Posted in Titbits on Feb 2nd, 2007 7 Comments »
The other day I did a Google image search for Funnells. After scrolling through a few pages, looking at the odd Funnell squeezed in between pictures of Pippa, I started thinking they resembled each other. I don’t know much on genetics, DNA and all that but could it really be that after centuries of interbreeding, [...]
Posted in Titbits on Feb 2nd, 2007 6 Comments »
Of course, I always knew it ! Us Funnells are of noble descent. At least… those of us from the UK (obviously, for the Aussies, it’s a different story, lol). How could it be otherwise? Our looks, physique, genetic traits… all indications of our thousand year family history taking us way back to times when [...]
Posted in Titbits on Jan 26th, 2007 No Comments »
These are links to free Funnell trivia on ancestry.com : Distribution of Funnell families in England and Wales in 1891 (yes, Sussex wins!) Distribution of Funnell families in the Unites States in 1920 Funnell immigrants to the USA Funnell’s top occupations in the 1880 US census Funnells live longer! Not many Funnells in France. But [...]
