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Just a curiosity question. Anyone here care to share their bloodlines; where your ancestors came from? I'm your garden variety mutt. Mostly Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh. A bit of German. And, to top it off, one of my great-grandmothers was Seminole, (no, not a "princess". Native Americans didn't have royalty, in the sense that most of us understand, i.e. European.
Actually I have a few other bloodlines, but I'm still researching them. (Genealogy is one of my other hobbies, that I forgot to mention on another thread.) I like history, and our family lines are part of that, whether we have anyone famous or not.
American of Italian descent....(Irish and German by injection as my retarded husband would say a.k.a., I married a retarded American whose family drank beer and ate potatoes LOL)
I did a class project in school. My father's father's side of the family went to Scotland from Ireland back in the 9th century. My father's mother's side has quite a few blank spots, but some Cheyenne Indian. Mother's side came from one of the slovias (not remembering at the moment), and there was mention of a gypsy.
Just a curiosity question. Anyone here care to share their bloodlines; where your ancestors came from? I'm your garden variety mutt. Mostly Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh. A bit of German. And, to top it off, one of my great-grandmothers was Seminole, (no, not a "princess". Native Americans didn't have royalty, in the sense that most of us understand, i.e. European.
Actually I have a few other bloodlines, but I'm still researching them. (Genealogy is one of my other hobbies, that I forgot to mention on another thread.) I like history, and our family lines are part of that, whether we have anyone famous or not.
I'm a mutt too. Mom's side: Greatgrandpa came from Belfast, N. Ireland, moved to North Dakota, became a sheriff, married a German girl, started a farm, had it blown away in a tornado, moved to pre-war California. He was cool, let me smoke his pipe when no one was around. Greatgrandma gave big wet kisses you had to wipe your cheek off afterwards..Needless to say, I tried to stay away from her
My maternal grandmother. English background from Boston.
Paternal greatgrandparents were Norwegian immigrants who settled in Brainerd, Minnesota. Had six kids. My grandpa spoke Norwegian as a child. He married my paternal grandmother who was Irish/German from Ohio.
My mother and her brother have dual Irish and American nationality and have both passports.
If you bake all that at 350F, you get me
My Dad's side is mostly English, French and Irish and my Great-grandparents on my Grandmother's side were French Canadian.
I really don't know about my Mom's family history except that my Grandfather was adopted. He had red hair and my Mom had his red hair and green eyes.That kind of lead me to believe there must be some Irish there.
Good luck with your research, CelticLady1. When my Dad and I got involved with our search we ended up finding a long lost cousin of his. She now lives in Florida also and she and my Dad get together several times a year.
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My Dad's side is mostly English, French and Irish and my Great-grandparents on my Grandmother's side were French Canadian.
I really don't know about my Mom's family history except that my Grandfather was adopted. He had red hair and my Mom had his red hair and green eyes.That kind of lead me to believe there must be some Irish there.
Good luck with your reserch, CelticLady1. When my Dad and I got involved with our search we ended up finding a long lost cousin of his. She now lives in Florida also and she and my Dad get together several times a year.
While he may have been of Irish background, I wouldn't be surprised if your grandpa was actually of Scottish background. The real epicenter for red hair in the world is Scotland followed by Ireland and then to lesser degrees in England, Scandinavia, and Germany. Approximately 10% of Scots have varying shades of red hair. It's kind of like blondes, the center for blondism is Poland.
This is cool to see where people came from. I suppose I didn't give the thread the best descriptive title, though. I couldn't think of a way to word it. Should have given that some more thought, I guess.
I have noticed that, also about the red hair thing. One of my lines that I thought was Irish actually started in Scotland.
I hope more folks will share. Maybe I'm just a weirdo, but I find it enjoyable to know about other folks' background. I even work a little on others' genealogy, who don't even have a direct connection to me. Even my best friend wants some help. Though that may stump me. She's adopted, and I am not a professional, by any stretch of the imagination. But, I'll try...
CelticLady1, interesting thread....I love genealogy. My mother's family kept extremely good records of family, lots of estate papers, etc. We have traced ancestors back to Ayr, Scotland and we visited the area a few years ago. I don't know how long you have been involved with this but you will find(or have found) it is addictive!
CelticLady1, interesting thread....I love genealogy. My mother's family kept extremely good records of family, lots of estate papers, etc. We have traced ancestors back to Ayr, Scotland and we visited the area a few years ago. I don't know how long you have been involved with this but you will find(or have found) it is addictive!
Actually, I've been doing this for quite a few years, and you are absolutely right...it is addictive! I have at least 1,500 names, (possibly more, I can't quite remember) on my computer program, and a very large file box, stuffed to the brim. But, I have to scratch for just about every tidbit I can find, (and, change it every time I find a mistake ) My family wasn't as good at keeping records. But, as frustrating as it is, I still find it fascinating. When I'm working on it, I think of what was going on at the time of history, of whichever ancestor I'm working on. They were a part of all that history!
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Mostly Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh. A bit of German. And, to top it off, one of my great-grandmothers was Seminole, (no, not a "princess".
Native Americans didn't have royalty, in the sense that most of us understand, i.e. European.
) I like history, and our family lines are part of that, whether we have anyone famous or not.
Heinz 57 here
Should have given that some more thought, I guess.
) My family wasn't as good at keeping records. But, as frustrating as it is, I still find it fascinating. When I'm working on it, I think of what was going on at the time of history, of whichever ancestor I'm working on. They were a part of all that history!
