Barnacle Bill

Uncle Bill was known to have twenty-seven kids by a dozen different women. It was a widely held belief that if you stood in the general vicinity of Uncle Bill during a company picnic or engaged with him in a friendly game of darts at the bar that you would wind up pregnant. That is assuming you were a woman and not already a family member.

After putting two and two together I have come to the conclusion that Uncle Bill did not get his nickname by being a crusty old sailor. The first indication was that old Bill couldn't swim and was afraid of the sea. Secondly, I ran across this clip in a scrapbook put together by my Aunt Patty. The scrapbook was titled Barnacle Bill and the notation above the following clip read: You may be gone, but I can almost feel your presence, even now. <3