Hi all,
I have a close friend who has consistently lied to me and others about being part of the aristocracy. Both his parents have regular jobs, a nurse and a doctor, but he claims to be a direct descendant of some very very posh families. He goes around telling people and they are often like 'wow' or impressed etc
He even gave names of individuals. I never really thought about it as he is posh and would make sense.
But recently he told me one name and I googled it. I found out the person died without any children so it was impossible for it to be his x times grandfather. I once worked freelance as a genealogy researcher whilst between jobs, so I know my way around records and research.
I decided to be very nosy and look into him. He has absolutely no aristocratic family. In fact, most of his family seems to be working class south londoners.
Why would someone do this?