Interesting geneological discoveries

[LotusBud]

Anyone do family trees?

I just discovered my 3rd great grandfather in a "non-conformist and non-parochial" registry in Wales. Hahahahaaaa. Even back then, we weren't having any of it!

Anyone have anything to post about your ancestors?

 

[Dove]

Not as of now but my mother and I were just talking about doing this.

 

[Blazor]

My great great grandfather was a proud Confederate Soldier for Virginia!

 

[Oerdin]

I bought one of the home DNA kits last Xmas but still haven't bothered to open it or use it.

 

[LotusBud]

My great great grandfather was a proud Confederate Soldier for Virginia!

I have a couple of greats who fought in the revolution, so there!

 

[LotusBud]

I bought one of the home DNA kits last Xmas but still haven't bothered to open it or use it.

You don't need to do DNA in order to construct a family tree. It is a lot of work, though, so...

 

[Oerdin]

Back in the 1990's my aunt paid a researcher to dig through records in the UK and had a family tree constructed that went back to the 1590's. On my mom's side they were able to go back to the 1470's.

 

[Frood]

Distantly related to Isaac Newton and a third in line princess to a throne. Also discovered French Canadian and Ashkenazi history that was previously unknown.

 

[LotusBud]

Back in the 1990's my aunt paid a researcher to dig through records in the UK and had a family tree constructed that went back to the 1590's. On my mom's side they were able to go back to the 1470's.

That stuff is very fascinating.

 

[deport_liberals]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

 

[Dove]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

My maternal family came to Detroit from Ireland. Same as my fathers mothers parents. And my paternal grandfathers parents came here (to Detroit) from Germany.

My fathers parents were university professors.

 

[Joe]

Anyone do family trees?

I just discovered my 3rd great grandfather in a "non-conformist and non-parochial" registry in Wales. Hahahahaaaa. Even back then, we weren't having any of it!

Anyone have anything to post about your ancestors?

Proof that all the crazies & nut bags moved to America, eh? ;-)

 

[Joe]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

My maternal family came to Detroit from Ireland. Same as my fathers mothers parents. And my paternal grandfathers parents came here (to Detroit) from Germany.

My fathers parents were university professors.

German & Irish...a lethal combination.

Come ta think of it, yer kinda headstrong, Dovey.

...nice exterior & voice tho.

 

[deport_liberals]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

 

[LotusBud]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

Whatever happened to your twin brother?

 

[LotusBud]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

 

[LotusBud]

Anyone do family trees?

I just discovered my 3rd great grandfather in a "non-conformist and non-parochial" registry in Wales. Hahahahaaaa. Even back then, we weren't having any of it!

Anyone have anything to post about your ancestors?

Proof that all the crazies & nut bags moved to America, eh? ;-)

Um, no.

 

[deport_liberals]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

 

[deport_liberals]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

Whatever happened to your twin brother?

I miss him.

 

[LotusBud]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

 

[LotusBud]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

Whatever happened to your twin brother?

I miss him.

Where did he go?

 

[deport_liberals]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

1952...for the first time...

 

[deport_liberals]

My grandfather came to New York by way of Brazil. He never talked much about it though.

Whatever happened to your twin brother?

I miss him.

Where did he go?

God only knows...

 

[LotusBud]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

1952...for the first time...

Seriously? Do you speak Dutch? And whoever was first born in the US, did that person marry a Dutch person?

 

[deport_liberals]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

1952...for the first time...

Seriously? Do you speak Dutch?

No, my mom and uncles know it.

 

[LotusBud]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

1952...for the first time...

Seriously? Do you speak Dutch?

No, my mom and uncles know it.

So your mom married an Italian?

 

[deport_liberals]

My grandfather joined the foreign service after the war. Was posted in Mexico, Brazil, USA, Ireland, and Iran at various points.

 

[deport_liberals]

One side for me is Dutch the other Italian but Norman originally according to legend.

But seriously, there were more nationalities than those two, weren't there?

The Dutch side goes way back. 13th century is the earliest record iirc. Italian side should be much more mixed but they did not have such good records due to the more turbulent history there.

When did your Dutch ancestor come to the US, though?

1952...for the first time...

Seriously? Do you speak Dutch?

No, my mom and uncles know it.

So your mom married an Italian?

By ancestry, I guess, it was my great granddad who left and went to Argentina.

My mum spoke Dutch at home and my dad Spanish growing up.