Freaky Friday Family News!

OK, mom agreed to meet for lunch today and warned me that she had something that would "knock my socks off"! Sure, mom....OK.

She's doing a little family history homework, preparing for a trip to Wexford, Ireland in July with Bill and Dave to look up the family connection to all things Lamport. My great-grandmother, Jenny Lamport DuBail's brother Richard did extensive research into the family line more than 50 years ago. Mom inherited much of the family history documentation including a tracing of the Lamport line back to the early 1600's in Ireland.

So here's the cool thing that mom and Bill found out......William Lamport, our distant relative, turns out to be more famously known as "Zorro"! Mom had the pages of family history to prove it and its just incredible to learn about our tie then, to the precursors of the Mexican revolution as well.

There seems to be some pretty reliable confirmation of this link to the real life inspiration for the characters of "Zorro" and the "Scarlett Pimpernell".

Makes me want to travel to Mexico City again and visit his tomb. I think at the very least, we'll make a movie marathon or two of my favorite movies celebrating these characters.

Can't wait to hear the tales Mom and the boys uncover on their trip to Wexford. Marcos is so happy to learn that he has a legitimate claim to pirates!