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Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:11 pm
My Grandfather's family came from Denmark and Germany.
His wife (my "Nanny's) family came from England and Ireland.
My Mother married my Father whose ancestors came from England.
I am not quite sure what that makes me.
How in the world do all of these "Ancestor Sites" claim to go back to just one family line?
I guess my family just got around back then.
What does that make me, though?
Whose line do I follow back? Serious question.
Any of you have any of your own lineage issues?
I don't really care too much about it, but it would be extremely interesting to hear other people's "background heritages" in this regard.
I would claim German and English for me right now, but where did the Irish and Danish go?
Very strange given how many people want to trace back their ancestry to an exact point this day and age.
His wife (my "Nanny's) family came from England and Ireland.
My Mother married my Father whose ancestors came from England.
I am not quite sure what that makes me.
How in the world do all of these "Ancestor Sites" claim to go back to just one family line?
I guess my family just got around back then.
What does that make me, though?
Whose line do I follow back? Serious question.
Any of you have any of your own lineage issues?
I don't really care too much about it, but it would be extremely interesting to hear other people's "background heritages" in this regard.
I would claim German and English for me right now, but where did the Irish and Danish go?
Very strange given how many people want to trace back their ancestry to an exact point this day and age.
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Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:14 pm to Mister Tee
I think it means your an alcoholic
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:15 pm to memphisplaya
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I think it means your an alcoholic
You must not be English
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:17 pm to Mister Tee
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Peter Tobias Brouwer
1469–1523
12th great-grandfather
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Peter Tobias Brouwer was born in 1469 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He married Helena Van Der Heggen in 1495. They had one child during their marriage. He died in 1523 in his hometown, at the age of 54.
That's where I be from
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:17 pm to memphisplaya
If so, someone must have married a Russian along the way.
Now those guys know how to drink.
Now those guys know how to drink.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:25 pm to LewDawg
Flemish or French, though?
That is still a problem to this day. Nothing like a low-country girl from the Netherlands...and nothing like a nice Northern French country girl.
("Low" during the 1500's used to mean how the rivers flowed North from France into Belgium and Holland--it really just meant "heading North")--(thus the Netherlands being North of France still today, obviously).
Language has changed a bit since then.
That is still a problem to this day. Nothing like a low-country girl from the Netherlands...and nothing like a nice Northern French country girl.
("Low" during the 1500's used to mean how the rivers flowed North from France into Belgium and Holland--it really just meant "heading North")--(thus the Netherlands being North of France still today, obviously).
Language has changed a bit since then.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:29 pm to blzr
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It means your an alcoholic
In the proper English tongue we use "you're".
That is...if the proper side of me must say so in this given example.
The German side of me doesn't give a "shat", however.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:36 pm to Mister Tee
Ireland and Norway.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:41 pm to Mister Tee
Quebec, Canada. My grandfather served in WW2 and was actually a french translator for the U.S.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:44 pm to Mister Tee
100% Finnish. Parents came here in the 50's.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:44 pm to Mister Tee
Somewhere in Africa, somewhere in Germany, somewhere in Ireland, and somewhere down in Texas 
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:45 pm to Kentucker
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Ireland and Norway
Very rich history.
Dublin used to be a Norwegian/Scandanavian harbor. That always fascinated me when learning Irish history. I love the history from both of those Countries. Especially during those times.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:50 pm to Mister Tee
England. came over in 1600s to new england as puritans
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:56 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Where in Africa T-Bird?
Egyptian, Ghana, Ethiopia...or just way South?
The Egyptian race is still huge in Eastern-Middle Africa. Ghana once had a powerful Empire in the West. Not much was known about the rest until Europe tried to carve that whole Continent up...and totally fricked up those particular cultures. They then just left as soon as things got hectic during World War I. Very interesting cultures in Africa nontheless.
Egyptian, Ghana, Ethiopia...or just way South?
The Egyptian race is still huge in Eastern-Middle Africa. Ghana once had a powerful Empire in the West. Not much was known about the rest until Europe tried to carve that whole Continent up...and totally fricked up those particular cultures. They then just left as soon as things got hectic during World War I. Very interesting cultures in Africa nontheless.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:10 pm to Mister Tee
Virginia, via England
South Carolina (English)
n. Carolina (English)
Tennessee via Virginia (English) & via Pennsylvania (German)
Louisiana via Virginia (English)
Mississippi (German & German-Polish)
South Carolina (English)
n. Carolina (English)
Tennessee via Virginia (English) & via Pennsylvania (German)
Louisiana via Virginia (English)
Mississippi (German & German-Polish)
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:10 pm to Mister Tee
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Where in Africa T-Bird?
Egyptian, Ghana, Ethiopia...or just way South?
No idea. Likely west africa, but the family tree gets a little fuzzy.
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Very interesting cultures in Africa nontheless.
For sure. Id like to study it someday.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:18 pm to Mister Tee
The one Yankee in the woodpile had an awful lot of helpers on his place according to the 1860 census...
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:18 pm to Mister Tee
England, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Switzerland
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:38 pm to Mister Tee
Mom's side of family: Scotland, Germany
Dad's side: Ireland, Austria
FWIW: A relative of mine served in the Wehrmacht (25th Panzergrenadier Division) in WW II.
Dad's side: Ireland, Austria
FWIW: A relative of mine served in the Wehrmacht (25th Panzergrenadier Division) in WW II.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:45 pm to Mister Tee
Northumberland and Lothain, although my paternal genealogy book says that my 5 or 6x great grandmother was either Basque or Catalonian, can't remember. And, as with all Southerners, much alleged Native Americans in the woodpile.
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