March 2019 - mon voyage to the motherland! Your permission to bore you with some family history, s'il vous plaît. Thibodeaus in North America are descended from French people who, in the early 17th century, departed western regions of France on the Atlantic Ocean. The Acadians, as they were called, established settlements in North America, the most famous of which was Port-Royal in present-day Nova Scotia. Later, Acadians settled areas of present-day Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island.     Pierre Thibodeau (1631 - 1704) was the first Thibodeau to arrive in North America. I'm descended directly from grand-père Pierre. Actually, he had 16 children, so roughly 21% of the current American population descends from him. Nevertheless, check out this astonishing resemblance!      OK, the boring and gratuitous family history est fini. In March 2019, my family and I were lucky to visit Paris. Here's my bride and me at an obscure...