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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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do you know your familys heritage?
I just recently got a document my dads long lost sister sent me tracing my dads side of the family all the way back to the first one to come to America in the 1760s from Ireland!
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i have absolute power
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: By a Cornfield, Nebraska
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cool...no i really dont know much about it...ive always wanted to do that ancestry.comm thing though LOL
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: NB, Canada
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That is cool.
I don't really know anything about my family. I know my maternal grandfather was French, and my maternal grandmother was Dutch. I don't know if they were born in Canada or if they came here, or if their parents came here... Also, I don't know anything about the paternal side of my family, biologically. I've never met my biological father and know nothing about him. My step-dad legally adopted me before him and my mom got married, which was just before I turned 2.
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My mothers family came over from Denmark in 1860. There were 5 kids and the parents. Only 2 brothers survived the boat and Ellis Island.
My dads family came over sometime during the Potato Famine in Ireland. They are Scottish tho but apparently were in Ireland at the time...as far as we know. We dont have much info on them overall.
ETA~my dads family took the Mc off their last name after getting here to fit in better.
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Last edited by Lady Lotus; June 6th, 2012 at 07:35 PM.
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Not a lot about it, but I know that my Dads side is Dutch
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i have absolute power
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: By a Cornfield, Nebraska
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ohh for anyone interested ancestry.com is doing a free 14 day trial 
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Genealogy is a big hobby of mine. I have an ancestry.com account and most of my lines can be traced to the 1700s and back. I also have done 23andme DNA ancestry testing, and had help from professional genealogists. 
The last forum I was active on was a genetic forum, so they helped me a lot with that stuff. I'm genetically about 100% Northern European, mostly English, and a bit of German, Spanish, Scottish etc. I'm descended from some of the earliest settlers in my area.
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I know that my Dad's Dad's  side came from Germany in the 1800s. My dad's mom's side came from Scotland as an indentured servant in the 1700s. I know nothing about my mom's side.
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On my mom's side, my maternal grandmother is Italian and my maternal grandfather is Polish. Both of them were the first generation born in the USA. When we traveled to Italy several years ago, our tour guide actually took us to the hometown that my great-grandparents were from and we found a couple relatives!
On my dad's side, my grandparents were both of Irish and German descent but I don't know the exact make-up. I'm also not sure which generation came to the US, just that it was before my grandparents were born.
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Kolby & Riley's Mom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by *Kiliki*
ohh for anyone interested ancestry.com is doing a free 14 day trial |
OMGoodness! Now I'm addicted! Good thing it's a rainy day. Perfect for researching family. lol
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Mega Super Mommy
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My dad has a book that traces his dad's heritage back to the first Norwegians to come over in the 1700s. His mom was Irish, but she died when he was really young and has very little information about her family.
My Mom's family is a mixture of British, Irish, Native American and French.
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Ancestry.com didn't really help me at all. I know that on my mom's side my grandfather came to America with his family from Portugal when he was 16 and that my grandmother came from Russia with her family when she was 4. On my dad's side I know my great grandmother (grandma's mom) came to America from Sweden and my great grandfather (grandma's dad) came to America from Norway. My great grandfather (grandpa's dad) was an orphan in Germany and he came to America when he was released from the orphanage. He married my great grandmother (grandpa's mom) who came to America from Ireland with her family. I am a mutt but I can't find any information further back than what I already know since they're in other countries.
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My Grandpa came here from Norway and my Grandma came from Ireland, both on my Dads side. My moms side are all German
But we are:
Irish
German
Norwegian
Dutch
French
Last edited by MammaHutch; June 7th, 2012 at 11:36 PM.
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Mega Super Mommy
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My mom was born in Finland and her whole side of the family is Finnish.
Dad's side is a mix....mostly German. My great-grandfather came to the States from Germany after his older brother came, got settled, and sent for his mom and little brother.
DH's family is Irish and Swiss.
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i have absolute power
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: By a Cornfield, Nebraska
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one thing i do know is my grandfathers (dads side) family came to the US when he was a kid...i think my granpa was born in germany...not quite sure on that fact but im pretty sure...my grandma on my dads side was born in the US...so im not sure about her side exactly i'd have to try to look it up...i totally am gonna do that free trial when i got a little bit more time on my hands....like tomorrow
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Thank you *Kiliki*! 
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