Just a short note on this subject today, as the subject of the British elections looms. I got an email yesterday from someone who we have now identified as my 7th cousin once removed. He is a collateral relative of my paternal grandmother's maternal grandmother, Mary Alice Hall, from Quebec, Canada. He has traced that particular line back to 14th century England (1307 AD). Exciting stuff. I shall be collating my information with his as soon as I can.