Anne, her sisters and cousins have been chatting up the airwaves of late about applying for Canadian citizenship. The impetus for this interest in dual citizenship is two-fold, a certain orange ass and Canada’s recent change in its citizenship laws. Anne and her relatives all share common grandparents who were born in Canada. Apparently, that is all that is required. My question to them is, if they all flee north across the border, then do Bill and I get the cabins? 😉

I am not eligible for a second passport; all of my ancestors for generations have been born and raised in the States. Coincident with my in-law’s search for a new homeland, I have received a blog inquiry about one of my ancestors, my great uncle Lukey. In the received comment someone claimed to be Lukey’s cousin. My mom’s uncle, her father’s brother, Luke has been our family’s one and only sports hero. At Boston College he played football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey. He played well enough that he was named captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams. After college, he caught for the MLB Boston Braves and played professional football in Buffalo before the NFL was formed. He eventually settled down to coach high school basketball, in Fall River at Durfee High School. He coached the Hilltoppers (Named for the school’s hilltop location.) for twenty years, winning two New England championships. My mom also went to school there and later acquired the pictured basketball jersey.