Several weeks ago, I started some research into the family tree of a friend. It was a very direct line that he wanted drawn up, so I started looking. It led me to a place in Brewham, where I found that some of his relatives had been involved in a witchcraft trial there, as both complainants and the accused. At least one family member was executed for witchcraft, although the manner of her death isn't given (it was more likely to be from hanging rather than burning in that period though).
Now, here is where it gets interesting. I decided to give my own family tree branches a well earned rest and add some of my husband's family (from an old tree I'd done more than ten years ago) as research has moved on and there are many more sources to look at on-line.
I discovered that my husband and friend shared a set of 4th great grandparents, making them fifth cousins.
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