I Am My Own Grandpa...

Here is a bit of a mind-bender for any genealogist. Consider the lyrics to the song I Am My Own Grandpa, written by Dwight B. Latham and Moe Jaffe:

Many many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her,
And soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
For she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother.

 Father's wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter's son.

 My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She's my grandmother, too.

If my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It simply drives me wild.

 For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

 This song has been recorded by many artists, including Shel Silverstein, Lonzo & Oscar, Homer & Jethro, Ray Stevens, and Dave Grisman. It reportedly was inspired by an anecdote that Mark Twain related in a book, proving how a person could become his own grandfather.

Can your genealogy program handle these relationships?

Comments

[srob9780]

Legacy Deluxe Edition 5.0 (Build date 26/10/2004)
can't do it.

These are the relationships to me according to Legacy-

My Dad - Father

Dead Husband of Widow - No relationship

My Mother - Mother

Me - Self

My Baby Boy - Son

Red Head Daughter - Wife of Father

Their Baby Boy - Half Source

Widow - Wife

[Steve]

PAF 5:

Me is the son of Dear Old Dad.
Me is the son of My Original Mom.
(Me and Red-Haired Daughter) - No blood relationship
(Me and Pretty Widow) - They are spouses
(My and Pretty Widow's First Husband) - No blood relationship
Me is the father of Bouncing Baby Boy.
Me is the brother of Father's Wife Had Son.

[just me]

The Daughter of my father
Who was not my father
For after my mother passed
My father was a pain
sometimes drunk
sometimes more
but when the troubles came
We feel in love
why because i dont know
I was like my mother
And now he wants more
As he undresses me once more
I can tell that in just few months more
Ill have a daughter that will my sister
god whats in store