This is an interesting statement. You will not find on my website those
fabulous ancestors of Charlemange that link him to the Merovingians.
...."I explicitly allow myths to remain if noted".............where did
you get that? When something is noted, I try to investigate and try to
have the most reliable information. At times there are footnotes
explaining things. I find it offensive when you say "Leo _explicitly_
allows myths to remain if noted".
I am referring to the Mamikonids going back to the Armenians around
AD 200, then back to Iberians, then back to Armenians 150 BC. You are here
listing
lines which are the reconstructions of reputable scholars, but they are
not in the realm of "proven". This is not of the reliability of the
line back to, say, Tonantius Ferroleus, where there may be a parent
in doubt, but the grandparent is pretty clear. We've had long discussion
of these
DFA lines, and you and I simply take different views of including them
in your main line. You do, I put them is supplementary files. It is this
particular Mamikonid/Armenian one I am talking about. If true, these folks
are my ancestors, and I would love to "believe", but I simply don't
"trust" the actuality of the line, as I essentially do of the
Arnulf ancestor line.
Also, the wife of Olof III "Skotkonung" is not well established. You don't
have a reference, for
example. This is very unusual for you! This is another long line that,
if really connected, would be very important, as it goes to the Lombards
and
Ostragoths. I exclude it from my main file.
Doug MCDonald
Dear Doug,
At least you were not dogmatic and stated clearly that you were expressing
your opinion. To be honest I do not remember having discussed these lines
with you. This last year has been rather "interesting" for me.
By the sound of it you have two files, allowing yourself to remove details
that are questionable for some reasons. I can't, I have only one collection.
Of the four points you have mentioned, I think at least with two it seems I
was right.
The Mamikonid dynasty has as source Christian Settipani. And if you look
through the lineage you will find "the link with his father is in question".
There are quite a few of such remarks in Genealogics. At times I find a
source which gives parents, and then someone supplies a source and tells
that the parentage is wrong, then I have to record that those parents are
wrong as otherwise someone else might come and try to restore the previous
ones. In the sources I am able to make remarks which do not become visible
on Genealogics, but they are reminders for me of all kinds of aspects.
You say I have no reference for the wife of Olof III "Skotkonung" but she
has as source ES II 114. As I have the ability to repress sources, this was
done with her ancestors. As you have drawn my attention to Estrid and her
ancestors, I intend to remove those ancestors as I agree with you that these
are not properly established.
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia