UNGOVERNABLE

Finding out I may possibly have a direct descent from Mohammed.

Genealogy is weirding me out, man.

Starting with my 8th Great-Grandfather:

1-François Joseph Savoie and Catherine Lejeune (theory: François Savoie allegedly was a Prince-in-Exile from the House of Savoy, Turin-Italy. No official familial documents have been found to prove François Savoie’s commoner or royal ancestry. This theory is based from his deathbed confession.

2-THEORY: Prince Thomaso Francesco di Savoie of Carignano, allegedly thought to be François Savoie’s father, but so far DNA testing has not confirmed this claim. François Savoie allegedly may be instead Prince of Piedmont Francis Hyacinth Savoie, the eldest son of Thomaso’s brother, head of the House of Savoie kingdom, Duke Victor Amadeus I di Savoie who married Christine Marie de France from the House of Bourbon. Direct descendants from François Joseph Savoie show DNA cross-matching with the House of Bourbon, whose Princesses married these two House of Savoie brothers.

3-Charles Emmanuel I, “the Great” Duke of Savoy, father of Duke Victor Amadeus di Savoie I and Thomaso Francesco di Savoie.

4-Maguerite of France and Duke Emmanuel Philibert Of Savoy

5-Claude of France and Francis 1 of France

6-Anne of Brittany and Louis XII of France

7-Marguerite of Navarre and Duke Francois II Of Brittany

8-Lenor 1 of Navarre and Duke Gaston IV Of Foix-Bigorre

9-Blanche 1 of Navarre and John II Of Aragon

10-Eleanor Of Alburquerque and Ferdinand I Of Aragon

11-Eleanor of Aragon and John 1 of Castille

12-Juana Manuel Of Castile and Henri II of Castille

13-Eleanor Of Guzman and Alfonso XI Of Castile-Leon

14-Constanza of Portugal and Fernando IV Of Castile-Leon

15-Isabella Of Aragon and King Denis Of Portugal

16-Maria, d. 1262, m. Alfonso IX of Castilla

17-Maria, m. Guillen Perez de Guzman

18-Sancha, m. Gonzalo Ruiz II Giron

19-Rodrigo Rodriguez de Lara, b. 1128, m. Garcia de Azagra

20-Sancha, m. 1122 to Rodrigo Gonsalez de Lara (el Franco)

21-Zayda, m. Alfonso VI of Castilla,

22-Mohammad II al-Mutamid, 1040-1095, emir of Sevilla

23-Abbad al-Mutadid, ca. 1010-1069, “Emir of All Spain”

24-Mohammad I abu-l-Khasim, ca. 980-1042, hachib of Sevilla

25-Isma’il ibn Qaris, 952, khadi in Sevilla

26-Kharis ibn Abbad, khadi in Sevilla

27-Isma’il al-Mansur, ca. 901-952, 3. kalif in Egypt

28-Mohammad al-Khaim, ca. 873-946, 2. kalif

29-Obeidallah al-Mahdi, ca. 846-934, 1. Fatimid kalif, Egypt

30-Ahmed ibn Isma’il

31-Mohammad ibn Isma’il

32-Isma’il ibn Gafar

33-Djafar al-Sadikh, ca. 708-765, 6. imam in Iraq

34-Mohammad al-Bakhir, ca. 681-733, 5. imam in Iraq

35-Ali Zain al-Abidin, ca. 653-713, 4. imam in Iraq

36-Al-Husein, ca. 626-680, 3. imam of the Shi’ites, Iraq

37-Ali ibn abu-Talib, 4. kalif (in Iraq) 656-661 and Fatima

38-Muhammad ibn Abdulah (Prophet of Islam) and Kadhija

Just found these “cousin” calculators. I can really use these charts to determine just how close a cousin I am to Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, polar explorer and aviator. We both descend from Thomas Rolfe, the only child of John Rolfe and his Powhatan wife Rebecca aka Amonute Matoaka, popularly known as “Pocahontas”. And one of my favorite actors, Edward Norton, does as well and may be a close cousin of mine, cool. Looks like I’ve got some chart calculating to do.

NOTE ABOUT “POCAHONTAS“: If you descend from a Founding Family of early America before nationhood as I do, there’s a likelihood you descend from “Pocahontas”. Its kind of like the Charlemagne descent enigma. The descent from an Indian Princess has become a cliché in geneaology because America is a very young country and had a super low population and much unexplored territory in the 1600s. There was a shortage of English women here and mailorder brides were a thing. Many of the Englishmen coming to the New World intermarried with Native American women due to their English wives unable to survive the long, difficult journey by ship, or by marrying native women for marital alliances to keep peace and make trade deals with the tribes. Love conquers all, doesn’t it? Because of this, I have Native American ancestry all the way down to my maternal Great-Grandmother.