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I recently came into contact with a distant cousin (connected on the family tree at my great-great-grandparents) who has a very detailed family tree with over 600 people. I was surprised to see that I have a large portion of my family in Brazil!
As a family that is mostly Eastern-European Jews, it was cool to see that I have a large number of dark-skinned Brazilian cousins.
I have ancestors from early New York when it was a Dutch Colony, and one of the things I read was that a lot of Brazilian Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews emigrated there in the late 1600's, because the Portuguese took over Brazil, and decided everyone had to be Catholic... or leave.
So yeah -- it's really possible.... and pretty darn cool.
I have ancestors from early New York when it was a Dutch Colony, and one of the things I read was that a lot of Brazilian Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews emigrated there in the late 1600's, because the Portuguese took over Brazil, and decided everyone had to be Catholic... or leave.
So yeah -- it's really possible.... and pretty darn cool.
One of my more remotely connected ancestors married the daughter of the Dutch Reformed minister who came to New Amsterdam after the fall of the Dutch colony in Recife, Brazil. They were settled in Nieuw Amersfoort (now Flatlands, Brooklyn) and Polhemus became the minister in their church.
My maternal grandmother's family/ies all started out in the New Netherland colony. They were the Van Voorhees, the Bantas and the Alyea families. Parts of the latter two moved to Canada after the American Revolution and that is my branch.
One of my more remotely connected ancestors married the daughter of the Dutch Reformed minister who came to New Amsterdam after the fall of the Dutch colony in Recife, Brazil. They were settled in Nieuw Amersfoort (now Flatlands, Brooklyn) and Polhemus became the minister in their church.
My maternal grandmother's family/ies all started out in the New Netherland colony. They were the Van Voorhees, the Bantas and the Alyea families. Parts of the latter two moved to Canada after the American Revolution and that is my branch.
It is so fascinating to see how many people we're connected to. I am curious to know if I am related to any of my friends in any way. After all, most of our presidents are actually related somehow, even Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are related!
I remember watching a special on Genghis Khan and how he is personally responsible for the DNA of like 8% of the population of a large part of Asia and .5% of the world's population.
I recently came into contact with a distant cousin (connected on the family tree at my great-great-grandparents) who has a very detailed family tree with over 600 people. I was surprised to see that I have a large portion of my family in Brazil!
As a family that is mostly Eastern-European Jews, it was cool to see that I have a large number of dark-skinned Brazilian cousins.
I hope I can go to Rio and meet some of them!
Not necessarily, it was not Brazil, it was the Receif where the Jews and Dutch lived. My ancstor was there too. The Jews from Holland that settled on the Receuf left and re-settled in New Amsterdam Here is a link.
I was surprised to confirm some native Canadian ancestry a couple of years ago. So many families have a legend of native North American lineage, I had thought that might be the case. But no, they're listed in Canadian government records as natives.
I was surprised to find out that my English ancestors came from an area that is only about a 30 min drive from where I live now (I'm an American living in England).
I was surprised to find out that my English ancestors came from an area that is only about a 30 min drive from where I live now (I'm an American living in England).
If i'm ever fortunate to visit England i plan to visit and kiss the ground in Plymouth to commemorate our great patriarch William who left in 1789 to come to America .
If i'm ever fortunate to visit England i plan to visit and kiss the ground in Plymouth to commemorate our great patriarch William who left in 1789 to come to America .
lol I haven't kissed the ground but it was very cool to visit the town where my English ancestors were from. I'd also love to visit the towns in other countries that my other branches were from.
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Dutch and Jews in Pennambuco (Receif) 1631-1700
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