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[Winter80-sara]

What is your family history. I am from Kentucky born and raised. My dads side is mainly from Germany learned how to speak german, He has a little tiny bit of french in him. My moms side is mainly Scottish and Irish, english and german. Everyone thinks its weird she has red hair and brown eyes instead of green. My dad has Brown hair and brown eyes. My brother has red hair and brown eyes and i have blonde hair and hazel green eyes. I look german I think. Some people think I look more Irish. Prob cause im so pale. ;)

[Debookwrm]

My father was Scottish born in Edinburgh. My mother's family is from the British Isles. Irish Welsh. So...I've red hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. No chance for anything else. Mom's family all have brown hair and eyes though...odd ugh?

Deb

[Winter80-sara]

that is odd. People have asked if i was adopted because of my hair color and eyes. But i said no because i have a lot of the other features from them.

[Hashman]

Muhammad, Jesus, Confucius, Charlemagne and Nefertiti were apparently all among my ancestors.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200205/olson

:D

[karina]

I'm German and Italian. My dad was all German, didn't ever really know his side of the family though, because he left before I was born.

My mom was the first daughter of a first generation Italian man and German woman. They married because they were two of the few Catholics where they grew up. I grew up both in Chicago and in Berlin, Germany (grades 7-9 when I was rebelling and lived with relatives over there).

I'm now in love with an Iranian/Saudi Arabian Muslim and will be diluting the family tree even more :)

[DelilahJones]

Hmm, I was born in Los Angeles..as were my parents. My father's mother is from Germany (there's a bit of Italilan in there as well..a small bit).. His father was in the military and grew up in the chicago area. His ancestors were originally from france, by way of canada (yes...the dreaded frech-canadian am I...somewhat) with some Irish tossed in at some point..

My moms parents were transplants from other areas of the country. My moms mom is primarily Scottish and English. She grew up on a farm in Michigan (I know they had cherry orchards as well). Her father has quite a bit of Irish as well as Native American (Choctaw mostly, but a small amount of Cherokee). He was a farmboy from Oklahoma who jumped onto a freight train with seven dollars in his sock and made his way to California in the forties. He at first went to work doing construction for movie sets in Hollywood, but that was before my mom was born in 1955 (she is the youngest of five daughters).

I guess I'm somewhat of a mutt. I grew up in Redondo Beach, which is in Los Angeles, and moved up here to San Jose when I was 25. I've been here for five years now. My fiance is from the Crystal Lake area in Illinois and we constantly flip flop on where we want to live long term.

I have been told physically that I look like I'm German. I have medium dark hair and green eyes.

[angelbabe]

i have to say i don't really know much. only my grandmother from my moms side was from the south of ireland and thats all i know. i wouldn't know were to start to find out my family tree.:cool:

[Lamia]

err....i'm french and moroccan. apparently my ancestors were scandanavian or something. i was born with blonde hair (i dye it reddish brown-but i have brown eyes). lots of people in my family are redheads and have green eyes. i am definitely one of the palest people in my family, aside from a few norwegian cousins.

[Winter80-sara]

There seems to be a lot of people who are German and irish. Thats cool. I think its important to learn what you can about your history. It fun to learn new things about your family youve never heard before.

[DelilahJones]

Originally posted by Winter80
There seems to be a lot of people who are German and irish. Thats cool. I think its important to learn what you can about your history. It fun to learn new things about your family youve never heard before.

I wonder how many are big drinkers?

Har, kidding, considering that I'm both! =P

[Winter80-sara]

Im not a drinker myself. I used to but something happened and i almost died so I changed that part of my life around. But my dad does.lol Not too much but when his friends form Gremany come visit. They bring a ton of alcohol and they drink all night. It is so weird cause my dad will get plastered but his friend can drink all night and not get drunk. Weird. And now their comming back in Nov. so my dads trying to prepare himself already.lol:)

[karina]

Originally posted by DelilahJones

I wonder how many are big drinkers?

Har, kidding, considering that I'm both! =P

lol *raises hand*

[Winter80-sara]

lol. i'll raise my dads hand for him

[DelilahJones]

I was a very very heavy drinker in my early twenties (hey, anyone married to my ex-husband would have been!). I really started to change the way I drink a few years ago, and these days I don't drink very often at all. When I do drink at home, I drink champagne, lol. Alcoholism runs on my dads side of the family. He's been in AA for 22 years now though.

[Winter80-sara]

22yrs, well good for him for acknowledging he has a problem. A lot dont. My self I drank too much and had alch poisoning. I learned my lesson. I dont touch it at all now. Plus the people I know who drank either were really annoying drunks, crying all the time, or violent so I stay away now.

[Debookwrm]

Originally posted by DelilahJones
Originally posted by Winter80
There seems to be a lot of people who are German and irish. Thats cool. I think its important to learn what you can about your history. It fun to learn new things about your family youve never heard before.

I wonder how many are big drinkers?

Har, kidding, considering that I'm both! =P

I don't drink at all. My brothers say I'm letting down the home team LOL I tell them they drink enough for all of us.

Deb

[Winter80-sara]

lol.

[DelilahJones]

Aside from German and Irish blood, I also have Native American in me! Really, when I do drink, I have to stick to beer, wine and champagne..when I drink hard liquor I'm likely to have a black out, so I really have to watch it.

[janall]

On my fathers side,french(not Canadain french) My mothers side Spanish...I look nothing like any of the other girls in my family...There all big blond girls with hazel eyes,and Im a small brown haired girl with green eyes. I do look a little like my brothers and one of my aunts on my dad's side(ppl say I could pass for her daughter) hummm,but that dont make scents,because I look spanish like my mom's side.Maybe the milkman owns me hehe....

[Lamia]

green eyes are so gorgeous! i am so jealous.

[Winter80-sara]

I would've loved to of had blue eyes but hazel greens good enough. Besides i can tell when someone likes me cause they no my eyes are not brown. You have to look at my eyes to see the green.

[leafsweetie]

My family tree is a little complex in that our home land disappeared ages ago. So here is my shot at it:

I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and my brother was born in Scarborough, Ontario. My father was born in Syria and my mother was born in Jordan - they met in Canada. However, my father isn't Syrian and my mother isn't Jordanian. TECHNICALLY they are both Syrian/Aramaic (as in Suryoyo). Our homeland should have been Mesopotamia. Our current homeland can be traced to Antioch.

[ashleyheartskaysar]

Originally posted by Winter80
What is your family history. I am from Kentucky born and raised. My dads side is mainly from Germany learned how to speak german, He has a little tiny bit of french in him. My moms side is mainly Scottish and Irish, english and german. Everyone thinks its weird she has red hair and brown eyes instead of green. My dad has Brown hair and brown eyes. My brother has red hair and brown eyes and i have blonde hair and hazel green eyes. I look german I think. Some people think I look more Irish. Prob cause im so pale. ;)


That is so strange... sounds like my family minus the physical descriptions of parents and yourself... wierdness...

[teebrd05]

I'm native American,part irish, african american.

[Lamia]

Originally posted by Winter80
I would've loved to of had blue eyes but hazel greens good enough. Besides i can tell when someone likes me cause they no my eyes are not brown. You have to look at my eyes to see the green.

my mom's eyes are hazel. they get greener in the sun. i want hazel eyes! i want either hazel or green. damn my dad and his dominant alleles.

[kaysarluvr]

I'm Irish on one side of the family and german on the other also...also not a big drinker!

[Lane]

From my mom's side: Great grandmother was of Cherokee Indian heritage...which is really cool! She was a very beautiful woman.

My dad's side: Family roots derived from Liverpool/Blackpool area in the U.K. My aunt has actually traced lots of people on her travels to England...found out my great great great uncle was actually mayor of Blackpool! All my life I've always wanted to travel to England and visit all those areas...it's a beautiful place from all the photos I've seen. Old castles fascinate the hell out of me.

[IowaGal1975]

Born and raised in Iowa. My family is a mutt mix. My paternal grandmother is half Cherokee Indian. My maternal great-great grandfather was born into slavery during the civil war. And my paternal grandfather was descended from an Irish knight....

[Colleen]

My parents are from Northern Ireland. They moved to Canada in 1977 (I was born in 1978). They came here because of all the fighting that was going on over there. All of my relatives are over there except for a few who moved over to England or Australia. I've been over to Northern Ireland twice to visit family.

[Winter80-sara]

A lot of people are Irish thats cool.

[Queeny]

my grandparents and mom were all born in scotland, my dad born in canada..my mom moved here (canada) when she was 15 with the rest of her family..the rest is history...

[memyselfandI]

I was born and raised and still live in Philadelphia (E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!) I lived in Texas for 2 years as a kid and in Germany (Berlin) for a year as a kid (my biological dad is in the army). I'm african american but my mom's grandmom was an Irish immigrant with curly red hair and green eyes. Her husband was Navajo and they had 14 BEAUTIFUL Irish/Navajo children, my grandmother being the 11th.

[Winter80-sara]

wow. I cant imagine having 14 kids. Ouch

[Winter80-sara]

i hope it was not all natural births

[Kay]

My husband, from best we can tell, is full blood German. His mother's line and his father's can be traced to Germany 1600's. First ones here came in the 1750's to Philadelphia.
My father is of English, Scottish, Black Dutch, and Native American (Choctaw) descent; the English line going back to the 1600's.
My mother is of French, English, Irish, and German.

[Winter80-sara]

Wow Kay you have quite the family there.

[Kay]

I love genealogy. My neice got me hooked after she gave me a copy of my paternal grandmother's line.

[cyounus]

I am the great granddaughter of Chief Durant of the Choctaw Nation. On my mothers side I am the decindent of Davy Crockett, who was born on international waters.

[Winter80-sara]

Cyounus that is so cool.

[cyounus]

Are you saving to go to Cairo. There are some realy good deals. I just got David, my 24y/o tickets for 625 round trip

[KaysarWinsBB6]

English and Welch descent.

[bambiangel]

IM a florida cracker,my mamas a north carolina tarheel,my daddyis a georgia peach so i guess you could call me a hick! no matter..

southern born, southern bred,and southern till i'm dead...then who knows??

[Winter80-sara]

im a Kentuckian so i know what you mean by being southern. Although i dont think i have an accent but i bet if i went north youd here it

[Tickles]

Ah, genealogy. My favorite thing.

My ancestry is pure "American." I have one more recent (1840s) German ancestor, but other than that they mostly all got here in the 1600s. Before that, they came from the British Isles (Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales), with just a couple of early German and Dutch folks thrown in.

[Winter80-sara]

Does anyone think genealogy is important to pass down to your children?

[Tickles]

Absolutely! Genealogy is terribly important to pass on to the next generation. I could wax rhapsodic about the great things knowing your genealogy can do for you. Here are a few of my first thoughts:

1. Pure, simple genetics. Knowing what medical conditions your ancestors had, what they died of is invaluable in this day and age, when preventative measures can be taken.

2. Knowing that each and every one of your ancestors, from the governor to the town drunk was equally important, and vital to your existence on the earth. It makes me much more tolerant of people, and their foibles.

3. It puts a very real face on history. Especially for children. To know that your great-great-grandmother went west over the Oregon Trail or was put on an immigrant ship to the "new world" makes those events so much more than facts in a history book.

4. After doing enough research, it gives you the knowledge that we are all of us (barring very recent immigrants) related to one another. And should treat one another that way.

Some of the above applies to biological children, and for the genetic reasons it's important to know one's biological ancestry. But adopted children need to know both ancestries. You learn your traditions from the family who raised you, while you get your genetic makeup from the family who passed it on. Both are equally important.
Sorry for the impromptu lecture ... but as I said, it's my favorite thing!

[Winter80-sara]

yeah i would love to know my family from way back.

[Kay]

Winter,

Here are five websights to start with. There are lots more.

http://usgenweb.com/
http://genforum.com/
http://rootsweb.com/
http://ancestry.com/
http://www.familysearch.org/

Usgenweb has a lot of info in there about getting started. Genforum and rootsweb have posts of people looking for certain info. Ancestry is a pay sight.
Family search is the Mormon's LDS History Center. I've found them most helpful.

Happy hunting.

[Winter80-sara]

Kay. Thank you for the websites. I will deff check them out. I appreciate it.:)

[Ladyjinx]

My mother has her family tree going way way back into the 1700's , she is french indian mostly.(i find it very boring reading :P) My father is mostly Irish-German.
I'm basically i'm a mutt and as i looked over the geneology that my mother has the thought that mostly went through my mind was...Boy my ancesters really got around alot.:D

[chipmunk]

My father is Italian-my mother is English and German. Her father can trace his ancestors back to the Mayflower coming over. I thnk that kind of thing is interesting to research.

[Winter80-sara]

That is really cool Chipmunk

[Tippyw]

its not alot to my family, we are african america. both parents are from miami (born)....my grandmother is from rosewood florida and my dad family is from GA...but had to run to miami....don't want to say why.

[Winter80-sara]

its not alot to my family, we are african america. both parents are from miami (born)....my grandmother is from rosewood florida and my dad family is from GA...but had to run to miami....don't want to say why.

Thats cool Tiff. Hey dont worry only post what you are confortable with.