Why You're Related to Everybody Else

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[mozzarellafish]

*So that’s what she meant by “You’re like a brother to me”...*

[bl]

So every war is just a big family fight?

[supermariochris]

I gotta call Elon Musk and tell him he owes me some money because I'm his long lost son

[GMSryBut]

"So you are the first one to interrupt your family chain"
Me: I always knew I am the dissapointment of my family

[FantasyIce]

"If you fail to have children you are the first to do so in your generation"

Me: Yup that'll be me

[cheollie]

So that Nigerian prince was actually my uncle?

[robertsim]

I've been researching my genealogy for around 6 years now, during that time my research has spanned nearly 1200 years of history.
Currently I've been researching a very famous Scottish King called Robert the Bruce and finding his ancestors. His furthest that I know of goes too 800AD where the human population was only around 220 million people at the time.

I started the research to be closer to my grandmother, which it did. When she passed away I continued to do it to be close to her again, yet at the time I didn't know it but I didn't just do it just for her. I did it because I was interested in history and who came before me not just knowing the names but who they were as people.

I found a distant cousin on the other side of the world, who has probably became one of my greatest friends who has helped me through tough times withing my life, even though we've only met once and now talk on a nearly daily level.

I'm glad that I did this with my grandma, it taught me so much not just about my own history but other people's too. I understand more about history of different time periods in Europe, local surnames and their meanings. The wars and conflicts between them and overall have learned more about what has made me.

A project I'm currently working on is producing a map of all births, marriages and deaths of every person with my surname in a nearly 300 year time frame in Scotland to understand the interconnectedness of all wider society.

I find alot of people with my surname but I can never find a connection between myself and them. Through those 300 years alone, your 6th great grandmothers husband's brother also could be your your 7th great grandfather, then both of them could also share a common ancestor aswell. Proving the fact that we are all connected and related in some way.

As this video says, travelling back then was so much harder than it is now, you wouldn't go far to find someone to continue the bloodlines and generations.

The most important thing that I've learned is that we all are related, we might not share as much dna with each other, we might look or sound the same, taste in food or we don't share the same culture.
Yet we all do share 2 things which we can all say we do, we're all human and we all live (atleast currently) on Earth our home.

With the ongoing situation in Ukraine in 2022 even though its sad that one country wants to complety take over the other with force is disgusting and incredibly sad. Many people on both sides are going to die in this war, noone will win but everyone will lose in some way.

When I see anyone, of course I notice the differences but I primarily notice the similarities between us all which everyone should do.
What I'm saying is, we have no need for any war, any conflict. There's no need to be unkind or hurt anyone. Everyone you meet is a member of your family wether that's as close as your mum to as distant as your 30th cousin.

Everyone reading this comment, make love, make peace and always be exceptionally kind no matter what you do in life. You don't know what's going on in other persons lives, you could say something mean, that will stick in someone's mind and could eventually cause mental health issues (which can stick around for a very long time) which they could end their life over. Or you could be nice, you can complement them, you can make them laugh and both be happier together. Isn't that better than being mean and both of you eventually being in some sort of pain. I think it is.
✌🏻🗺️

Lots of love to everyone, be safe my distant cousins!!!

[ThePagina]

"What's interesting about all of this is that if you go back far enough, not only is all of humanity one giant, interconnected family, but all of life itself on Earth is just one incomprehensibly huge, interconnected family."

Dominic Toretto likes this statement.

[kekero]

I guess I can have a legitimate claim on the kingdom of France.

[aduck]

When you realise the Nigerian prince was telling the truth

[gmdomino]

5:45 Thanks for the shout-out

~Sincerely, Greg

[dababyvr]

"wait please dont kill me"
"why shouldn't i?"
"you're my 387th cousin 1896732 times removed"
"ok homie"
*well boys we did it murder is no more*

[tmck]

*sweet home Alabama plays softly in the distance*

[woahdude]

“We’re all related”

*SWEET HOME ALABAMA*

[epazpeace]

"You will be the first in a long line of ancestors spanning billions of years to fail to have kids"
thats a lot of pressure

[internetghost]

In relation to this, I was also thinking that we all know someone through someone. If everyone we know also knows someone else, then it is a chain which never stops. This is the meaning of connection.

[ranelgallardo]

Is every war just intense family arguments?

[bhxclvh]

LUCA at a family meeting: Awww look how you grew! Do you remember me?

[RiteshAcharya]

So the intro "You're the best big brother I could've ever asked for" actually makes sense?

[-weeb-]

**goes to family reunion**
**spots hitler**
um excuse me, what the fu-