Wow ~ you've really got Massachusetts in your blood! I went on a tour of the House of Seven Gables when we moved here, and the guide said that he was "new" here because his family had only been in MA for 200 years. I gave up on ever being considered a "real" Massachusetts-ian at that point.

We've been doing ancestry research recently too ~ Queen Aaflaeda is one of the interesting names I've found so far. I really love your nom de plume :)