Joan's Ancestral World

In many areas around the world, patronyms predate the use of family names. A patronym, orpatronymic suffix, is a component of a personal nam...

A 16th century Austrian, Hans Steininger, was famous for having the world's longest beard - and for dying because of it. Hans was proud ...

Giving birth in Pennsylvania Source: Vries, L. de, Ha dokter Ho dokter (Knotsgekke Geneeskunde Uit Grootvaders Tijd), 1980

Feodor Vassilyev (±1707-1782) was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. His 1st wife (her name may have been Valentina) sets the record for most chi...