I was listening to this song a bit ago and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how someone could be thier own grandfather cuz when I tried reading the song it just got me all confused. ********************************************************** 08-12-04, 05:09 PM Ewood27 The only way I can think of to make it physically possible is this. Your grandmother dies and your grandfather marries again, probably a much younger woman. Then he dies and you marry the widow. You are then the husband of your step-grandmother, and I don't think you have fallen foul of consanguinity laws.
Or it's not literally true, but a metaphor. Far more likely, in my opinion, but I've no idea what it's a metaphor for (or should that be phor?) ********************************************************** 08-12-04, 05:33 PM clarebear Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three, I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad, And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run, And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son. My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue, Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild, And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild, For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!
Sounds simple enough! Big Grin ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 07:44 AM Leppi wood, I was refering to the song that clare posted. Clare, I don't understan the song though. Confused ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 08:37 AM clarebear Leppi...
Its a joke. Razz ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 08:38 AM MrsS I have not heard that song in ages! It was a favorite of mine when I was a kid...Clare, d'ya know where I can find a copy offline? ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 02:54 PM Ewood27 OK, so there's more than one way! Heck, even a genius can have an off day, can't he?
I've never heard the song before, anyway, but it does seem comprehensible enough, for all that it's somewhat contrived. From your comment, Mrs S, I take it it's about five years old. ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 03:34 PM gerry Brothers and sisters, I have none; Yet this man's father, is my father's son.
Who is this man? ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 04:18 PM Georgia85 Leppi, it ain't a joke...it's plain old country mating habits! Wink Draw a diagram, it will make things easier. Basically because his stepdaughter is married to his father (and now has a child) that child is his grandson (through marriage) and his wife (who is the mother of his stepdaughter which is married to his dad) is his grandmother. And since he's her husband....he's his own grandpa! Simply now, ain't it? Big Grin
Gerry....His son ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 04:28 PM clarebear I'm my own grandpa!! ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 05:16 PM Jelp01
quote:Originally posted by gerry: Brothers and sisters, I have none; Yet _this_ man's father, is my father's son.
Who is _this_ man?
This man is the one who's speaking. ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 06:54 PM frankvan
quote:Originally posted by Jelp01:
quote:Originally posted by gerry: Brothers and sisters, I have none; Yet _this_ man's father, is my father's son.
Who is _this_ man?
_This _ man is the one who's speaking.
Sorry, that's wrong. Having no brothers or sisters means 'that man's father is ME! I am my father's son. But THAT man's father is me. Ergo, that man's father is Me. He is my son. 08-13-04, 07:45 PM ********************************************************** Jelp01 Oops! ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 07:57 PM Sarai
quote: I was listening to this song a bit ago and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how someone could be thier own grandfather cuz when I tried reading the song it just got me all confused.
Let's call the speaker "John" to make things simpler.
John married a widow who has an adult daughter. So John has a stepdaughter.
John's father married John's stepdaughter. So John's stepdaughter is now also his stepmother.
Since his stepdaughter is also his stepmother, his wife (stepdaughter's Mom) is his stepgrandmother.
As husband to his "grandmother," he is his own grandpa.
All the other details of the song are funny but not necessary for him to be his own grandpa.
Big Grin ********************************************************** 08-13-04, 08:39 PM Georgia85 Yup, his son....like I said above Wink ********************************************************** 08-14-04, 01:25 AM DvdGStwrt My Aunt, who was a nun, is now my grandmother. She is also the mother and the sister of my father (though she is no longer a sister).
How does that work out? My Aunt's father died early on, my Grandmother remarried who fathered my father. Then my grandmother passed on and my grandfather married his step daughter. Who had joined a convent earlier and had left when or because she planned to marry.
So my aunt is also my grandmother. She is also my father's sister (formally a sister to all) and now is only a sister to my father and my uncle and is also their mom. Strangely my Grandfather is also my uncle, which might make him a grand uncle, or my father's mother my grand aunt. Not to be confused with my Grand uncle's brother who is my Great Uncle (though nobody told me exactly what it was he did to become so great).
And that is no song folks, that's a real life situation.
David ********************************************************** 08-14-04, 06:37 AM gerry yup, me, his son, the one who is speaking, while pointing to a picture of himself. ********************************************************** 08-20-04, 01:38 PM babthrower John's father has only one child: John.
John looks at a picture of a man.
The father of the man in the picture is John's father's son.
John's father's son is John.
So the man in the picture is the son of John. ********************************************************** 08-20-04, 06:08 PM honilov Thanks for posting the song, Clare. Someone sent that to me once in an email, and I had no idea that it was really a song. I didn't save it and never thought I'd see it again. I actually tried to figure it out, but my head started spinning too much. Big Grin
David, your real-life situation sounds almost as complicated. Smile ********************************************************** 09-10-05, 03:36 PM tanel251
quote: Originally posted by clarebear: I'm my own grandpa!!
clarebear, This has nothing to do with genology but that web site you gave a link to is one of the nicest sites I have visited in some time. I just had to bookmark it for future reference. Thanks for the link/ ********************************************************** 09-10-05, 05:52 PM clarebear I am my own grandpa I forgot about this post. There are all kinds of gems at Answerpool. Smile ********************************************************** 09-15-05, 03:54 PM edgeview This is true. My sisters mother in law is her mother. ********************************************************** 09-15-05, 09:25 PM babthrower Edge, please tell us that your sister married her step-brother. Or are you from Bountiful? ********************************************************** 09-16-05, 05:22 PM edgeview Our mother married my sisters father-in-law. This happened after my sister had married. Then my mother married my sisters father-in-law. It didn't make my sister very happy.
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