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Growing up we heard quite a few stories about our ancestors and where we came from. And several family members have done the research to go along with it. And I gotta say, I have a very interesting background.
On my mom's side, I'm mostly Irish with a bit of English (grandfather) and French (grandmother), and on my dad's side, I'm mostly Scottish (both grandmother and grandfather) with a bit of French thrown in the mix.
Now I don't have the exact dates on hand as for when this all took place but here are the cliff notes of some of the cool stuff in my ancestry.
On my maternal mother's side, my family were the founders of "the old section" of the town I grew up in, well... they are the ones who built up the place, owning all the businesses in that area at the time, as well as where they all built theirs and others houses and built the first roads and such.
We are also related to the Dionne quintuplets.
On my paternal mother's side, we had highway/train robbers, and some of them even got shipped to Australia, when that's where you sent your criminals. That side of my family is also decedent of Gypsies!
On my maternal father's side, we come from noble blood and even have our own (Scottish) family crest and plaid.
On my paternal father's side, we had pirates!!!! Enough said! SO COOL!
Anyway, how about all of you?
On my mom's side, I'm mostly Irish with a bit of English (grandfather) and French (grandmother), and on my dad's side, I'm mostly Scottish (both grandmother and grandfather) with a bit of French thrown in the mix.
Now I don't have the exact dates on hand as for when this all took place but here are the cliff notes of some of the cool stuff in my ancestry.
On my maternal mother's side, my family were the founders of "the old section" of the town I grew up in, well... they are the ones who built up the place, owning all the businesses in that area at the time, as well as where they all built theirs and others houses and built the first roads and such.
We are also related to the Dionne quintuplets.
On my paternal mother's side, we had highway/train robbers, and some of them even got shipped to Australia, when that's where you sent your criminals. That side of my family is also decedent of Gypsies!
On my maternal father's side, we come from noble blood and even have our own (Scottish) family crest and plaid.
On my paternal father's side, we had pirates!!!! Enough said! SO COOL!
Anyway, how about all of you?