Cayenne caper: Is Cajun sports mascot dead or alive?

[Ragin4U]

I agree. But what do you think of my post #13?....nothing hokey about that. And if we are to continue to be called the "Cajuns", what's more appropriate than the picture presented in the link?

I don't disagree totally. If we were to have a live mascot, I think something like your idea would be best.
My argument would be that "Cajun" is more of a state of mind and a way of life that cannot be represented in a concrete way. I think "Cajun" is more about the people and not the person. I fear that might get lost by trying to represent that with a single mascot.
Live mascots, whether actually live or a representation, lend themselves to caricature.

[CajunMarine81]

Beausoleil Broussard is my wife's grandfather 5 times removed.

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

[Frenchie35]

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

Been working on my genealogy for the last 15 years. On the Broussard side I go back to 1540 France.

[CajunJack55]

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

So Frenchie and Beyonce are cousins...who would have thunk

"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.[25] Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[26] Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former member of Destiny's Child. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. 1 albums.[27] Mathew is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African, Native American, and French).[26][28][29][30] Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[28]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9

[Frenchie35]

Then your wife and I are long lost cousins.

Had to go to my genealogy and check. Not her grandfather but her 7th great uncle.

[BeauCajun]

So Frenchie and Beyonce are cousins...who would have thunk

"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine "Tina" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager.[25] Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name.[26] Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former member of Destiny's Child. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had No. 1 albums.[27] Mathew is African American, while Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent (African, Native American, and French).[26][28][29][30] Through her mother, Beyoncé is a descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard.[28]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9

Actually Boyance and Derouen from the Delcambre/New Iberia area.

[CajunAmos]

Had to go to my genealogy and check. Not her grandfather but her 7th great uncle.

Related to PooPoo Broussard too?



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Frenchie35]

Related to PooPoo Broussard too?



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Never know who you might be related to...maybe PooPoo might just be mind and my wife's lineage.... But after looking at my records I got it correct.

Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil is your wife's 6th great grandfather.




You (Frenchie)


→

Barbara Ann Babin
your wife

→



Viola Hulo
her mother

→

Noe Picard
her father

→

Coralie Picard
his mother

→

Emile Broussard
her father

→

Pierre Onesime Broussard
his father

→

Théophile Broussard
his father

→

Jean-Francois Broussard
his father

→

Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil
his father

My wife's 6 great-grandfather

[CajunEXPRESS]

Lets just go with the FDL always and not have some hokey mascot. I dont think we need a pepper or a gator running around.

This is the right route to our identity. BTW UNO uses a gator dressed in 18th century garb

[Turbine]

My wife's 6 great-grandfather

It is normal to want to avoid the proliferation of "greats" when discussing genealogical trees, but it seems to me "6" + great + grand + father makes 9 generations.