hi, patannie. i am a romany man. and my g.gmother was annie wilson, nee lee, we may be related way back! i can trace all my family back to around 1700, lees, smiths, millers, mitchells, dales varey and louther, and on it goes.i have travelled all my life, and so have my sons. my mother was born in a bow top wagon, but i can honestly say there are no royalty in romany folk, it is just something gorgio people came up with. the closest thing to any royal. connection would be a rai. as in romany rai (gypsy gent ) but thats it. allthough it makes for a good head line in the papers? there is no such thing as romany royalty. my uncle, dead years now. was however, a blood link to william marshall, last of the tinker kings in scotland. but again, not a real thing, just a kind of fair, crowning. like a gala queen. it seems that like when gorgios in america went to speak to a indian camp some one asked for a chief. when in fact there was none! so when asking for the boss of a camp they way ask for the king/leader, when in fact there is no one gypsy higher or better then any other. so there you have it, hope it is a help, bye for now. rob...
