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Kusuma Dumpa @Kusumakrishna (1235) 8 Sep

I am back to my normal routine.I woke up at 5.30am spent some time in gardening.I got some flowers for our ancestors. These 15days were special for us.called mahalay paksha..We have to perform pitru karma rituals.Do pray.we offer...

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I've never been so Irish

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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Royal Ancestors may not have been human?

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 9 Aug 23

Did you know that some royal and aristocratic families claim descent from mythological beings? The British royal family are said to descend from Woden, some French aristocratic families are said to be descendants of Melusine (a...

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Two Brothers Meet in War After Years of Separation

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 27 Feb 23

I have this big brown manila envelope mailed to me in 1999 by my oldest sister. In it is a family history going back to the Revolutionary War. My great great-grandfather, on my father’s side, came to the US from Ireland “long...

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A photo from the olden days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Oct 21

The people in the photo are my grandparents (the two older people obviously) with my Mum and Dad on the left and Dad’s brother and his wife on the right. As you might have guessed, this was taken in the days when you didn’t smile...

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Quote: 'My ancestral grave is going to smoke'

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 5 May 21

This evening, a bright student shared this quote with me. Let me share her explanation about it. This quote means that whatever we do, our ancestors will be proud of us. Of course, bad things are not counted according to...

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Got my Ancestry.com DNA results

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 27 Feb 21

A few weeks ago I mailed in my DNA sample to Ancestry.com and just got the results. I'm 55% England and northwestern Europe, 31% Scotland, and five other regions including Ireland. I knew my father's side is Dutch and German,...

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Sometimes a lot of things happen in a couple of days.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 27 Jul 19

Yesterday I went to Lili´s reading of her last book. I ended up giving Lili some cough drops so that she could finish her reading: everyone here has a cold. I went with Dixie and Humberto joined us at the reading and...

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Is history important too ?

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 11 Dec 18

Another touchy subject. Now I've heard that, recently, they don't think it is relevant to teach it anymore. What will be the outcome of all that ? We all have different point of view on those things too. But my question...

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Discovering Long Lost Relatives

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 26 Nov 18

Last Christmas, my husband and I sent DNA samples to Ancestry. com. Periodically during the past year, we received messages from Ancestry that they had discovered a possible relative. In every case, it was someone we already knew...

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Interesting News About Ellis Island Records

celticeagle @celticeagle (189901) • Boise, Idaho 28 Oct 18

I know that there is at least one person who is searching for information on their family line. I got an email from FamilySearch.org that now you can check out the complete archive of records from Ellis Island. So, if you have...

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My Ancestors in 1919

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 19 Oct 18

Last Christmas, my husband and I ordered DNA kits from Ancestry.com. This week, a young woman contacted me through Ancestry and said that we were distantly related. The young woman put me in touch with her aunt, who is about ten...

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He attended the King at his death, and then the king's son thereafter

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 17 Sep 18

I have talked about this before, but I've done a bit more digging. Not a lot more, mind, but enough to get a better idea of what that ancestor from long ago did. He appears to have been a very opinionated man, but his opinions...

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I Am Not Who I Thought I Was!

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 21 Jan 18

For Christmas, my husband and I bought ourselves DNA testing from Ancestry.com. Yesterday, we received our results, and they were not quite what I expected. I was always told that my father was French-German. My mother believed...

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A Holiday Poem

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 23 Nov 17

Thanksgiving Day is a day we all know, turkey and dressing while the desserts flow. But do you remember when and where it began? In 1621 on Wampanoag Indian land. Those of the Mayflower were starving to death, the Plymouth...

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AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 24 Jun 17

I wasn't quite sure how I would begin this discussion. I had a pretty good idea of how to and then ended up getting sidetracked and had forgotten exactly what I wanted to say. I guess I will have to improvise and try to remember...

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Have you wondered about your ancestors?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 15 Jun 17

I have information going back a few generations, as does Anne, but what happened before that? Who were those people and where did they live? I was tempted to order the DNA kit from Ancestry, but at $99, it gave me pause. Once in...

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AncestryDNA is reduced in price..

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 21 Apr 17

Just a friendly little note to those who are still considering taking the test... AncestryDNA is now $79.99 and that price is only good until next Wednesday... It will then return to $99.99. As an aside... A relative of mine,...

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Bonifacio's Ulatan Family from Philippines

Chris Bergstrom @chrissbergstrom (10767) • Banks, Oregon 31 Mar 17

Here is a old photo Great Uncle Bonifacio's daughter Monica has sent me, i do not know anything about the photo other then that it is a relative of Bonifacio from the Philippines. It sure is a neat old photo i wish i knew more...

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AncestryDNA members! New Update!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 30 Mar 17

If you've already taken a DNA test with AncestryDNA (Ancestry.com) then you should have gotten an email about Genetic Communities. Log in to your DNA results and it will show you "Genetic Communities". AncestryDNA defines...

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