After 33 years I thought I had found out everything that was interesting about my ancestry and thus Rooney's ancestry...that was until this week. I was talking with my mother and she mentioned that the President of the new company she is working for was coming by to chat. I am sure my mother (Rooney's grandmother) impressed the President in her own right, but I think it was this little slip of personal information that landed her this job and a leg up with the Pres. After interviewing for her now current position, she wrote a Thank You note to her now employer, and mentioned that she was related to Charles the Bald. She mentioned this because she knew the President was big into genealogy and thought this might be interesting. That was pretty sly. She could have mentioned that she was related to Samuel F.B. Morse, which seems pretty impressive, or that her children are related to Lassie's madame, June Lockhart. Nope, she chose an obscure route, mentioned that she was related to Charles the Bald and only could have topped her slyness if she hit the jackpot with the President and he too was related to Charles (or as we have taken to calling him...Charlie) the Bald! Wow! This little talked about nugget of gold, only came to her by chance when she looked at her family tree (doesn't everyone have one pinned to their wall?) and saw Charlie on there. Kismet!It gets even better. According to Wikipedia Charlie's great grandfather was none other than Charlemagne. I always call Rooney my little prince (and Little Lord Fauntleroy). I'm sure Mike is relieved to know there really is a reason to treat me like a princess other than me telling him to. So this is all very impressive and Mike should really be counting himself lucky for nabbing me but there are a few low points. 1. It appears that we are French way down the line...way...way down the line (could explain why this is such a little discussed topic). 2. When I think of Rooney the Bald this image is conjured up 3. Charles the Bald, was not really bald. He initially was bare of inheritance thus the bald. Just like all my jobs...title but no money!
And for Rooney, just like Uncle Charlie, thus the name...Rooney the Bald
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Didn't people have cool names back in the ninth century? Hearing the name "Charles the Bald" set of a frenzy of renaming in the Wade household. We now have:
Rocco the Fuzzy
Courage the Noisy
Rooney the Baby
Susan the Pretty
Mike the Rugged
Rooney must surely have a well-developed sense of humor if he is to survive in this family (as well as a fine, thick head of hair).
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