Jim: >No. Most of my relatives (on McConnell's side) came over from >Ireland during the potato famine (and developed into pretty >safe "lace curtain" Irish, i.e., WASPs). BTW, McConnell's >stepfather (my aunt's husband) was Sterling Hayden.
I am damn impressed (1) That you can pull this information out with nary a blink! (I barely remember my great parents.) (2) Watched Strangelove again last Friday night with friends. Timeless cinema. And Hayden was at his height as the American air force base commander. We furry and affable little Canadians all agreed that he looked like the Bush Administration in Iraq. Nothing has changed. (Movies date when conditions no longer resemble.) >I have lots of cousins since my grandparents on that side >were Catholic back when that had a demographic impact. Clarification: You mean, when Catholics fucked so much with the rhythm method (not a technique, for those not Catholic) they made more relatives? Ken.
