Mary Todd Lincoln's Rebel Relatives
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- First Lady of the United States Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln, was born in 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky. We all know the story of her time in the White House, but less talked about are her several brothers and brothers in law who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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This was one of your best videos Chris. It’s a very interesting and simple way for us viewers to learn more through your channel. Picking a historical figure and then going through their family tree like this is a honestly something you should do more.
Sending love from Thailand :)
I've been a relatively new follower of your channel, but I share your deep passion for history. At the end of every day (well, late at night) your new videos provide me with an escape from the stresses of college coursework; it provides me with great solace.
Please keep this going, something I know you will strive to do.
Very gracious of you, keep going with the good thing
I watch these videos late at night too, so your comment and the way you phrased it seemed very relatable
I've finally completed my binge of the channels backlog! Found the channel last December, and have thoroughly enjoyed watching the content. Personal favourites include: Caesar in Gaul (Kings and Generals), The Napoleonic Wars (Epic History TV), Admiral Yi (Extra History) and Jack The Ripper (Lemmino). Thanks for adding such insightful commentary and making the content even better. It's fantastic, keep it up!
Thank you so much! Glad to have you here.
Even though I'm not from the US and my knowledge of the US civil war topic is very basic (if you were generous with the term basic) I liked your video. I like history, but something about watching a person be as enthusiastic, positive and encouraging as you are really lifts my mood. So thank you for making the day a bit brighter! :)
Also, I feel the need to comment - if you click with the scroll wheel of the mouse on a link, it should open in a new tab. Most of them work like that at least.
After having watched most of your genealogy videos, I became curious about my family's history. I have been digging deeper and deeper into it and even though I am Armenian, I certainly do have Scythian ancestry within my family tree. That explains the red hair 😅 awesome video as always, brother.
I myself have 9 ancestors that fought in the American Civil War. 4 on my mother's side who were all Union, 5 on my father's side - 3 of which were confederate, 1 was union, and one fought in New Mexico, but finding details even like who he fought for is hard to pin down out there. Plus, if you know anything about Spanish heritage, it's a whole quagmire of names like Pedro/Jose/Maria/Barbara/etc that all kind of get used interchangably in documents, so pinning down who exactly was doing what in where is a nightmare. Especially in pre-American New Mexico where pretty much everyone was related to one degree or another, so they pretty much all had variations of the same names.
Anyway, it's entirely likely that my 3rd great grandfather on my mother's side, who was fighting with the 4th West Virginia Infantry, fought my 3rd great grandfather on my father's side, who was fighting with the 6th Texas Infantry, at Missionary Ridge. I know both of their units were there, so unless they were wounded, sick, or AWOL at the time (it's the 19th century, any one of those is possible if not likely), they both would have been there.
Family history is fascinating. I also recently discovered that one of my 6th great grandfathers on my mother's side was living in the same town in Maryland as a 7th great grandfather on my father's side during the American Revolution. They probably knew each other. Going back as far as I possibly can so far, I have no common ancestors in my mother's line and my father's line. Over 200 years later, on the complete opposite side of the country, which they barely even knew existed at the time, my parents met. It's kind of wild.
Nice to hear someone has Spanish ancestors from New Spain. I don’t hear that ever. Mine are from Colorado! Came to California in the 50s though
You can tour the Todd house today in Lexington Ky
definitely a house divided against itself
Very interesting, also another fun fact today marks the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. Specifically the engagement between the Monitor and Virginia
Nerd tip: In order to open a link in a new tab simply press the mouse-wheel button. That way you don't have to do the whole right click , etc. (It works 90% of the time.)
So thanks to Chris and just typing in my great grandfathers grave on Find A Grave, I discovered my entire family line on my grandmothers side all the way back to 1626. I found that I had two Revolutionary War vets in my family, Joseph Bouney (a Frenchman who signed up and was badly injured but survived the Waxhaw Massacre) and Ambrose Mullins Sr. I found their profiles on Wikitree all the way back to my x11 great grandfather John Mullens from the Ulster province in Ireland. I also learned my family on that side were French Huguenots who immigrated around 1666. Absolutely amazing and I had no idea about this entire side of my family just 48 hours ago. I have so much to research with these areas in Ireland, the church in London where my 10x great grandmother was christened, the Huguenots, etc. Just astounding that I was able to trace my direct grandparents back to some of the original colonists in Virginia.
Can you do a video on notable southerners who remained loyal to the union?
Yeah that would be a great idea.
I found this to be a good reminder that we're all the same, but all so different and I love the world for it! The same family you come from can always view or see the world different then you do and its not a good or bad thing! Just different perceptions and views... at least most of the time, they're obvious times where its just one or both sides being "evil" and wanting to see others in pain. As always love the content Chris and will always be a supportive fan and community member of this loving channel!!!!!
My daughter participates in a cemetery tour. She plays the part of Elodie Todd Dawson. She stands by her grave and tells Elodie’s story. 😊
I had the privilege of visiting the Lincoln tomb in Springfield a few months back. It was very well preserved.
I used Find A Grave to map out where all of my ancestors (and my wife’s) are buried and then we spent about a year and a bit (2020 and 2021) to go visit them throughout the state and surrounding states.
Love this video type great video! Maybe Alexander Hamilton’s descendants would be interesting
Spring grove was where I learned to drive a car. Mom’s reasoning was can’t hurt people who are already dead. But beautiful place and my school actually did a field trip there and saw Hookers site.
I love Find a Grave. Well researched entries can be a very valuable research tool.
I think you should react to biographies.
Boy, Thanksgiving dinner sure was fun in the Lincoln family...
The He'bert family of Acadia was split up by the British around 1758, with most going to Louisiana and a number of them going to Quebec and 70-80 years later moving down to New York State where the census changed the spelling to Abare and Abair. Some can be found in the Adirondack Regiment that was mustered in Plattsburgh, NY, although in the battle of Pea Ridge there was a Colonel Louis Hebert. He was probably Colonel of the 3rd Louisiana that was part of a brigade with 2 Arkansas Regiments. One DNA company claims I have more DNA matches in Louisiana than any other state except California, although my mother's ancestors came down through NY state in the 1830's and later into Vermont.
Enjoyed this and the Anne Frank video, nice to see you expanding your content
That findagrave site is pretty darn cool. I've been looking at ancestors there for the past hour.
Find A Grave is a good site to find family stories and has helped me along my research. Interesting fact of my genealogy research, my ancestors fought for the Union PA regiments and my husband's ancestors fought for the Confederates FL & GA. Both mine and my husband's ancestors fought at Antietam, Chancellorville and Fredericksburg on opposing sides.
Find a Grave information just like any research you need to verify the information is correct. If anyone has an ancestor that does not have a picture of the headstone and knows for a fact where they are buried, set up a memorial and request a photo.
Findagrave is one of my favorite websites to use as either verification for things or as first sources that I will use other websites to verify. Definitely not perfect and often I’ll find mistakes, but it’s useful and that’s why I always use as many sources to verify or question those facts
Would love a video on your own family lineage, think that would be interesting
As far as someone else I would like to see this about, I can't think of anyone in specific, but rather I'd be interested to know if there were any notable American WW2 commanders of German descent who had close relatives with ties to the Nazi party or who were in the German armed forces.
Great vid. Looking forward to how you react to ben shapiros list 👍
Awesome...
I don’t have a brother against brother story but being from Texas, I have a lot of ancestors who fought for the confederacy. It’s hard for me to reconcile that sometimes. One of my ancestors who fought for the south later ended up becoming a Texas ranger and his father signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Pretty cool stuff.
Long live the South.
Look into the Dent family, Julia Dent Grant
Thanks so much
Very interesting.
I know some of the Todd family in Georgia they say mary todd is disowned
Pretty interesting!
This was vary interesting
hey man they found Shackleton's Endurance!
I’ve been following that. Awesome
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4:06 It says that Mr Edwards’s was a member of the commissary department of the union army.
the philipine american war was a brutal war it shows how america was back then
I may have some questions for you in an email, Chris. I don’t know really where to start researching some of the people in my family. It’s a lot.
can you watch Lemminos Video on Flight 370 or D.B Cooper
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Your regular highschool history class never really went into mary all that much. From what i remember ot kind of painted her as almost unreasonable and odd in general. But watching this and hearing the loss of brothers and some of her children it is completly understandable her maybe reclusive and standoffish attitude.
Are you going to do another video diary of what's going on in Ukraine?
Is there anything in the 1950 census you look forward to researching?
Was Abraham Lincoln actually called Honest Abe?
Yes, and it was long before his political career. It actually goes back to when he was young working as a store clerk.
I see.
I really, really, really hope you do A video on the alternate history hub review on the Southern Victory. Lincoln ends up becoming A socialist.
People always point to that quote where Lincoln says labor is more important than capital to say Lincoln was a socialist, but I find that super weak. Most liberals would say the same, but not all liberals are socialists. Lincoln was a Whig which was a party that supported business interests. The Republican party was founded as an anti-slavery, pro-business party. The party delved into progressivism with Theodore Roosevelt, but I wouldn't call Teddy a socialist either. Teddy was a believer in business but was afraid trusts were stifling competition.
@@jyu467 The story was written by harry turtledove. In it(...) Lincoln leaves the Republican party and help form the socialist party-In time, they become the new rival to the Democratic party.
@@jyu467 Contextually I'm not talking about Lincoln here, but do you think it would be better for people to conclude that if labour is more important than capital, then that should be classed as "pro-labour", rather than socialist? Just wanted to discuss in this comment about how some people may jump to socialism in the event that labour is prioritised over capital.
@@komkritanonvatana832 Yeah, I'd prefer people say they are pro-labor, and not socialist. Being pro-labor simply means you support unions, collective bargaining rights, and better benefits for workers. Being a socialist means you want the government to own the means of production.
@@jyu467 I concur.
Every American back then has relatives on opposing sides of the war….
Col(e)man is instinctively considered to be English because of their mustard.
It could not be more Irish.
IRISH NAMES by Prof Donnchadh Ó Corráin, and his wife,
Fidelma Maguire
Page 55.
COLMÁN (kul-mán) m. A diminutive of Columb, from Latin columba, ‘a dove’. Colmán is the fourteenth most popular male name in early Ireland and there are, according to an early text, some 234 saints of the name. Amongst the most famous of these saints are St Colmán Elo of Lynally, Co Westmeath, whose feast-day is 26 September; St Colmán mac Léníne, patron of the diocese of Cloyne, whose feast-day is 24 November; Colmán mac Duach of the royal race of Connacht, patron of Kilmacduagh, whose feast-day is 2 January; St Colmán of Kilcolman, Co Offaly, ‘of the blood of the kings of Munster’, whose feast-day is 20 May; St Colmán mac Lúacháin of Lynn, Co Westmeath, whose feast-day is 14 June; and St Colmán of Lismore whose feast-day is 22 January. Another famous saint of the name is St Colmán, pilgrim-bishop, who wished to traverse Hungary and who was beaten to death at Stockerau. Great devotion sprang up to him in Hungary; his name was borrowed into Hungarian as Kálman and is still a popular Hungarian name. In the Colma, Colman the name was also used sparingly as a female name. Colma was one of the three virgin sisters who were disciples of St Comgall at his monastery of Bangor.
*COLUMB: COLUM, COLAM, CALAM, COLM (kul-man) m and f. From Latin columba ‘a dove’. There were some thirty-two saints of the name. The most famous of them was undoubtedly Columbille (otherwise Columba), of the royal race of the Uí Néill and apostle of Scotland, whose feast-day is 9 June. Another bearer of the name was St Columb moccu Chremthannán of Terryglass whose feast-day is 13 November. Columb also occurs as a female name in the early pedigrees. One of the female saints of the name is St Columb, daughter of Bùite, whose feast-day is 25 March.
An email from an American cousin :
Hi John,
I found this adventure about Niall and read at the end of this email the "Seven Clans of Colmans".
Not spelt with an e but could this be in the Coleman family line?
Cousin,
Patrick Quain
The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon
There was a wondrous and noble king over Erin, namely, Eochaid Mugmedon. Five sons he had: Brian, Ailill, Fiachra, Fergus, and Niall. The mother of Brian, Fiachra, Fergus and Ailill was Mongfinn, daughter of Fidach. The mother of Niall was Cairenn the curly-black, daughter of Sacheil Balb, king of the Saxons. Niall was hated by Queen Mongfinn, for Eocbaid bad begotten him on Cairenn instead of on her. Great then was the hardship which Cairenn suffered from the queen: so great was the hardship that she was compelled to draw the water of Tara, apart, and every handmaid in turn in sight of her; and even when she was with child with Niall, she was forced to do all that in order that the babe might die in her womb.
The time of her lying-in arrived, and yet she ceased not from the service. Then on the green of Tara, beside the pail, she brought forth a man-child, and she durst not take up the boy from the ground, but she left him there exposed to the birds. And not one of the men of Erin dared carry him away, for dread of Mongfinn since great was her magical power, and all were in fear of her. Then Torna the poet came across the green, and beheld the babe left alone, with the birds attacking it. So Torna took the boy into his bosom, and to him was revealed all that would be thereafter. And he said:
Welcome, little guest; he will be Niall of the Nine Hostages. In his time he will redden a multitude.
Plains will be greatened, hostages will be overthrown, battles will be fought.
Longside of Tarn, host-leader of Mag Femin, custodian of Maen-mag.
Revered one of Almain, veteran of Liffey, white-knee of Codal.Seven-and-twenty years he will rule Erin, and Erin will be inherited from him for ever.
Good indeed was Niall’s beginning and his success, manly, rough-haired, till he died in the afternoon on a Saturday by the sea of Wight,’ slain by Eochaid son of Enna Cennselach.
Torna took the boy with him, and fostered him; and after that neither Torna nor his fosterling came to Tara until the boy was fit to be king. Then Torna and Niall came to Tara. ‘Twas then that Cairenn, Niall’s mother, as she was bringing water to Tarn, chanced to meet them. Said Niall to her: “Let this work alone.”
“I dare not,” she answered, “because of the queen.”
“My mother,” said he, “shall not be serving, and I the son of the king of Erin.” Then he took her with him to Tara, and clad her in purple raiment.
Anger seized Mongfinn, for that seemed evil to her. But this was the will of the men of Erin, that Niall should be king after his father. Wherefore Mongfinn said to Eochaid: “Pass judgment among thy Sons, as to which of them shall receive thy heritage.”
“I will not pass judgment,” he answered; “but Sithchenn the wizard will do so.” Then they sent to Sithchenn the smith, who dwelt in Tara, for he was a wise man and a wondrous prophet.
The smith set fire to his forge in which the four sons were placed. Niall came out carrying the anvil and its block. “Niall vanquishes,” said the wizard, “and he will be a solid anvil forever.” Brian came next, bringing the sledgehammers. “Brian to be your fighters,” said the wizard. Then came Fiachra, bringing a pail of beer and the bellows. “Your beauty and your science with Flachra,” said the wizard. Then came Ailill with the chest in which were the weapons. “Ailill to avenge you!” said the wizard. Last came Fergus with the bundle of withered wood and a bar of yew therein. “Fergus the withered!” said the wizard. That was true, for the seed of Fergus was no good, excepting one, Cairech Dergain of Cloonburren. And hence is the saying “a stick of yew in a bundle of firewood.”
To bear witness of that the shanachie sang:
Eochaid’s five sons, Niall the great anvil,
Brian the sledge-hammer for true striking,
Ailill the chest of spears against a tribe,
Fiachra the blast, Fergus the withered.
Fiachra has the drink of ale,
Ailill has the warlike spears,
Brian has the entrance to battle,But Niall has the prize.
Now this was grievous to Mongfinn, and she said to her sons, “Do you four sons quarrel, so that Niall may come to separate you, and then kill him.”
Then they quarrelled. “I wish to separate them,” said Niall.
“Nay,” said Torna, “let the sons of Mongfinn be peaceful.” Hence is the proverb.
Then Mongfinn said that she would not abide by Sithchenn’s judgment. So she sent her sons to the same Sithchenn to ask for arms. They went to the smith, and he made arms for them; the weapon that was finest he put into Niall’s hand, and the rest of the arms he gave to the other sons. “Now go to hunt and try your arms,” said the smith. So the sons went and hunted, and it happened that they went far astray.
When they ceased from straying they kindled a fire, broiled some of their quarry, and ate it until they were satisfied. Then they were thirsty and in great drouth from the cooked food. “Let one of us go and seek for water,” they said. “I will go,” said Fergus. The lad went seeking water, till he chanced on a well and saw an old woman guarding it.
Thus was the hag: every joint and limb of her, from the top of her head to the earth, was as black as coal. Like the tail of a wild horse was the gray bristly mane that came through the upper part of her head-crown. The green branch of an oak in bearing would be severed by the sickle of green teeth that lay in her head and reached to her ears. Dark smoky eyes she had: a nose crooked and hollow. She had a middle fibrous, spotted with pustules, diseased, md shins distorted and awry. Her ankles were thick, her shoulderblades were broad, her knees were big, and her nails were green. Loatbsome in sooth was the hag’s appearance.
“That is so,” said the youth. “‘Tis so indeed,” said she.
“Art thou guarding the well?” asked the youth.
“Yea truly,” she answered.
“Dost thou permit me to take away some of the water?” said the youth.
“I will permit,” she answered, “provided there come from thee ~cme kiss on my cheek.”
“By no means!” said he.
“Then no water shalt thou get from me,” said she.
“I give my word,” he answered, “that I would rather perish of thirst than give thee a kiss.”
The lad then went back to the place where his brothers were biding, and told them that he had not found water. So Ailill went to look for water, and chanced on the same well. He too refused to kiss the hag, returned without water, and did not confess that he had found the well. Then Brian, the eldest of the sons, went to seek water, chanced on the same well, refused to kiss the old woman, and returned waterless. Fiachra then went, found the well and the hag, and asked her for water. “I will grant it,” said she; “but give me a kiss.”
“I would give few kisses for it.”
“Thou shalt visit Tara,” said she. That fell true, for two of his race took the kingship of Erin, namely Dathi and Ailill Wether, and no one of the race of the other sons, Brian, Ailill, Fergus, took it. So Fiacbra returned without water.
So then Niall went seeking water and happened on the same well. “Give me water, O woman,” said Niall.
“I will give it,” she answered, “but first give me a kiss.”
“Besides giving thee a kiss, I will lie with thee!” Then he threw himself down upon her and gave her a kiss. But then, when he looked at her, there was not in the world a damsel whose figure or appearance was more loveable than hers! Like the snow in trenches was every bit of her from head to sole. Plump and queenly forearms she had: fingers long and slender: calves straight and beautifully colored. Two blunt shoes of white bronze between her little, soft-white feet and the ground. A costly full-purple mantle she wore, with a brooch of bright silver in the clothing of the mantle. Shining pearly teeth she had, an eye large and queenly, and lips red as rowanberries.
“That is many-shaped, O lady!” said the youth.
“True,” said she.
“Who art thou?” said the youth.
“I am the Sovereignty of Erin,” she answered; and then she said:
O king of Tara, I am the Sovereignty:I will tell thee its great goodness, etc.
“Go now to thy brothers,” she said, “and take water with thee, and the kingship and the domination will for ever abide with thee and thy children, save only with twain of the seed of Fiachra, namely, Dathi and Ailill Wetber, and one king out of Munster, namely Brian Boru (“of the Tribute")-and all these will be kings without opposition. And as thou hast seen me loathsome, bestial, horrible at first and beautiful at last, so is the sovereignty; for seldom it is gained without battles and conflicts; but at last to anyone it is beautiful and goodly. Howbeit, give not the water to thy brothers until they have granted thee seniority over them, and that thou nmyst raise thy weapon a hand’s-breadth above their weapons.”
“So shall it be done,” said the youth. Then he bade her farewell, and took water to his brothers; but did not give it to them until they had granted to him every boon that he asked of them, as the damsel had taught him. He also bound them by oaths never to oppose himself or his children.
Cont...
Then they went to Tara. There they raised their weapons, and Niall raised his the breadth of a hero’s hand above them. They sat down in their seats with Niall among them in the midst. Then the king asked tidings of them. NiaIl made answer and related the adventure, and how they went seeking water, and bow they chanced on the well and came to the woman, and what she had prophesied to them. “What is the cause,” said Mongfinn, “that it is not the senior, Brian, that tells these tales?”
They answered, “We granted our seniority and our kingship to Niall for the first time in exchange for the water.”
“You have granted it permanently,” said Sithchenn, “for hence-forward he and his children will always have the domination and kingship of Erin.”
Now that was true, for from Niall onward no one, except with opposition, took the kingship of Erin save one of his children or descendants, until the Strong-Striker of Usnech, Maelsechlann son of Domnall. For it was taken by six and twenty of the O’Neills of the North or of the South, that is, ten kings of the kindred of Conall and sixteen of the kindred of Eogan; as said the poet:
I know the number that tookErin after Niall of the lofty valor,
From Iaegaire’s reign, if it be a fault,
To the Strong-Striker of Usnech.
Loegaire and his sons, I will not conceal,
Diarmaid and mighty Tuathal,
Nine of sound Aed Slane,
And seven of the clans of Colman.
Sixteen kings of lofty Eogan,
Ten of cruel-savage Conall:
Niall got with speedy courseThe kingship always for his race.
Although Coleman is a common surname in England, where it is occupational, denoting a burner of charcoal, in Ireland the name is almost always of native Irish origin and generally comes from the personal name Colman, a version of the Latin Columba, meaning "dove". Its popularity as a personal name was due to the two sixth-century Irish missionary saints of the name, in particular St. Columban, who founded monasteries in many places throughout central Europe and whose name is the source of many similar European surnames: Kolman (Czech), Kalman, (Hungarian), Columbano (Italian). The original homeland of the Irish O Colmain was in the barony of Tireragh in Co. Sligo, and the surname is still quite common in this area. In the other region where the surname is now plentiful, Co. Cork, it has a different origin, as an anglicisation of the Irish O Clumhain, which has also been commonly rendered as "Clifford".
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My DNA is R1b1a2a1a2c, or L21.
Over 80% of Irish males are R-L21.
The Atlantic Celtic branch (L21)
The Proto-Italo-Celto-Germanic R1b people had reached in what is now Germany by 2500 BCE. By 2300 BCE they had arrived in large numbers and founded the Unetice culture. Judging from the propagation of bronze working to Western Europe, those first Indo-Europeans reached France and the Low Countries by 2200 BCE, Britain by 2100 BCE and Ireland by 2000 BCE, and Iberia by 1800 BCE. This first wave of R1b presumably carried R1b-L21 lineages in great number (perhaps because of a founder effect), as these are found everywhere in western, northern and Central Europe. Cassidy et al. (2015) confirmed the presence of R1b-L21 (DF13 and DF21 subclades) in Ireland around 2000 BCE. Those genomes closely resembled those of the Unetice culture autosomally, but differed greatly from the earlier Neolithic Irish samples. This confirms that a direct migration of R1b-L21 from Central Europe was responsible for the introduction of the Bronze Age to Ireland.
The early split of L21 from the main Proto-Celtic branch around Germany would explain why the Q-Celtic languages (Goidelic and Hispano-Celtic) diverged so much from the P-Celtic branch (La Tène, Gaulish, Brythonic), which appears to have expanded from the later Urnfield and Hallstat cultures.
Some L21 lineages from the Netherlands and northern Germany later entered Scandinavia (from 1700 BCE) with the dominant subclade of the region, R1b-S21/U106 (see below). The stronger presence of L21 in Norway and Iceland can be attributed to the Norwegian Vikings, who had colonised parts of Scotland and Ireland and taken slaves among the native Celtic populations, whom they brought to their new colony of Iceland and back to Norway. Nowadays about 20% of all Icelandic male lineages are R1b-L21 of Scottish or Irish origin.
In France, R1b-L21 is mainly present in historical Brittany (including Mayenne and Vendée) and in Lower Normandy. This region was repopulated by massive immigration of insular Britons in the 5th century due to pressure from the invading Anglo-Saxons. However, it is possible that L21 was present in Armorica since the Bronze age or the Iron age given that the tribes of the Armorican Confederation of ancient Gaul already had a distinct identity from the other Gauls and had maintained close ties with the British Isles at least since the Atlantic Bronze Age.
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