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where can i find king offa of mercia family tree?

Please help!!! I over heard my dad and his mum talking about it, and they were trying to re-trace the family tree to find out if we were somehow related. the family can only remember small bits, but none of it fits in with the rest. I have looked everywhere on the internet and i cant find out anything. all the family tree websites you have to pay for and i was looking for a free one because i only need to research this ONE thing, any help would be great. Many thanks, Jodie (:

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1. He lived over 1200 years ago. Have you already traced your tree back that far? http://thepeerage.com/p15036.htm
2. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Offa_genealogy_sv.svg This picture shows part of it. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=veryflatcat&id=I1788 Name: Offa of Mercia (the great-great grandson of Eowa; descended from Eowa's son OSMOD instead of ALWEO, according to the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle") Birth: Death: July 26/29, 0796 Title: King of Mercia 0757 Father: Thingfrith Spouse's name: Cynethryth-- b: ABT 0770 Their children: Children 1. Ecgfrith, King of Mercia+ d. bt 14 Dec 796 - 17 Dec 796 2. Ælfflæd 3. Eadburh --b: abt.0760 4. Æthelburh http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=veryflatcat&id=I1790 Goes back from OFFA's father to his 5th great-grandfather, Cynewald of the Iclingas (b. abt.0512 ; d. abt.0566) http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=veryflatcat&id=I1808 Goes back from Cynewald to OFFA's 11th great-grandfather, Wermund (aka Garmund) of Anglia, King of Denmark and Anglia http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=veryflatcat&id=I1815 Notes from Wikipedia that were used says "He appears to have reigned in Angel, and his story is preserved by certain Danish historians, especially Saxo Grammaticus. He is mentioned in lines 1958-1963 of the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf" as Garmund the father of Offa of Angel and grand-father of Eomer." His Father: Wihtlaeg of Anglia (b. abt 0362; d. abt. 0437) Spouse Unknown Son: Offa of Anglia The family tree on rootsweb the following comes from is that of Vanessa Weber (her home page is at http://veryflatcat.com/genealogy/. You have to register in order to use the information). Under DESCENDANCY it shows: 1 Wermund of Anglia (b. 0381 ; d. 0448) 2 Offa of Anglia d: ABT 0456 3 Angeltheow of the Angles d: ABT 0477 4 Eomer of the Angles d: ABT 0489 5 Icel of the Iclingas d: ABT 0501 6 Cnebba of the Iclingas d: ABT 0566 7 Cynewald of the Iclingas b: ABT 0512 d: ABT 0566 8 Creoda of Mercia b: ABT 0540 d: 0593 9 Pybba of Mercia b: ABT 0570 d: ABT 0610 10 Eowa of Mercia d: 5 AUG 0642 10 Coenwalh **10 Penda, King of Mercia b: ABT 0595 d: 15 NOV 0655 + Cynewise From **: Penda, King of Mercia b: ABT 0595 d: 15 NOV 0655 + Cynewise 2 Wulfhere, King of Mercia 2 Æthelred I, King of Mercia d: ABT 0716 2 Peada d: APR 0656 2 Cyneburh http://www.familysearch.org shows the name OFFA OF MERCIA dating back to 0247 or thereabouts. Google shows 179,000 listings for "King Offa of Mercia"
3. I typed king offa of mercia family tree into the search engine and the first to come up was List of monarchs of Mercia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but there were several other sites on the same topic came up.