:35
	When my sister worked for the gas board, she had a customer whose name sounded like Mrs Seedeebowtaam. When she was asked to spell it, it was Sidebottom! :-D
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	28 May 2014 07:13
	A bit better on the other test .i am now 27% posh . :-D :-D
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	28 May 2014 09:30
	I wood've fort I was nowhere near posh.........(apart from Peterborough United that am) but I is!!! 17%
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 3,677 Send Message	Tenerife Sun	Report	28 May 2014 12:50
	Bob Peterborough is a stones throw from my last UK residence. Up the posh now has a whole new meaning.
	Researching: Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 15,165 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	28 May 2014 19:46
	Oh Lor! I am 33 percent posh! Well I never did! Mind you, truth be told, I am descended from Royalty, on the wrong side of the blanket! :-D :-D :-D
	Researching:
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,859 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	28 May 2014 20:42
	It is thought that I am connected to Royalty, (Princess Diana) from the wrong side of the blanket too.
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	29 May 2014 00:05
	does having a shelf above a radiator qualify as a mantelpiece? or does one HAVE to have a fireplace?
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	29 May 2014 00:49
	I'm 40% posh on the second test :-S One has an open fireplace AND rustic mantelpiece (plank of wood) in one's caaancil haase No fire surround as yet - wood's bought, just waiting for one's carpenter to get his arse into gear, then rustic mantelpiece will go :-D
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,859 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	29 May 2014 08:17
	:-D :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.