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I've had no experience of Genes Reunited website, but, as others have mentioned, lack of politeness is becoming more common generally these days.  One Christmas a couple of years ago I  composed....I dunno...essays including everything I'd found on family history during an intense spell of research.   I sent, along with Christmas cards, copies of my work to two cousins, one from each side of my family,  both around my own age, both of whom have offspring (I do not).  I hoped that they would enjoy knowing a little about our family history, as I had, and pass the information on to their families.

I was very surprised, and quite sad, that I received not a single acknowledgement - never mind a thank you!

"Thank you" seem to be the hardest words now!

Oh!  LOL!  that reminded me of a pairing I'd overlooked which fits here:

My paternal great grandmother, Fanny, married gt-grandfather John Thomas. 

Nothing very unusual among mine, except for one - I felt as though I'd wandered into 'Lord of the Rings' territory when I found a 5th great grandfather "Matthew of Marishes Vasey" and his Dad "Thomas of Marishes Vasey". It was probably a way of distinguishing them from other Matt and Tom Vasey in the area; don't know whether they were actually baptised in that way though, info came from other trees.

Other than that, Catherine Smartfoot is best I can come up with.

One that always makes me laugh - my husband (a Kansan) once had someone who had recognised him from a distance say:

"I knewd I knowd ya when ya retched up yer hand an' wove!"

alien lady's saying about a brick sh*t house reminded me of one of my grandmother's favourites, used to describe something very shiny:

"It shines like a petty door on a frosty morning"

Translation:  petty = outside lavatory, usually it was an earth closet, usually placed at some distance from the house, for obvious reasons, up a long garden path.