It’s very strange to look at a long genealogy of oneself and be reminded that you only know the last names of your grandparents and maybe great grandparents, bu

It’s very strange to look at a long genealogy of oneself and be reminded that you only know the last names of your grandparents and maybe great grandparents, but that 300 years ago, almost all your descendants would’ve had totally different names. Everyone wants to know who their father^N was, just because we’re attached to a silly little name.