or so Europe was ruled by Royalty. France, Spain, and Itally had Kings and Queens, Germany and Prussia had Kaisers, and the Russians had Czars. If you're Royalty you can't marry anyone beneath your exhaulted station in life, so you had to marry another King or Queen. There were'nt a lot of Royalty running around so, eventually, all you had to choose from if you were Royalty was Cousin A or Cousin B. This not only led to Europe's rulers all having a real tough time stopping a hangnail from bleeding, but produced some really tragic intellectual results. To put this in perspective for you, let me remind you of our darkest moments when we had an Arkansan running America. A single word to the wise, I always say. The end result was that you had somewhere between 700-900 years of Bleeding Idiots running Europe. Think not? Read on. http://jdpworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=826.msg4167#msg4167