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Lukas Merhoff introduces himself

Well ladies and gentlemen, I was born in the 1550s, what rockin' decade.

I should introduce myself. I was born as Lukas Merhoff in Dresden, Saxony, in the Holy Roman Empire in 1552. Now it is called Germany. I have not been there since 1949.

My father was a carpenter, a strong Catholic. I became a Lutheran at young age. I wanted to be a theologian, and I went to Luther's old home is Eisleben often. My father wanted me to be a carpenter. After an enormous argument with my father when I was seventeen, I was sent hurling across Europe, west from Saxony, until I stumbled across the city of Strassburg, a medium sized town, where I worked odd jobs, until I was taken on as a blacksmith's apprentice. I learned smithing, a valuble tool in those days. I acquired my skills and moved to the city of Bordeaux, and settled down with a family, a beautiful wife and two beautiful kids. I noticed things, as my wife got older, I didn't. So with enormous sorrow and doubt, I got on a ship and headed to Quebec.

I settled down with a new I identity, Jean Luc de Mer, in Quebec City, and became a blacksmith. I married again, and had 3 kids.

The possible grandfather of Heinrich Merhoff ? (16th century)

Lukas Merhoff: Does anybody have any descendents that lived in East-central Germany in the 1500s ? Because my maternal Grandfather ran away from Dresden for some reason, because he couldn't age, as I later found out. My mother only survived because my father took her in (not that he didn't want to, she was a curvy twenty-something blonde with sharp green eyes) and they got married, and hence, I was born.

The Egyptian (suddenly answering Lukas): Yes. My son, Heinrich. Now that you mention it, I did get a letter from him (I was living in Berlin) describing his new wife. He did mention the blonde hair and green eyes…

Lukas: My father was named Heinrich Merhoff… Did he ever mention his son Lukas ?

The Egyptian: Lukas… Let me think… Once or twice, we wasn't communicating much by that time…

Lukas: Amazing… Grandfather ?

Lukas the 17th century settler and trapper

I lived in Quebec for a few years, 12 to be precise. As I grew older, I had 2 kids. Two beautiful girls Marie and Heidi, after my first wife and my mother. My wife, a beautiful curvy Parisian with raven black hair was named Monique. I was happy, a well-to-do blacksmith with good connections to the fur trading industry. I did some fur trading on the side, and one day went one a trading expidition far down the Mississippi River, as we know it now. I got horribly lost. I sailed about and about, for 15 years. In warmer climes, I saved a young Arawak girl, Setting Sun, from a pack of cannibals. It was a classic “Knight and Shining Armour” story. We traveled together and in 1639, she bore my 5th child. I knew I would never see my family in Quebec again, so I changed my name to Johnathan Luke, my wife to Sunset Luke, and we settled in British Virginia in 1640 and lived in a nice estate and farm. We had a few more children, and I went back to Quebec in 1656 when I encounted my grandson, which was awkward, to say the least.

I lived next to a man named John Washington. He had a beautiful wife, Anne Pope, and when Sunset died in 1659, she came over to cook me a dinner for a night, out of pity. Ended up with her in my bed. We kept it secret, but we knew when a baby, Lawrence was born, it was mine. My dark eyes were there. Lawrence Washington is the grandfather of George Washington.

The Egyptian: I was an Egyptian, an Ancient Egyptian, so I probably have a LOT of descendants.

Lukas: I don't know what happened to the children I sired in Bordeaux and Québec so I could be the progenitor of many famous people, Washington is the only one I know about.

The Egyptian: Hell, I could be the ancestor to all the American presidents, for all I know...

Bosch: You're not quite old enough to be sure of being past the identical ancestors point, but a lot of the world are your grandchildren.

The Egyptian: Indeed. How much of the world ?

Bosch: Could be one percent, could be fifty, could be a hundred. Give it another few hundred years.

Lukas : Most of the population if Quebec and western France is probably descended from me...

Lukas Merhoff and the Seven Years War

I've fought in several wars. The first one, the Seven Years War, I fought for the British in North America. I always called it the “French and Indian War.” I fought with a young man named George Washington. We were best friends, but never heard from him again. I dug through a book during the 1800s and found his name it. I couldn't believe that George would found the most powerful nation on earth.

Lukas Merhoff and the 19th century US

I've always kind of avoided the USA, but did move to Pennsylvania in 1853. Only President I ever voted for was Lincoln. And Fremont, but he never became President.

Lukas the would-be assasin

I once tried to assassinate Upton Sinclair.

Thomas Miller, London banker (early 20th century)

The Egyptian (responding to the claim about the assasination attempt): Oh yes. That was you ? Really ? By the way, I feel we met a while ago, around 1900…|

Lukas: I was going by Thomas Miller, had a job at a bank in central London, just married. Who were you ?

The Egyptian: Desmond Field, lived in London, I was an accountant, and had been for ten years.

Lukas: Desmond ? Is that really you ? Long time, no see old chap ! Where are you now ?

The Egyptian: Well, I'm named Parley Miles now. I live in Toronto, Canada.

Lukas: Never knew I ever met another immortal.

The Egyptian: We should get together soon and ramble about the old days !

Lukas Merhoff and WWI

The Egyptian (about WWI): Fought for the French in that war. Died in the Somme, and again at Passchendaele. By the end of it all, I felt empty, heartless, disillusioned.

Lukas: Fought for the Austrians in Serbia for that war. Later fought in Galicia. Ended up a drifter in Vienna. I didn't find a new family until 1950 because of that war.

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