Wednesday, December 24, 2008

#10


After determining that you are not rich enough to purchase a diamond mine, nor sufficiently impoverished enough be the subject of an emotional Christmas song, we must take a long hard look at those on your list. We will start with the broad categories and then narrow it down.

First of all, are you related to the person on your list? This can be sometimes be difficult to determine, but it is a very important question and one that should be addressed especially in the midst of so much mistletoe and alcoholic eggnog. And physical resemblances (or the lack thereof) cannot always be trusted. But I’ve found that there is always one member of the family who can be counted on to know exactly how each member of the family is related to each of the other members. This person is your best bet. However, they don’t even just tell you if a specific person is your relative. They give you the entire genealogy of all of them and how they are connected all they back to Moses and Abraham. So in order to answer this question you should probably start in September.

If you would have to include them in the history of mental or other illness section of your medical history form (related), go to #8

If you are not related, go to #3

1 comment:

Michelle said...

My little brother Matt would be this person. Two days ago, he was able to connect me to an 18-year-old thug guy in Tijuana who was killed a few weeks ago by a member of a cartel. We are fourth cousins, he says, related via my great-great grandpa Ambrosio Gomez, who, by the way, designed the sewer system in Mexico City.