fracking ancestors
on the internet
exhuming distant graves
neat as pixels
paper dolls on desktops
resurrecting stories
their backs lit
by the lamps of other histories
slightly translucent
frail leaves of biography
in binary flight
raisingghosts.com
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Out of the Cave 
I adore “fracking ancestors”. Just brilliant. Are you doing this ancestry thingy?
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No… I haven’t got into it… yet. But I have quite a few friends who are into it. It seems totally addictive! Are you into it?
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Not personally, no. I’m afraid some criminal will show up at my door, asking if we have a spare room. My cousin is very much into it. Turns out we’re closely related to Jessie James and Benedict Arnold. 😂😂
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Wowsers. Amazing lineage!
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My mother always told us we were related to Paul Revere. Not so, I’m afraid. That was wishful thinking on her part. 😂
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I can’t say we have many relatives with their own Wikipedia pages. 🙂
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what’s “this ancestry thingy”?
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ancestry.com etc finding your folks. You can even send in DNA samples. And you can have your name out there for your distant rels to track you down.
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You can read all about it at https://www.ancestry.com/
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That show was on TV here… “Who do you think you are?”. I think it caused a ghost-raising boom.
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Did they televise the Dame Judy Dench episode in Australia?
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Almost certainly. But I can’t remember seeing it. We watched quite a few but I don’t remember seeing that one. Why do you ask?
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I think it was one of the most interesting. She discovered some extraordinary connections that make one wonder if our interests or abilities are inherited.
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Oh cool. I might see if I can find it.
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I’m with Misky here. Fracking ancestors is brilliant, but is it good for the environment?
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According to our PM, it’s splendid. But, frankly, he doesn’t give a frack.
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😂 He should go frack himself!
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LOL
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😊
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