Writers abound in my family; poets, journalist, and just
plain writers, there are lots of us, most of my siblings, several cousins,
Father, Mother, grandmother, aunt. For years, we’ve talked about writing being
in our genes, and I believe I’ve found the proof. (Well except for my mother
and grandmother, they only married men on that line.)
I was online looking at my family tree and the name
Shakespeare jumped out at me. (I’ve always been a big fan.) Then just a couple
generations later, I find a Shakespeare who lived in Stratford on the Avon! So I
opened another window and looked up The Bard’s birthday, and the fellow I was looking
at was older then him. So I looked up The Bard’s father’s name, and it wasn’t
Richard, the name I was looking it, but well Richard was enough older then good
old William that I decided to check who Richard’s kids were, well of course I
did know one, the one I come from, but when I checked, the first child listed
was John!
That was Shakespeare’s father’s name. And yes, when I
checked who John’s children were, William was there — the William Shakespeare,
picture and all!
The fellow I descend from was John’s little brother, but
that still means, William Shakespeare is a distant cousin of mine! Writing
really is in my genes.
Now to go back to my WIP, I have a lot of editing to do. After
all, I have a rather auspicious heritage to live up to.
Happy writing
everyone! J
