Genealogy

I've done a bit of research, but haven't in awhile.

I have been pursuing genealogy off and on for the past 15 or so years. I have managed to trace my dad's family across the Atlantic to Germany where they are originally from, and so far have gone back seven generations (4th great-grandparents). My mother's family came to this country (I'm in the US) a bit before my father's, so in that regard, her family tree has been a bit easier to come by. I think I've managed to go back eight or nine generations on some branches of hers.

Hi Lynn, Yes, I have been doing family trees for a few years. Since I met my birth parents in 2005 when I was 45 years old, I was so happy to know who I came from I wanted to find out the names of my grandparents, great grandparents and everyone I could find! I have thousands of ancestors on my tree now on Ancestry.com. It’s easier to find records from my father’s Italian side but not my mother’s Croatian/Hungarian side. There’s a nice group of Italian genealogy people who helped me find records at ItalianGenealogy.com. I got as far back as my 8th great grandfather on my father’s father’s side. I also made a tree for the family that adopted me, since I know all about them. And I made another tree for my husband. He never met his birth father but he has his last name, and I found tons of his ancestors. We also had DNA tests done. It’s amazing how many relatives we have!

This is really cool when its all done. How far back do you need to go?

I am not into genealogy but my mother is a fanatic about it.

So far, I only met until the second degree. There are still relatives I havent met as some where there in the province area and some who are first degree cousins were never introduced to us as they are results of outside marriage relationships.