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The original spark for my genealogical trek  was family rumours of Spanish hereditry from my mothers family, and that of a connection to `Osborne` 1st duke of Leeds, inferring Scottish ancestry! 
As the reader can see both were not the case ,the Spanish , a child  regarding elderly relatives dressed in black   probably at the many funerals (the Victorian habit of wearing black for months after bereavement)
 as for the  the duke of Leeds! an eccentric uncle started his genealogy from the first duke to the present day  no facts just hearsay  lol!
 suprisingly when following the Hodgkin side of my dads family,i have opened up a mind boggling kettle of fish dating back to the De Braunch/DE Gresham  family ,vassels of Thomas de Warrene general to William the conquerer both debeanch brothers being knighted for their service  conqerer and beyond through the marriage of a commoner to the last daughter of the Gresham family Mary!  try as i might i cannot discount the existance of theit marriage and the genuiness of there being one can only accept it  as fact
I am now trying to trace through academic texts ,dane/nordic saga etc the history of the Braunche family more i read the more i feel the pool is getting murkier and  there is not enough time left  for research
the tree goes back to meieval marriages to  nava,r germany ,france. swedan,and scotland      
 i have tried to be as accurate as i can but if i have made  errors i have an open mind policy to all suggestions feel free to contact  me, enjoy .