The Mayflower’s manifest: who cares?

How is it that everywhere I go, someone’s direct relative came over on the Mayflower? Didn’t 50% of them die the first year, 1620-21? What’s funny is, you ask them: “Okay, so your GGGGGGGGGGG grandfather was on the Mayflower. Can you tell me what the Mayflower Compact actually said?”

Met with Blank faces, Blank brains. Blank souls.

JIC, there is a link to the text of the Compact below, along with the Heritage Foundation’s booklet. Golden stuff.

Back to the manifest of the Mayflower and the descedants:

Now, I can do math (or copy the work of those who do it). And 50 or so people (the number of the 102 who were actually on the manifest AND who survived the winter) representing 26 family lines can have millions of descendants. Probably possible internet research reports that the Mayflower passengers have over 50 million descendants – BUT, and this REALLY important: family lines are not discrete. So it’s just as likely, if you are a descendant of the Mayflower people, that you also a descendant of some nefarious bloodline full of treachery, immorality and violence as well. Let’s hear you brag about that, then! No? I thought not.

For instance, in my family line are Scottish nobles, Welsh pietists, Irish killers, German Papists, Bohemian philanderers, and Dutch conmen. Really, ANY 26 family lines could have millions of descendants. Children of criminals are not criminals, and children of pietists are often impious. Check out Jonathan Edwards and his descendant, Aaron Burr. Or Hezekiah and his, Manasseh and Ammon.

And wasn’t there a war about whether descendants of rulers have a right to rule (to rule either the society or the church)? You remember the history of the 13 colonies and all that? People over 60 do, anyway. It’s a shame, but there are those Sutch and Cerman face-ists in the United States of America (even those over 60) who seem to have either forgotten or never understood this. And it took another war to begin to extend that principle to everyone. And it is sad that many (far, far, too many) of you who are are younger than 35 are clueless about the blessings you enjoy as you attempt to “cancel” them.

SO, really: As we live in (theoretically anyway) the only place in the world where such things ought not matter – keep your silliass genealogies to yourself. OKAY?

Mayflower Compact:

Click to access MayflowerCompactCurriculumBooklet.pdf

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