Japan has restaurants and shops that are 400 years old. My husband knows that his family has lived in central Iran for 500 years.
At a rest stop
I know that my grandfather came to America on a ship called the Bremen when he was eleven years old. I only recently learned that his last name when he arrived was Mednik. In the absence of a detailed and well-documented family tree, I have often wondered about my own genetic legacy.
One thing I know is that I am not related to Queen Victoria