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She's wearing the same coat and trousers as she did the 6th, but different shoes and top, so I'm not sure when they're from.
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She’s looking lovely
Do you think that she will comment/congratulate Tom on his new role?
Love the blonde look.
There's already a discussion about Tom here https://www.emmawatson-updates.com/2025/06/emma-watson-leaving-her-hotel-in-paris.html
No need to have it here too.
The blonde really suit her
Cute xoxo (99)
Anything and everything suits her ♥️♥️♥️
Pulcherrima puella....
Omnes viri se amant nam illa est puellam piam, modestam, pulchram,
What’s with the big clothes lately? Like it’s all just a bit big for her frame. Not that she looks terrible. She pulls it off well.
Then again if she’s like me extremely tight clothes don’t feel nice either.
We were in Paris last June and July and it wasn’t THAT cold.
She’s radiant. She glows. She looks well. I hope she’s happy.
I’m so happy to be seeing more of her!
She does pull it off pretty well because if I were to wear that jacket and those pants, I would look so frumpy, but she looks adorable!
She’s worn the same jeans every day
She had a cold and wants to protect herself.
She's also wearing furry slippers, which is kinda weird.
Off topic, but an Australian male TV presenter wore the same suit on his daily show for a year to see if anyone noticed.
They didn't. They were too busy criticising his female co-presenters clothing.
Hi Eden. The profile picture for your Instagram page, where is it from?
It's so weird. We go from nothing nothing nothing to almost everyday lol. I wonder if she has something in the works or what..
Do you think she’s been in France all summer, or arrived for Cannes?
I guess she currently resides in England but is holidaying.
Does anyone know when she moved back here from America?
https://www.emmawatson-updates.com/2024/04/emma-watson-and-her-friend-hassan-akkad.html
I don’t like her blonde quite as much as dark, but she still always looks lovely
Off topic, but I’ve always wondered if being in Paris feels slightly bittersweet for her and Alex. As it is their hometown, and the reason they moved to the Oxford was because of their parents divorce… In another life they probably would’ve grown up/still live there.
I can’t remember if it was during the the HP days or B&B days that she said being in Paris almost felt like going back to a childhood house/town where things have changed every time you visit. But that Paris was always one of her favorite stops during promo tours for the movies she’s done. Or the way Alex mentions being from Paris in Renais content
, but always end the statement with “unfortunately we moved/grew up away from there”.
Born there and lived there for first 5 6 years of life probably feel it's the home
There so many update posts that I can’t keep track haha
I always wondered why their mother moved to Oxford after the divorce. Their mother is french and also did graduated from Oxford University but worked on both countries (England and France) before the divorce. Maybe she did it (moved to Oxford) because she didn't want her kids to grow up away from their father....
I wonder why this rumour has been going around for so long? Emma's mum isn't French, she grew up in Lincolnshire and her parents are from there. She just got married and followed Emma's dad to Paris.
Emma herself said her mom's French during the B&B promo
The grand mother is definitely french as it's where emma got her middle name pretty sure? Eden did you first get interested in emma cuz she is secret frenchie? Xd
No, her mother's ancestors were all native Lincolnshire people. In fact neither of her parents had French ancestors, her father's ancestors came from Prussia.
Her grandmother on her father's side is French, Duerre is her grandmother's maiden name. Her mother's family is all English.
I trust Emma to know whether her mom is French or not
It's just a well-intentioned lie. The name Duerre is derived from the German word Dürre. Her grandmother's ancestors were Germanic from Prussia and changed to Duerre when they moved to England.
Are you sure she said mother and not grandmother?
Emma born in france so french if she wants to be imo eden what is french law on this? Have to stay there till you 18 or what? To become citizen?
Sure
I don't know what the law says but I know it doesn't say that XD
She would need to have lived in France for at least 5 years before turning 18 to acquire citizenship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Entitlement_by_birth,_descent,_or_residence_as_a_child
What's with all that possessive nationalist idiocy arising here, Eden? Who owns Emma's blood?
While Dürre is of Germanic origin, you have to remember that it’s not her paternal great grandmother’s maiden surname. And I do remember Emma mentioning being named after half French paternal grandmother during the Potter days. Many claimed that the other half was Turkish, although Emma never personally confirmed that. Which is why rumors of Emma joining the Turkish entertainment industry or that Turkish Disney Plus show that fell through are so prevalent. As far as her mom goes, if she has French ancestry I’m pretty sure her own daughter would know about it. As I wouldn’t exactly go solely based on legal surnames to assume somebody’s ancestors. I personally have an Irish surname. However I don’t have any Irish ancestors as I’m a Mexican-American (first gen). And the Irish surname comes from my stepdad, as he’s formally adopted me.
You wouldn't believe these rumors if you read her family tree XD
She doesn’t have a French passport because they moved away before she was even 8, which is the starting age she needed to be to have a claim to citizenship. I know her dad was born in either Iran or Iraq and I’m not sure where her mom was born. But if she wasn’t born in France that wouldn’t be helpful in Emma claiming French citizenship by birthright even if she had grown up in France. Assuming that her parents don’t have any French ancestors Emma’s French citizenship would fall under “jus soli”. Which means she would’ve had to live until she was at least 8 years old for the 5 years of residency to start counting. Then her parents could’ve claimed French citizenship for her at the age of 13. If she does have French ancestry it still wouldn’t be as easy to claim birthright citizenship because it would depend on how solid her ancestors citizenship was. Meaning if they were technically half French or had dual citizenship but resided in the other country more time than they did in France, then it could also be used as a way to deny their great grandchildren or grandchildren French citizenship.
https://ethnicelebs.com/emma-watson
The French citizenship by naturalization is 5 years but can be reduced to 2 years if you graduate and get a diploma from a French higher institution.
As long as Emma make effort to speak our language its fine to live here or claim French identity with most of us, if this is her pursuit (and i see her speak french before pretty good)
Why wouldn’t she?
Hello from Germany! The German word „Dürre“ means „drought“. It would be super weird to call your child that. So I really don’t think they called her Duerre because of any „German“ family roots.
Thank you.
An interesting and informative read.
One of her ancestors was named Carl Gottlieb Dürre, from Prussia; Dürre had been their surname, and Duerre was an Anglicization of Dürre.
last name 'watson' is strong Scottish in origin i heard
Watson was the 46th most common surname in England and the 19th most common in Scotland.
Damn so not only do y’all know the nature of her relationship with every rumor boyfriend she’s had. But y’all also know her ancestry better than she does… Emma herself has mentioned being named after a half French paternal grandmother. I’m pretty sure she would know if she has French ancestry or not. Keep in mind I don’t actually care if she’s actually French or not. But the fact that a whole family tree (one that she’s personally never claimed to be accurate) exists is probably one of the reasons she’s so private, and doesn’t talk about her private life.
I’m sorry , but what do you mean her family tree is on the internet?!?! Did she confirm that it was accurate? If she didn’t or she’s not the that posted it … then I understand why she refuses to talk about her private life a lot more than I used to. Because what do you mean people made up a whole family tree for you???
Wait… how do y’all know the names of her ancestors???. As far as I know girly has only revealed the fact that she was named after her grandmother. I don’t even think she’s mentioned the names of her other gradparents
In fact family tree information is publicly available. Some of the information about her ancestors on the genealogy websites was provided by people who share her ancestry.
the Anon saying that Emma's family tree it's on the internet it's hilarious.
You guys really believe in anything.
Emma herself already said her mother's side of the family is french in interviews through the years. Another Anon in another post posted 2 interviews in which Emma mentions this specifically. at the time the Anon asked why Emma didn't talk about her mother french roots more since they were mentioning a lot during the Renais inauguration
those fake ass family trees on the internet always were a source of laughter to me
because there's several of them, each one different from the other
there's also those biography books that "journalists" wrote that detailed things that they wouldn't know, like, what was the reason for her parentes divorce and what Emma was thinking during certain occasions
I always treated those as elaborated fanfics
remember kid's: don't believe in everything you see on the internet if Emma didn't confirm it then it can't be treated as fact
There's literally videos and written interviews of Emma talking about her french mum and how Channel is a brand she has a fondness for because her mother wore all the time. She said in another occasion that her godmother also is french and a childhood friend of her mother. Alex also said his godfather is french and that he has family there.
Why this Anon it's so adamant in not believing Emma own words instead of a radom site that make bogus family trees
"Anonymous said...
I wonder why this rumour has been going around for so long? Emma's mum isn't French, she grew up in Lincolnshire and her parents are from there. She just got married and followed Emma's dad to Paris."
LOL
Emma's father literally said their mother is french in one of the interviews he gave few years ago when he was talking about being a lawyer in France
Emma herself said her mother is parisian and that her whole mother's side it's from there
I think the most she talked about it was when she was doing press for B&B
Also, I never understood where this "roots in Lancashire" came from, besides those shady websites that get even the smallest facts wrong, I never heard anyone around or Emma herself talking about it
im interested only in things emma herrself said like being born in france living there till 5 speaking french and being named partially after a french relative and her mother being french (as eden already mentioned her saying), thats emma own story everything else i dont hold as reliable
Eden is too busy eating cheese and baguette to mock all this fake info i guess booo
You're all claiming to know so much, yet not one of you has actually posted a link to anything.
About ten years ago there was a picture of Emma visiting her grandparents on her mother's side of the family in Lincolnshire. Believe it or not, it's not really any of my business.
“A former Pilgrims chairman and the man who helped begin the club's push for Football League status is, in fact, the great-grandfather of child actor and Harry Potter star Emma Watson (pictured).
The late Harold Luesby became chairman of Boston United in the 1950s and at that time admission to the league was by election.
Mr Luesby was also secretary of the Lincolnshire FA. His bloodline continues with great-granddaughter Emma also looking to be top of her own league. The 11-year-old star appeared in blockbuster movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the eponymous hero's best friend Hermione.”
Published: Thursday 28 March 2002
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian
County: Lincolnshire, England
This was a local report from Lincolnshire which you can find online.
Maybe it’s because I’m not from England… but it doesn’t show up for me, no matter which browser I use.
It might be a location thing because I’m in Vancouver and the article doesn’t pop up anywhere. In fact I can’t get a single article that connects Emma to anybody with the surname Luesby except for her mom.I actually can’t find any articles about a Harold Luesby in the 1950’s either…
Why people in this comments are acting like European families are homogeneous? You can have more than one nationality in most countries and honestly.... her mother was always really "private" compared to her father. Most we know about her it's from when her children mentions something. And in that aspect I prefer to take the actress word for it than from sources that weren't veritable
"Published: Thursday 28 March 2002
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian
County: Lincolnshire, England
This was a local report from Lincolnshire which you can find online."
do you have a link because I didn't find anything about this
Hi… um quick question, but can people outside of Europe see the article/newspaper report. Because I’ve tried looking for it, and the only chairman for Boston United in 1950’s that shows up for me is Ernest Malkinson.
here is one of the interviews that she gave over the years talking about her mother and her family being French
https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/emma-watson-lensorceleuse-280811-170858
here's another one
https://madame.lefigaro.fr/societe/portrait-demma-watson-harry-potter-carriere-feminisme-mode-180717-133228
her father mentions their mother in one of the seminars that he gave a few years ago, it's on youtube I think, it's a long video of more than a hour where he talks about his career and the time he worked on France. And he just mentions kinda en passant, something along the lines of "at the time when I took the decision of living in France it was easier because my then wife, is French and has family there so she helped me with all the process I had to take to be able to work and live there... (and then he talked about the bureaucracy and documents and lawyer things, and finishes saying: ) we had our children there and later after we separated I got back to England"
I tried to find this video again but youtube search is so shit lately it's almost impossible to find things there these days
There's also a video of Emma on the red carpet (that huge one on Trafalgar Square) of the last film when she was with her short hair and the reporter asked about it and she cited other actresses with short hair, said that she wanted to change her visual and that her mother have short hair since she was 16 and then the reporter mentions that she looks French with that style and she replies "well my mother's French so...."
I won’t lie, I haven’t seen people this pressed about whether or not Emma is French since she was announced as Belle. I will say though, I’m more inclined to go on what Emma and her dad have said about her French ancestry. Because they quite literally don’t have any reason to lie about where they’re from. That being said I’m extremely hesitant to believe a family tree that wasn’t made by the person that it is supposedly about. Especially if said person never confirmed it. Because as far as I know, she’s never revealed the names of her grandparents, only that she was named after one.
One thing is for sure though, the reason she doesn’t have a French citizenship has nothing to do with her ancestors. As claiming French citizenship through ancestry can only be used to go back 1 generation. It quite literally has to with the fact that the time she lived there wasn’t the 5 years needed in order to claim citizenship. That is assuming that her parents DON’T have any ties to France in the first place. She would’ve either had to continuously or intermittently live there for 5 years starting from the age of 11 through to 16 at minimum. OR her parents could’ve started the process of claiming citizenship when she was 8 and finishing the process in 5 years when she would’ve been 13 (because unlike where I’m from, French citizenship doesn’t come automatically by birthright)…
Now assuming that that her parents DO have French citizenship. All she would need to do is live in France for five consecutive years in order to claim it. Because her parents count as the one generation she could use to claim French citizenship. However because she didn’t claim French citizenship before the age of 18… which in her defense… she was kind of busy. She needs to live there for five consecutive years before she can receive her French citizenship through naturalization instead.
I'm sorry, but I'm from Texas, and I can't find that article or newspaper clipping anywhere. Also, the only chairmen for Boston United in the 1950s that pop up for me, no matter how many ways I look for them or browsers I use, are David Newton, G.E. Parker, Ernest Malkinson, Steve Evans, and Pat Malkinson. As for the secretaries of Lincolnshire FA, I couldn't find any mention of a Harold Luesby either. The secretaries for Lincolnshire FA in the 50's that I could find, however, were H.M. Brown, J.B. Foulds, J.W.E.(Jack) Brough, C.A."Tony" Smith, Arthur Drewry, Stanley Rous, S. Cowdy, and J.A. Clark.
Whether Emma is French or not isn't really any of my business. However, I'm skeptical of any family tree that isn't made by the person who relates to it themselves. And because of that skepticism, I'm also hesitant to believe a local newspaper clipping that again was never confirmed by the person it's related to.
Um... maybe it's because I'm not European, but the closest thing I could find about a Harold Luesby in Lincolnshire was somebody named Horance Harold Luesby (b.1902 and died. 1980) on Family Search. I can't find any information about his time as a chairman of Boston United or as a secretary to the Lincolnshire FA. I also couldn't find the report that links him to Emma...
eden do french actually say 'oh la la' instead of 'oh my god!' when something crazy happen? xD
The closest thing to this I ever heard or said was "ooh la". "oh la la" feels more like a Moulin Rouge or Crazy Horse thing XD
France has always been associated to emma since she first got famous from Emma's own frequent mentions of her connection there so that's enough details for me
Sacre bleu!
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
You need to register to see it, just type in “Emma Watson Luesby” to find it.
In fact, there is no need to doubt it. Emma’s father personally manages the Watson family tree, and his name is listed as the manager. Moreover, Emma’s great-grandfather was indeed from the Lincolnshire FA, as reported by local newspapers, and this is documented in the British Archives. It is a fact. Additionally, there are relatives of Emma’s mother’s family in Lincolnshire. There is no need to question the authenticity of the family tree.
You don’t need to doubt a lot of what I say. I know a lot about the Watson family, including what many of their relatives do for a living. But I won’t disclose that to you. You can figure it out just by paying close attention. I found out all of this very carefully from the news on Google. The Internet is a great tool, but you mustn’t use it for evil.
And Alex’s godfather is indeed French. He was the nephew of the founder of the William Fèvre winery and also one of his father’s best friends. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2012. This can also be seen in the news.
So the anon claiming he or she knows very well of Emma's family tree, are you accusing Emma of lying? Why did she do that? She had no reason to do that. And since you said that you found all of this from internet instead of getting to know them irl, how can you be sure that it was true?
you guys don't need to doubt it, just trust me while I claim more bullshit and NO proof whatsoever
LOL
you are in a blog about Emma Watson I think it's safe to say people here know a thing or two about how to look for information about a girl that has been in the public eye since she was a child.
And if the majority's not founding anything I think it's safe to say it's bullshit.
I think this person just want to stir things as a joke since everyone got so worked up hahaha
the other anon put it links, where's yours?
I honestly think we will only be able to find anything about her mother if we look in the french registries. Since HER OWN CHILDREN says she French.
Also....I think everybody got worked up because Emma been saying one thing since she was a child and that didn't change when she grow up and then a random anon on a blog said "actually this information that we always knew for more than 20 years and has been confirmed multiple times it's not true, in fact everything it's a rumor, and to prove I will give u exactly ZERO proofs, just a conviction"
so obviously we got worked up :)
The ant french sentiment just because emma enjoys her links to france going on now is weird behaviour
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=emma%20watson%20luesby
The relevant snippet mentioned above here is freely available without registering. It's the first from the top.
Eden throw garlic at these people for disparaging the fine baguette nation!
There's no garlic emoji T_T
Y’all are really going back and forth on the nationality of somebody y’all don’t know? If her own children AND ex husband say she’s French, then something tells me (idk though it’s just an inkling) she has a high probability of being French… I mean it’s not like Emma has been saying she’s from France and that her mother is French since her Potter days, through to her adult years… oh, wait… But then again, what do I know 🤷🏻♀️…
Also is there a possibility that she has French AND British ancestry… yes. Because why are y’all acting like families , especially ones from countries that are as close as England is to France are homogeneous?
I was going to say small but them it would’ve been obvious that I’m American… which to be fair, my home state is bigger than France… That being said if any French people could give me some advice on protesting/rioting against (a fuckass orange Oompa Loompa and his minions) … I mean those in power, it’s greatly appreciated.
I think you’re being really silly for asking me to provide evidence. Didn’t I already say that there are records in the British Archives and in the local Lincolnshire news? Why don’t you just go and check them out yourself instead of just talking nonsense?
The British Archives have everything.
This is screenshot of the aforementioned article;
https://imgur.com/TYotCiE
Found by searching for the newspaper and then Harold Luesby.
No
if you are the one brought it up, then is your duty to post the source instead of simply claiming its existence, it's called burden of proof.
This is more boring that the Tom comments 🫠
you keep saying that those articles exists but no one here was able to find it anywhere. then you talk nonsense "just trust me" ????????? You're the one that started so YOU should be the one to bring evidence. and stop talking about great-great-great whatever and Watsons, we're talking about the mother and her frenchness if you cannot prove (we already know you can't because it's true that she's in fact French) then stop with the victimization.
all the other anon brought evidence that people around the mother said she's French and it was her own children and ex-husband not a anon with no proof in a blog.
and if I'm not mistaken I think it was Sophie that commented something about it in a deleted post that Alex had once before Renais Gin was inaugurated and he deleted tho old instagram photos. He joked about the fact that Paris it's raining every time he's there and he have to keep cancelling his outings outdoors, then in the comments Sophie jokes that he should have asked his mother about tips before visiting her city. I think it was something like "alex, your mother it's literally French ask her who are the authorities you can talk to to solve this situation" and he replied with a joke about parisian women and the aloofness they possess. it's a pity I didn't took screenshots of it tho. it was funny
I think it's funny that when we ask you to prove your bullshit you act offended
be for real Anon
we ask for proof because the robust ones that already exists say otherwise and you bring it up a great-great grandparent that may have zero connection to her???? and then talk about the Watson family????? The mother it's not a Watson anymore for a long time now.
Why do bring it up "oh I know the Watson family quite well, not personally tho, trough the internet...." why do think this is a valid defense😭
it's that all that you've got?
It's really cute that the Anon think british newspapers only publish verified and approved information. A country that over the years has been known to publish bullshit just for clicks.
Why believe a information that no one here in this blog could verify as true than the words of Emma, her brother, her father and her close friends?
Why you hate French people so much?
I think this anon it's a troll tho.
But if you're not a troll than who was the French woman that hurt you? Why do you hate them so much?
Eden is French and she's lovely (I don't know her)
I think the definitive proof that Emma is the daughter of a French woman it's the fact that she is closer to 40 years old and still pretty and young looking. There is no way British genes would aloud such thing. British genes are merciless once you pass 30
And we've jumped the shark.
Off topic… But the way anytime his stories pop on my feed, they have to do with it raining in a city he’s visiting is funny. It’s almost become a personal running gag at this point.
The Luesby family was famous in Lincolnshire, if you searched you could find a lot of news about them in the papers, Emma's mom was a local celebrity because of her excellent grades she was in the papers a lot from a young age. You guys just won't accept the evidence haha
"Anonymous said
You guys just won't accept the evidence haha"
WHAT EVIDENCE??????
and the mother was famous and was in the newspapers because of .....grades? what?
first no one was able to find anyone with the last name Luesby besides her mother and now there's several stories? on the newspapers? and just you know about it?
What is this eugenics bullshit I'm seeing here? What's wrong with her mother being French and having family living in Lincolnshire? I thought it was a well known thing that Europeans spread everywhere.
What a surprise that it's not Eden the French being picked on but Emma's mother, the sassy Parisian 🤣
So let me see if I understand
a lot of people are saying and have a variety of easily verifiable sources and links about Emma and her immediate family and close friends saying more than once through the years that her mother is French
vs
a random Anon that said it's actually all a rumour and all these people are lying, in fact in Anon's own words, a "well-intentioned lie" and her mother's whole family is from Lincolnshire and also she was kinda famous there and was always on newspapers as a kid....
but no one seems able to find any of this anywhere
hmmm
I mean, both informations could be true to some extent:
Emma's mum could be French (which was confirmed by Emma, her brother, her father and her friends)
AND
her parents (Emma's grandparents) could have been living in England since she was younger, moved there or something like this. One thing doesn't exclude the other
But the bit about Emma and those around her lying I think a bit far fetched.
For what reason would they lie? And why this lie specifically? no offense to the great baguette country but I don't think they would gain anything mentioning she's half French by her mother's side. If anything they (Emma and her brother) were probably been made fun of.
I assume this based on the treatment anything even remotely French gets on britain, specially in England. It would be more of a joke/curse than an asset
No offense Eden dear ❤️
No but why would our honey girl be lying about being half French? Being French only brings you insults and jokes from the Brits. If it wasn't true she would have kept her mouth shut but since she kept saying it than I think there's no reason to doubt her.
Eden have you ever been insulted or made fun of for being French? Or ever been insulted by Brits before?
I sympathize with you French people here. I'm also greatly disheartened that Emma isn't Taiwanese... She should be so rightly Taiwanese... It's truly a bummer!
Again, it must be a regional thing. Because I’m the anon that couldn’t find a Harold Luesby but did find all the other chairmen and secretaries. I even used her mom as a cross reference when I was looking for him. The only stuff I found about her mom was stuff that has been known for a long time now. Like she was also a lawyer in France, she moved to Oxford after the divorce, because of a job opportunity, she’s no longer a lawyer, and that she’s a professor now. Oh, and that she went to Oxford for a little while, which I found to be a really cute connection between her and Emma… And honestly given how hard Emma tries to protect her private life, it’s actually a good thing that random people can’t confirm if she any ties to a family tree she didn’t make. Because I’ll say it again… what do you mean a family tree that wasn’t even made by her is on the internet. It’s not the first time I’ve seen it either, as my teacher had my class do reports on modern feminist, and we choose the person by picking a random paper out of a hat… I got Emma (it was 2016). If she would’ve confirmed or acknowledged its existence, then people wouldn’t question it…but she hasn’t…
Never
It must be a regional thing because I can’t find anything about Emma’s mom other than she’s was a lawyer and her birthday is estimated to be in either 1958 or 1959. In fact so little can be found about her, that I can’t even get a solid hit on what her mother’s maiden surname is. Other than that family tree that wasn’t made by Emma, nor has she ever claimed it to be accurate. In fact in the country I reside 3 different family trees pop up claiming to be about Emma’s family… they all have different names or surnames when compared to each other. Like other people have said, Emma herself has never even revealed the name of grandparents except for the one she was named after. So unless Emma’s family has a long history of adopting children and giving them their surname or divorce… do you see why I don’t believe any of the family trees to be credible. And the only one that has ties to Lincolnshire doesn’t make any references to her alleged grandparents having any children or daughters. Emma is just a side note in the list of alleged grandchildren they have… which apparently Alex isn’t a part of.
Typical muggle behavior
While I'm glad Eden has never gotten teased or insulted for being French as a French-American... I have. I won't lie, though some of the jokes were kind of funny too.
Anyways, all this back and forth made me curious, and I started looking into it as well. And I found three different family trees, all claiming to be attributed to Emma and run by somebody close to or part of the family. All three had different names or birth/death years in reference to the same alleged family member. Harold Luesby, in connection with Lincolnshire, only showed up in one... However, that specific family tree doesn't name ANY of his children or daughters...assuming he had any. So I looked for Emma, and it does say she's his great-grandchild, but it doesn't name Alex as one of his great-grandchildren. And when I tried to look for Alex, not only is his birth year is wrong, but he only appears on his dad's family "family tree". The only time he appears on his mom's "family tree" is when you look her and Emma up. I really don't care if Emma is half or even a sixteenth French... But something tells me that family trees that don't include somebody who has been known about since the very first Potter movie shouldn't be trusted.
I studied abroad in London during my junior year... And you're right about the English and their "jokes" about anything French. My roommate used to make me explain some of the "jokes" to her, and I'd always try to make them sound a little less harsh. The American "jokes" however, were boring and so repetitively unoriginal that even my 8 year old niece could get to the punchline before they could. However, I would say that a good chunk of people didn't seem to care that we weren't English, mostly because they knew we would be leaving when the school year was done anyway.
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