Mander
04-14-2007, 07:38 AM
I'm reading a book called "The Court of the Last Tsar" about the Russian Imperial family - Romanov. I got a laugh out of this quote from Grand Duchess Marie Georgievna - Does this totally not sound like something Will is going to write someday!?
"Both my sister and I married our mother's firstr cousins. My father's second sister, Empress Marie Feodorovna, was the sister-in-law of Grand Duke Paul, my sister's husband, who was the youngest brother of Emperor Alexander III; therefore, my sister became her own aunt's sister-in-law! My husband's father was my grandfather's brother. I think I became my own aunt!"
Now, even I who know the people she's talking about got confused! Who'd have thought the REAL world could be like Salem, huh?
"Both my sister and I married our mother's firstr cousins. My father's second sister, Empress Marie Feodorovna, was the sister-in-law of Grand Duke Paul, my sister's husband, who was the youngest brother of Emperor Alexander III; therefore, my sister became her own aunt's sister-in-law! My husband's father was my grandfather's brother. I think I became my own aunt!"
Now, even I who know the people she's talking about got confused! Who'd have thought the REAL world could be like Salem, huh?