I don’t live in America, so it’s unlikely to happen, but if anyone ever boasted about their genealogy to me by saying “My ancestors came over on the Mayflower”, I have the perfect reply. “What? In 1620? That’s nothing. My ancestors came over (to Iceland) in 874.”
No they weren’t. The Pilgrims came here and there was no one to greet them. So they went ashore and found them. The inhabitants welcomed them and they all shared a big meal.
They were far from the first. Obviously there was a first.. but many groups came subsequently, Vikings and Eskimo’s to name just two. There was no magic date.. 1492 that gave everyone living in the Americas then.. Indigenous statice.
However you view the Mayflower pilgrims, I just don’t see much point in saying you were descended from them. You’re not your ancestors. You have neither their honor nor their guilt.
Yes, exactly. And they tended to stink because they didn’t believe in bathing, were a burden on the existing system because they had no clue how to sustain themselves, were kicked out of Holland for being trying to oppress anyone who believed other than they did, were disease ridden, and on and on and on. Disgusting people. Reminds me a bit of the trumpists descriptions of the migrant caravans supposedly coming to the US from South America a few years ago, except more accurate for the Puritans. And their legacy lives on.
Macushlalondra 6 months ago
Well, that’s one way of looking at it.
dlkrueger33 6 months ago
Love this!
Purple People Eater 6 months ago
I don’t live in America, so it’s unlikely to happen, but if anyone ever boasted about their genealogy to me by saying “My ancestors came over on the Mayflower”, I have the perfect reply. “What? In 1620? That’s nothing. My ancestors came over (to Iceland) in 874.”
jagedlo 6 months ago
Remember that old like about your face freezing like that…Can you imagine if your face froze like Avis’s was in that final panel?
elpasowalt 6 months ago
No they weren’t. The Pilgrims came here and there was no one to greet them. So they went ashore and found them. The inhabitants welcomed them and they all shared a big meal.
Doug K 6 months ago
Were those ancestors her grandparents on her mother’s side or her father’s side?
Komix Lover 6 months ago
They were hardly illegal when there was no country, with laws to break, making their presence illegal.
jdsven 6 months ago
Careful, Rose. Avis is giving you the same look her son gave Bob the Goon after Batman took away his balloons in the Batwing.
jsimpso1 6 months ago
Since there wasn’t a law against it they could hardly be “illegal” immigrants then.
Alberta Oil Premium Member 6 months ago
They were far from the first. Obviously there was a first.. but many groups came subsequently, Vikings and Eskimo’s to name just two. There was no magic date.. 1492 that gave everyone living in the Americas then.. Indigenous statice.
ValancyCarmody 6 months ago
“Woe to you who make unjust laws”
Judeeye Premium Member 6 months ago
I love this kid ❤️
cracker65 6 months ago
Yes ma’am, you are correct.
Stephen Gilberg 6 months ago
However you view the Mayflower pilgrims, I just don’t see much point in saying you were descended from them. You’re not your ancestors. You have neither their honor nor their guilt.
Curiosity Premium Member 6 months ago
Yes, exactly. And they tended to stink because they didn’t believe in bathing, were a burden on the existing system because they had no clue how to sustain themselves, were kicked out of Holland for being trying to oppress anyone who believed other than they did, were disease ridden, and on and on and on. Disgusting people. Reminds me a bit of the trumpists descriptions of the migrant caravans supposedly coming to the US from South America a few years ago, except more accurate for the Puritans. And their legacy lives on.
sew-so 6 months ago
The Mayflower wasn’t even the first ship of English settlers to North America. That was Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.
Asharah 6 months ago
“My ancestors came on the Mayflower.”
“My ancestors met them.”