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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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And have you found anything interesting? I have and recently we found out that my granpa was in the hitler jugend when he was younger, back then it was mandatory for everyone to be there, he later moved to sweden, he wasnt in germany a long time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I found out there is a long history of priests on the irish side of my family, and on my dad's side, well, just six mad, sisters brothers and cousins in every corner of the UK, USA, Canada and the Caribbean, we're everywhere  |
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Yes, 1066 and all that. Coat of arms etc. All totally average to be honest. One of my ancestors sold a huge chunk of land to William Penn in the USA. Wish he’d kept it. I might have owned Pennsylvania. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Random fact. If you are of British descent there is a 99% chance you are descended from King Edward III, who was king of England from 1327 to 1377."
Does that mean we are all also related to Danny Dyer |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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Not really, there was a fair bit of immigration from various places in my grandparents and great-grandparents generations and they were all poor so didn't really keep stuff or talk much about relations overseas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes! Also had a DNA heritage test and discovered family suspicions were right
My mum's side is Swedish (but from an Asian/Baltic descent which had always been family heresay) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have, it’s my main hobby (until my dad started doing it and went even further than I did!).
My ex husband side was quite interesting, one of his great uncles was king of the gypsies back in the day, the likeness of him and exes’ grandad was uncanny! Also on his side I found half brothers of his dads and hearing stories that his dad told me from another person who has never met him was quite eerie, his mum died when he was 6 months old and was brought up by his grandparents and his dad went off to have more kids but he never knew them, exes Dad didn’t want to know his brothers but he was happy knowing they were there and with that it also settled a few things for him like he always remembered his grandad signing a certain name but I found out it was a different name and the reason why.
My family wasn’t very interesting lol.
Geeky x |
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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago
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Usual stuff;
WW1 ancestors who were in special ops.
A vicar.
A possible murderer.
Families in the poorhouse.
Ancestor in the police cells during census night
A lunatic asylum orderly.
You know the everyday and mundane |
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By *exfordMan
over a year ago
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"And have you found anything interesting? I have and recently we found out that my granpa was in the hitler jugend when he was younger, back then it was mandatory for everyone to be there, he later moved to sweden, he wasnt in germany a long time."
Yes.. Turned out that my Gran was my mum's mum; what a coincidence!!! And it didn't stop there...(should I go on? No, didn't think so, you get the gist) |
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By *exfordMan
over a year ago
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"No, very complicated on both sides of my family and the people who did know little bits have now died. So the information died with them. X "
Google will have the answer.. It knows everything else... |
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We are all brothers.. cept the women. The women are sisters... cept the women who identify as men.. but all the men are the sisters brothers and the brothers brothers....... cept the men that identify as women .......they are your sisters. Might be your mum if they are older ..... or your gran .... the pan sexuals all play pipes.
If I know all that ...... why pay? |
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I have Cherokee native amercan, slaves (of colour .... sorry cant think of a less offensive way to put it), and Buffalo Bill, in mine ( not the murdered from silence if the lambs lol). And other various “famous” names dependant on what stated if the US you reside! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm nether black nor white: my dad was supposedly english my mum is belizian(she claims her grandfather was white english)...I dont know what the fuck Iam....and my known family are all white scots |
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"I'm nether black nor white: my dad was supposedly english my mum is belizian(she claims her grandfather was white english)...I dont know what the fuck Iam....and my known family are all white scots"
A mega mix  |
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46% Irish
28% British
16% Scandinavian
4% Western Europe
2% Iberian Peninsula
2% Eastern Europe
1% Finish/Northwest Russia
1% Melanesia
Well that's what ancestry co uk says, I couldn't find much history on my family but I think my both my great-grandfathers come from Ireland |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Random fact. If you are of British descent there is a 99% chance you are descended from King Edward III, who was king of England from 1327 to 1377."
Is he a swinger too, looks like he fucked every single women who lived in UK ..lol  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I found my biological parents through research when I was 14.That's all they were though biological parents as my mom and dad are my family and my birth parents are just hurtful scum and I hate them.My mom did look like me though.Curiosity got the better of me so I'm glad I did it but they were worse than I could of ever imagined. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm nether black nor white: my dad was supposedly english my mum is belizian(she claims her grandfather was white english)...I dont know what the fuck Iam....and my known family are all white scots
A mega mix "
lol steve....u say the nicest things |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I found my biological parents through research when I was 14.That's all they were though biological parents as my mom and dad are my family and my birth parents are just hurtful scum and I hate them.My mom did look like me though.Curiosity got the better of me so I'm glad I did it but they were worse than I could of ever imagined."
sounds horrid... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Turns out I'm Welsh lol
I have and found some really interesting things . It seems Stanley who found Dr Livisngstone was a great great great uncle and a complete barsteward  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I should add:
oi was born in belize, I lived in scotland till I was three...I went o hong kong till I was five. after that I havent left the UK...ever. I have a national insurance number, from 16, I;ve worked and paid tax for almost all my life: I have to prove my right to work in the UK |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I found my biological parents through research when I was 14.That's all they were though biological parents as my mom and dad are my family and my birth parents are just hurtful scum and I hate them.My mom did look like me though.Curiosity got the better of me so I'm glad I did it but they were worse than I could of ever imagined.
sounds horrid..."
I saved my pocket money for months to buy a train ticket 2 go and see them.I got there and knocked there door and told them who I was and all they did was invite me in and give me a glass of water and ask me what time I was going home.No hugs No explanations No emotions shown from them at all.They just sat there as cold as ice and kept dropping hints that they was going out.I spent less than a hour with them and was made 2 leave and go home on the train crying.Im happy I did find out who they was and what they was like though as now I no longer think of them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I know that my great grandad was Russian/Georgian and was a soldier of the Red Army during the second world war."
was his name romonov dyckosky?
I just made that up |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I know that my great grandad was Russian/Georgian and was a soldier of the Red Army during the second world war.
was his name romonov dyckosky?
I just made that up"
I actually don't know his name unfortunately due to a family secret  |
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Lancastrian miners & mill workers for generations ... Some sort of Norman ancestor from 1066 from research my grandma did years ago.
Never done the ancestry thing but always wanted to - should make the time to do it really! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Scott's Irish my dad side they came from Scotland after a wee fight with the Campbell's family had to change name etc.English Irish my mum's side came over just to fight a battle they won and stayed.  trying to keep it simple. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yes, my great great great great grandfather on my dad's side was a prolific horse thief in London in the 1840s, arrested 6 times in the space of 7 months at one point. |
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What's the best way to research my family tree.
I get started, then the requests to join the site, for £xxx's start.
I wouldn't mind paying, but which site would give me the full, or most information.
Thanks for any help.
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"What's the best way to research my family tree.
I get started, then the requests to join the site, for £xxx's start.
I wouldn't mind paying, but which site would give me the full, or most information.
Thanks for any help.
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I signed up to Ancestry co uk but I didn't really have much information to go on, If you have some details to start with like maiden names/Birth dates and places of your family or older family members who can help you fill in the blanks it will help you,
As you fill in your family tree the site will start linking your details to anyone who has already done a search for that family name or people on your list, If you start getting somewhere I would recommend buying the DNA kit from them as that will give you more information |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And have you found anything interesting? I have and recently we found out that my granpa was in the hitler jugend when he was younger, back then it was mandatory for everyone to be there, he later moved to sweden, he wasnt in germany a long time."
Mr Doublehunbon's great grandfather was an actor, started in movies with Gene Kelly, Elaine Steward, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Fred Astaire And Peter O'Toole |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have traced my paternal line back to the year 950AD and they lived approx 3 miles from where I live.
We were landowners and Lairds up until the end of the Great War when my great grandfather sold the land.
3 of my more recent male relatives served with either SAS or SBS in 3 different conflicts.
My mother’s family sided with Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins and they blew up all Irish ancestral records.
I can trace my line directly back to Earl of Annandale, his son the Earl of Carrick later King of Scotland and his brother the King of Ireland
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Wouldn’t know where to start my Dad side would be relatively straight forward but my Mum was adopted and now has Alzheimer’s and dementia and only seems to recall a small part of her past. She gets stressed out over the missing bits so will never push her. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Straight back to Malcolm of Scotland on one side, industrialists and factory owners with massive political consciences, sailor with Nelson and the founder of Melbourne on the others.
As far as where to search- ancestry is okay but lots of mistakes so be wary, and family search the Mormon site are useful. If you're lucky, you'll match into someone else's history. It soon goes beyond names and dates. I find myself visiting graves, buildings, old maps, learning about revolutions and effects of Napoleon wars. Why DID a young girl from an affluent family leave everything to settle and marry in NZ in 1843? |
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