I dabble in tracing my family's history. My maternal grandmother always said that she could trace back to
Elder William Brewster (a passenger aboard the Mayflower), but the closest I could come to showing that was a connection to *a* Brewster family (not necessarily the right Brewster family, though I think it is).
This morning I managed to trace a solid connection back to
John Howland, another passenger of the Mayflower, through my grandmother.
For the curious, I'm John Howland's 10th great-grandson.