Well, I'm pretty sure we is the right pronoun when talking about 2 groups of organisms.
The branching was in a dream world, however, and never actually happened.
The genetic sequencing shows we share more genes with fungus then plants, and early multicelullar animals shared similar functions that early fungus had, animalia just has the ability of budding and sexual multiplication.
I'm not really trying to prove anything, only discussing what I've learned.
That doesn't follow at all. Firstly it does not matter how different kinds behave!
I'm a little confused what you mean by kinds. Can you elaborate?
Secondly HOW can you trace this back?
genetic sequencing with DNA, RNA, and Mitochondrial DNA. Its actually quite fascinating. We where able to figure out the different clades and what is realted to what, and how closely. :3 Phylogeny is actually quite interesting, especially at the single cellular level. Its interesting how multi cellular life is like a tree, but single celled organisms are like a web.
Other life lived a long time. Since rapid deposition of layers would be the normal order of the day, nothing is surprising here.
Well, unless we can find this life and date it to the same time as the bacteria, we don't really have any evidence of it.

Its interesting, but we need the fossils to be sure of your claim.
Irrelevant. They died first...so?
Its quite relevant The first things to live and die, tell us so much about life and its history.
Genetics of today cannot be traced to the pond.
Can you explain what you mean by pond? I'm pretty sure ponds are depressions of earth with water run off and not cellular life.