Oh, one other big, benefit I recived from this.
My Surname is strictly working class. Mrs. easymo is decendent from Belgian aristocracy. And, she has the papers to prove it. This, she has lorded over me for 30 years. Well, it turns out that her people showed up on these golden shores more that 200 years after mine. I have taken to referring to her as "That immigrant". This is a source of no small amount of consternation for her. And, as such, a delight for me