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You never know, they might know about you.Or wished for a grandchild and never knew.
I would love to visit Ireland.My grandfather came over on the boat.
yeah, both sides of my family started out in Ireland... my mom's maiden name was O'Shea for heaven's sake..... if you got and "O" or "Mc" in your name then there's a hard time denying the Irish ancestry.... LOL.....
yeah, both sides of my family started out in Ireland... my mom's maiden name was O'Shea for heaven's sake..... if you got and "O" or "Mc" in your name then there's a hard time denying the Irish ancestry.... LOL.....
Lol we have that too.Most drop it when they came to the U.S.To sound less Irish.
Spain and France are two places I want to visit. Add Australia to that list.
France /Spain would be awesome .
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My Mom was an Aussie... she left her family at a young age and on very bad terms for whatever reason and she never really talked much about her family other than a few references here and there... upon her death and going through her stuff she kept a letter that her mom had sent her, I guess when I was born she sent a pic of me to her mother in Australia and in reading the letter her mother sent, she had certain desperation to see me and her, for that matter.
The sad part is that the letter is so faded and I can't make out any kind of return address, of course she's most likely passed......
I find the whole thing sort of sad that I was denied a whole side of my family because of my mom, I don't know what happened and why she left... but I think based on my mom, she had a whole lot of issues and communication wasn't her strong suit.... but I guess at the end of the day it's water under the bridge.... I just wonder how much family I have over there and I wonder if they know about me and if they ever wonder about me.........
That is a bit sad.... That would have been a helluva journey for your mum at that time.
As Raena said you could try ancestory.com...... ive thought about doing that, I just question how good records were in little italian towns, lol
That's a strong reason why I want to see Italy too. See where my parents were born etc.
Sea mentioned there was snow close by. Just seeing snow, and not driving hours to it, as some sort of novelty is odd to me.
Lol I want to experience a cold/white Christmas at least once in my life.
I'd like SoCal weather, for sure. I like the heat, generally. This is just a bit too hot, lol
Visit! Its worth the 14 hr plane ride, lol
Those places are on my list too. I'd probably go there first too..
I definitely want to visit Australia at some point.
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Awwww Chow. Get over here and get a hug. (Squeeze) Did you ever try ancestry. com?
Actually, part of the address was visible, and I started just casually researching it, but I didn't really come across anything. And then, like Chow said, we started kind of getting cold feet about contacting them, even if we could find them. What if there were bad feelings, or what if there was no one left old enough to remember or care?... I don't know...
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You never know, they might know about you.Or wished for a grandchild and never knew. I would love to visit Ireland.My grandfather came over on the boat.
Would love to go there, too.
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France /Spain would be awesome .
That is a bit sad.... That would have been a helluva journey for your mum at that time.
As Raena said you could try ancestory.com...... ive thought about doing that, I just question how good records were in little italian towns, lol
That's a strong reason why I want to see Italy too. See where my parents were born etc.
I always wonder about that, too, lol. How do we know that what those people are giving us is accurate?
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Get over here and get a hug. (Squeeze) Did you ever try ancestry. com?
