hollydolly
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still, 1770 is good.. where did they live.. what was their nationality ?
How much do you know about your ancestors -grandparents, etc.?
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hollydolly
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Adam Rutherford, a twentieth-century geneticist, has claimed that it is "virtually impossible" that a person with a predominantly British ancestry is not descended from Edward III. According to his calculations, "almost every Briton" is "descended between 21 and 24 generations from Edward III".
My grandparents on my father's side emigrated from Norway to Brooklyn NY in 1919 (my father was 4 then). In Norway my grandfather was a sea captain and grandmother was the homemaker. Arriving in the USA my grandfather worked in the Norwegian Seaman's Church as a caretaker, choir director and assistant to the pastor, providing shelter and help to seamen arriving from Norway.
On my mother's side my grandfather was a carpenter from Scotland (Hay Clan) and grandmother was a seamstress from Ireland. They met in New York City around 1915. Before coming to the US, my grandfather worked on the Panama Canal. Story has it that my grandmother made dresses for the actress Ann Southern while working as a seamstress.
On my mother's side my grandfather was a carpenter from Scotland (Hay Clan) and grandmother was a seamstress from Ireland. They met in New York City around 1915. Before coming to the US, my grandfather worked on the Panama Canal. Story has it that my grandmother made dresses for the actress Ann Southern while working as a seamstress.
David777
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I have earliest B&W photography era images of my paternal Connecticut grandparent's family ancestors that migrated from French Canada and before that earlier ancestors from the upper Seine River region of France . My father at frame left.
And my maternal Eastern European great great grandparent's family. He was in the Czar's army. They lived in what was once Poland but has been in Russia for a long time as border's changed. Some tall women.
However don't even know any of their names, where they lived, or nature of their lives. Few beyond wealthy in those generations in such war turmoil eras were able to save information down to descendants.
And my maternal Eastern European great great grandparent's family. He was in the Czar's army. They lived in what was once Poland but has been in Russia for a long time as border's changed. Some tall women.
However don't even know any of their names, where they lived, or nature of their lives. Few beyond wealthy in those generations in such war turmoil eras were able to save information down to descendants.
All the research shows north america... The Colonies and Mid-America...English and German..
AnnieA
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I can trace one line with a paper trail (not Ancestry.com fantastical entries) to 1515 in Lincolnshire England. Have lots of Scottish immigrant ancestors from the 1700s but can't get back across the pond with any of those.
As for my most recent family, we have large, close extended families on both sides so there's lots of family lore. Both grandfathers started off as sharecroppers and later purchased land. My surname branch came to Mississippi in the 1840s from Kentucky and were anti-slavery. One Mississippi grandfather of fighting age fought for the Union.
As for my most recent family, we have large, close extended families on both sides so there's lots of family lore. Both grandfathers started off as sharecroppers and later purchased land. My surname branch came to Mississippi in the 1840s from Kentucky and were anti-slavery. One Mississippi grandfather of fighting age fought for the Union.
hollydolly
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MY daughter lives in Lincolnshire ( The fens)
I'm addicted to family research. I got stuck for quite some time tracing my mum's side of the family.
To cut a long story short my g-g-grandma was last seen in the 1881 Census doing jail time in Wandsworth prison .. I've no idea what happend to her after that though my g-g-grandad remarried , claiming to be a widow.
To cut a long story short my g-g-grandma was last seen in the 1881 Census doing jail time in Wandsworth prison .. I've no idea what happend to her after that though my g-g-grandad remarried , claiming to be a widow.
hollydolly
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lol..I hope your grandfather claimed to be a widower....sorry couldn't resist...
OneEyedDiva
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The Indian heritage goes so far back and I never knew those relatives. Most of our family on my mother's side have always identified ourselves as African American, though I have half Japanese, half Chinese and half Dominican cousins, as well as a bi-racial cousins. I don't know how those cousins identify themselves.
Ancestry says I have 88% African DNA from various African countries and only a small percent Native American DNA. My DNA report also lists 10% European with 4% from the Iberian peninsula, which would seem to support my grandmother's account of having Spanish ancestry. Other countries are listed as Finland/northwest Russia, Great Britain, Ireland and eastern Europe. Since my grandfather looked White, I'm guessing the European DNA comes from his side of the family. I didn't stay on Ancestry long enough to do a deep dive because I got frustrated with the process. But the short time I was there, they found some of my White cousins. Hey HD...you might be one.
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lol..I hope your grandfather claimed to be a widower....sorry couldn't resist...
Oops, my mistake ..
he'll be turning in his grave.
jujube
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But I'm not descended from Edward III.....I'm descended from Edward II, through his daughter Eleanor.
Edward III would have been my great-great-great........pause to decide not to type how many greats.....uncle, on the English side of my family.
As far as I know, there's no royalty on either the Scottish or Swedish family side....maybe a Viking or two and definitely a few fugitives on the Scots side.
hollydolly
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but Edward lll was Edward ll ' s son...
jujube
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Yes, I know. But Edward II also had a couple of daughters. I'm not descended from the son, Edward III. I'm descended from one of Edward II's daughters, Eleanor. I'm only a "collateral" descendent of Edward III, which makes me technically a "relative" but not a true "descendent". Yes, we have common ancestors, but I'm still not a true descendent of Edward III.
If I went on one of the very serious genealogy boards and claimed to be also a descendent of Edward III based on the fact that he was Edward II's son, I would be slapped down so fast my ears would ring.
I'm perfectly happy with Edward II. I don't really need Edward III. Too many Edwards. In fact, I could do without ol' Eddie II, too. We colonials are like that. A royal ancestor, 30 some generations back, and $6.75 will buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks. I don't need Starbucks, either.
Magna-Carta
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I found something similar when I looked into my ancestry several years ago. I found my gr. gr. gr. grandfather on the 1881 sensus. I thought it stange that there were about 100 other people in the same dwelling. Then I realised it was Staffordshire Prison!