Family trees. Finding our roots.
By April
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
January 15, 2018 7:09pm CST
I have attempted this several times in the past and have always given up when things have gotten to muddled or hard. But I would really like to see just how far back I can go. So here goes another attempt. I know that my fathers family is Norweigan and Swedish and my moms family is German, Irish and Native American, but exactly how much of each I don't know, and hopefully I will get to understand my heritage better after doing some more research.
Have you done family tree searches? Do you know what your heritage is?
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jan 18
Yes, my two aunts did this and traced our family roots back to Scotland. My other grandma's family traced back to Abraham Lincoln's mother.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 Jan 18
I never have but my Aunt on my moms side has, and I'm Cherokee Indian and Portuguese on my "fathers" side, and Italian and Irish on my moms.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
hes still your father, lol weather you like it or not.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns he's not. As a father is a person who raises his kids. Not just sperm that makes the kid. But k
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
16 Jan 18
It all sounds very confusing to figure out myself but my aunt put together very elaborate books for all the family members of the family tree. She went on to write a local published book on members of our family who created an airplane.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
16 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns my dad's side I know less about as well.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
I'm trying to get it together at least on my dads side because I don't know much about that.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
@shaggin you should try the two week free membership and see if you can find stuff out.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Jan 18
I've traced my lineage all the way back to Scotland, to a town just south of Edinburgh called Moffat. I also have Native American blood, both on my mother and father's side. That might explain why I have such tan skin!
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns Blackfoot on my dad's side, and Cherokee on my mom's side. I got a little from both sides of my family.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Jan 18
That's pretty cool. My maternal grandma is NAtive American and Irish. What tribe is your NA blood from?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 18
My mother is a geneaology fanatic. It doesn't interest me.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns I already know that.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
@JohnRoberts i was going to make a joke but im too tired
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
You don't want to know where you came from?
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
Ive gotten pretty far back on my dads side bu ti would like to get farther back
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
16 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns I've been using the different free weekend searches on ancestry com. I may one day pay for their international subscription for a month or two! I really am curious!
@irishidid (8688)
• United States
16 Jan 18
I've been working on mine. I was adopted so it's been a bit harder. I did a DNA test and found out I'm Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish,Scandinavian and Middle Eastern. I've contacted a few relatives but mainly you see distant ones in the matches. I did find out I have a half sister I've never met.
@Letranknight2015 (51523)
• Philippines
16 Jan 18
My cousin tried making a family tree regarding our side and their side of the family.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
Some people don't.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
16 Jan 18
Thats quite a family treee that will take sometime to understand.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 18
It's a little confusing but yes.
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@Mshafeeq (1445)
• Bangalore, India
16 Jan 18
Our roots were very strong in past as my grand grand grand father was head in a village and used to listen all the issues and resolve them. Just like a panchayat does including 4 5 members in that. Which they gave a surname as "CHOUDHARY" for many long years we were living their with whole family. As time past everyone moved out to where career made us to move. I still go there once when I go on vacation.
