Most shocking thing you have learned about your ancestors

The most shocking thing I learned was that my great great grandfather was in jail for robbery

 

I was shocked to learn that 3,000,000 years ago my ancestors just learned to walk upright, and had hairy bodies. They were apelike and could barely talk!

 

Are you related to @scurvy ?

 

My ancestors eventually evolved. His ancestors had big noses and crooked teeth, unfortunately they never did evolve.

 

Very funny, guys. I think it's an interesting topic and we should take hbk's question serious.

Well, I was quite shocked when my 91-year-old-grandmother recently told me that she was dating two guys at the same time when she was young.

 

I was shocked that they actually lived.

 

My grandmother had a baby out of wedlock in the 1930s when she was 18 which she put up for adoption. No word on how the pregnancy happened, but it was still a shock as she hid the secret from everyone except her husband (my grandfather). Only after my grandmother died was the secret revealed to the family.

But back then casually dating two guys was not anything scandalous as sex before marriage was frowned upon by all of society. There were some exceptions, naturally.

 

Is it really shocking?

 

I've never thought about it this way. Thank you! I'm relieved!

 

I was shocked when I found out that my stupid older brother was charging all the salary in the slot machine