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The stubble and the devil-may-care attitude give it away maybe?

Was at dinner with the J Family earlier. As I commented to Younger Brother when he came to pick us up, I find it really hard sometimes at dinner to follow the conversation as JMum and JAuntie tend to talk at the same time to me about different topics - and as I’ve mentioned before I’m thinking about hiring them out to test Japanese fluency because you really need to be at some kind of weird level to understand what is going on half the time. I only manage to do it because I think my brain can split into sections somehow to deal with this. Probably takes training.

The boys usually don’t say much at all - I don’t think their brains work the same as mine.

Anyway I don’t tend to retain much of the conversation (probably killed those retaining brain bits off with sake) but some nuggets of information I do. And one of those areas is family history.

Tonight when I got back I pressed the Boy for a bit more information on the mere snippet that came up earlier. Even though it’s come up before about them descending from kaizoku (pirates) I wanted to know more. The Boy isn’t interested in his own family history so much - for reasons I’m not so sure about just yet but probably related to the fact that he’s young.

However a bit of “subtle” questioning tonight provided the following information - they are related to the infamous Murakami Suigen.

The what? The Murakami Suigen was a pirate family who controlled the seas around Shikoku in the 16th century. There is even a Murakami Suigun Museum in Ehime, and the Innoshima Pirates Castle which you can visit.

Even though the Boy’s last name is Sueyasu, JMums maiden name is Murakami. There is some controversy involving his grandfather (now deceased) remarrying another woman and their children going on the family register for the Murakami line, and JMum and her sisters being listed somewhere else. However it seems likely that due to the high number of girls born into the family the Boy and Younger Brother may be the only male descendants of a particular line of the Murakami Pirate mob.

And I intend to find out. For the sake of curiosity.

First stop - grill JMum and JAuntie separately. Then maybe take a trip along to these museums. Who wants to tag along?

• This makes you a pirate wench, you know. Please dress appropriately. I will sew you the right dress…

  P.S. I love Shikoku and would be happy to accompany you.

  Kristen
  07/03/04 08:30 AM

• Does he not need a parrot on the shoulder to qualify?
  Or perhaps you are his bird.
  That’s fascinating; keep up the search.

  dxlifer
  07/03/05 01:00 AM

• Do I get to have daggers in my garters?

  Wheee! Shikoku road trip!

  MJ
  07/03/05 02:53 AM

• I smell a book - or at least a great blog adventure - with garters and daggers and lusty wenches but only if we find Cap’n Jack Sparrow’s lair.

  The Goddess
  07/03/05 01:37 PM

• -Pirate DNA is present in the Boy.

  Wouldn’t it be ArrrNA?
  /Dodges tomaters

  layne
  07/03/08 01:15 AM

• Oh layne.....

  MJ
  07/03/08 01:35 AM

• I am not trying to be cute, but the dude in the picture has some SERIOUS gingivitis going on. If he took care of his teeth (FLOSSING, brushing with flouride) instead of pirate talk then maybe before the end of this year he will still have them. Seriously man, those gums will soon be oozing pus.

  Ironcross
  07/04/27 11:15 PM

• Actually the “dude” had a serious car accident a few years ago which resulted in most of his front teeth having to be replaced with fake ones, and gum damage. His dentist doesn’t seem to be concerned.

  But ... ah .... thanks for the online diagnosis.

  MJ
  07/04/28 12:19 AM