Any genealogist knows that they have just as good of a sense of humor as anyone else. However, people who are not genealogists may unfairly view genealogists as dry and boring due to the amount of time that they spend researching and checking facts. Here are a few genealogy jokes and quips from around the web that will have everyone, genealogists and non – genealogists alike, roaring with laughter. Perhaps non – genealogists will see how funny genealogy jokes are and realize that underneath the serious and meticulous nature of a genealogist there is definitely plenty of room for humor.
These snappy one liners are from Roots Web / Ancestry.com.:
My family coat of arms ties at the back, is that normal?
Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.
Heredity – everyone believes in it until their children act like fools.
Please be very, very quiet . I’m hunting forebears.
Here is something funny from genealogygenius.com :
You may be addicted to genealogy if…..
You’d rather go to a cemetery than a mall
You brake for libraries
You hyperventilate at the sight of an old cemetery
You think every home should have a microfilm reader
You know every town clerk in your state by name
You get locked in the library over night and never even notice
You are more interested in what happened in 1667 than 1997
You store your clothes under your bed..the closet is carefully stocked with notebooks and journals
You can pinpoint Harrietsham, Hawkhurst and Kent on a map of England, but can not locate Topeka Kansas
You’ve traced some of your ancestors back to Adam and Eve, have it documented and still do not want to quit.
And finally, a funny little joke from Grubbypause.com: One genealogist says to another genealogist “My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great. How far back does your family go?” “I don’t know;” was the reply, “All of our records were lost in The Flood.”
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