I decend from 3 direct lineages of nobility from England and Scotland, the House of Stuart, the House of Long, and the House of Osborne. All 3 of my ancestral grandfathers from those lines came to England with William the Conqueror to accompany him at the battle of Hastings in 1066, Flaad FitzAlan, Raoul de Préaux, and Walter Fitz Osbern. Flaad's decendents became the royal Stewarts through marriage to the daughter of Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots later changing the spelling to "Stuart" whilst in France, as the French do not use the letter w. Raoul's decendents became a long line of knights, who were sheriffs and members of parliament, my 25th great grandfather Sir William de Préaux assisting Richard 1st on the 3rd crusade, and us being distant cousins with Charles III through my 15th great grandfather Sir Thomas Long of Draycot. We gained the surname Long as a nickname from old French for someone who is tall. Walter Fitz Osbern became the 1st Earl of Hertfordshire and his decendents became the Osbornes, who were Dukes, Earls, and Barons. I traced my Long side through my grandfathers going back over 1000 yrs, from vikings who came to establish the Duchy of Normandy with Rollo, my 30th great grandfather Malahulc Eysteinsson being the uncle of Rollo, to Norman knights and nobility who came to England in the Norman conquest. The farthest back the archives of the internet would allow me to go is 698AD in Oppland Norway. Here's the list:
USA
John Phillip Long 1927-2011
Joel Bernard Long 1901-1998
Elmer Roscoe Long 1880-1936
John Budd Long 1858-1923
John Washington Long 1818-1876
Thomas Jefferson Long 1790-1833
Joseph Long 1766-1829
Samuel Long 1711-1774
Shubael Long 1661-1731
UK
Robert Long 1621-1690
Richard Longe 1591-1652
John Longe 1566-1591
Sir Walter Longe 1535-1593
Sir Henry Longe II 1510-1558
Sir Henry Longe I 1489-1556
Sir Thomas Longe 1450-1509
Sir John Longe 1419-1478
Robert Longe 1392-1459
Roger leLonge II 1370-1448
Robert li leLonge 1350-1385
Robert I leLonge 1325-1370
Sir Richard leLonge 1300-1351
Walter le Longe 1275
Henry le Longe 1244
William le Preux "le Lang" 1225?
Walter le Preux 1199
William de Preaux 1170
NORMANDY
Osbert de Preaux 1140
Raoul de Preaux 1100
??????? The years listed have a gap
Raoul de Preaux 986
Raoul de Bayeux 930
NORWAY
Malahulc Eysteinsson 845
Eystein Ivarsson 810
Ivar Halfdansson 770
Halfdan Sveidasson 750
Sveidi Svidrisson 722
Svidri Heytsson 698

I have remembrance from my ancestors ingrained in my DNA of what it feels like to wear a suit of armor and compete in jousting tournaments. I listen to English royal court music of the late Medieval period and early Renaissance, and can recall in my mind all the dance steps to the songs as if I've danced them before, like it's familiar, I can picture the royal court in my mind with all it's ornate art and tapestries, the throne with the coat of arms behind it, and all the Lords and Ladies dressed in their period appropriate clothing, dancing or standing around talking. As a kid I played with castle themed Legos, my favorite Disney movies were Robin Hood and The Sword in The Stone, I read world book encyclopedias and listened to baroque music. I've always felt connected to it all my life. I only gained all this knowledge of my family history over the past 4yrs. It makes since of alot of things that I've always noticed about my family. That stuff is genetic. I've heard it said that memory of things can be passed down through generations, I can testify to that. My whole family has always been very intellectual and artistic, we pay no care to superficial and trivial things, and have always felt a duty to help our fellow man, being a pillar of counsel and wisdom to our friends and acquaintances. As decendents of rulers. I've been having a difficult time tracing my Stuart side, as I've learned in my research, that many of the Stuart royal decendents fled to or were expelled to the American colonies during the English civil war, and information was lost. Even a second wave during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. My Stuart side of my family all look exactly like the Stuart rulers, alot of us having the distinct eyes that I see in their portraits, my sister Kelsey looks identical to Queen Anne Stuart. My daughter looks identical to Margaret Tudor, Henry VIII's elder sister who married King James IV of Scotland.