[gothic-l] Re: Gothic genealogy

[gerald baker]

I once knew a Mari Andersson, a Sioux City native now
living in California, who said she found out in Sweden
that she was a descendant of the Ostrogothic king
Theodoric, also known as "Dietrich von Bern." I
expressed skepticism in a letter, and she never
replied to it.

Dietrich, whose "Bern" was really Verona, defeated
Odoacer at the "Ravensburg," (Ravenna), and became
King of Italy. I have no idea of whether or not either
of them, or Alaric, had any descendants.

Gerald Baker
Cedar Falls, Iowa

--- Søren_Larsen <sohela at mail.dk> wrote:
> faltin2001 wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman"
> <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
> >>   I had been doing research on a number of
> branchs of my family,
> > especially
> >> the Wyatts.
> >> They are descended from some of the later Roman
> Emperors. Were these
> >> Emperors
> >> descended from Alraiks line?. Or Odeacer. Where
> can I locate
> > information on
> >> these
> >> lines?
> >> Le
> >
> >
> > Hi Le,
> >
> > you should be very sceptical about these
> (internet) geneologies
> > linking families to Roman emperors and all sorts
> of real (and
> > invented) kings. The decendence of most, if not
> all Roman Emperors is
> > largely unknown and no present day family can
> seriously be linked to
> > any of them. The same is even more correct for
> Odoacer and Alaric.
> >
>
> Although I totally agree with the gist of your
> message I am
> really curious to know how it "is even more true for
> Odoacer
> and Alaric"?
>
> Cheers
> Soren Larsen
>
>


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