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mullet:
My Mother's side is Portuguese/ German. Rutherfords for the German side and Josephs on the Portuguese. Dad's side is Irish, Leatham for that side. 5th generation Floridian.
Hawkdancer:
Haven't done a DNA thing yet, but my grandfather on my mother's side traces back to Flanders and Zeeland into the mid 1500s, her mother claimed she was English, but her maiden name was Craig, which could be Scottish or Irish, maybe northern England. Her father or grandfather came through Canada. Pretty sure my grandmother on my dad's side was Irish(McCoy), and his dad was German, but Dad changed his name to McConnell when he was 16. I'll likely do a DNA swab the next time they have a sale and maybe find out more.
Hawkdancer
Russ:
--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on April 06, 2020, 10:11:48 pm ---Haven't done a DNA thing yet, but my grandfather on my mother's side traces back to Flanders and Zeeland into the mid 1500s, her mother claimed she was English, but her maiden name was Craig, which could be Scottish or Irish, maybe northern England. Her father or grandfather came through Canada. Pretty sure my grandmother on my dad's side was Irish(McCoy), and his dad was German, but Dad changed his name to McConnell when he was 16. I'll likely do a DNA swab the next time they have a sale and maybe find out more.
Hawkdancer
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I dont think i would ever want to do a dna test if theres a needle involved. if theres not maybe ill try it someday. all of the percentages are just names tracked back to the 1700. i just hook my name up to my parents and then their parents and their parents. the troublesome part is when you get to a point where the oldest one in the family doesnt know his great great grandparents. then the digging begins. but the fun part is, is that you got the whole family, and i mean whole family people in the family on the site and soon you got a huuuuuggggeee tree. sometimes you find connections to people you dont know.
Mesophilic:
Some od my family did the DNA tests and it pretty much reaffirmed what we knew already, that we're from England.
I have several relatives that have done alot of family history work but I'm personally not all that interested in my pre-American ancestors for whatever reason. I guess I just don't connect.
One of my aunts uncovered a letter on an ancestor. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British. The captives were tied to a log and a British commander went down the line asking for names. He spared my ancestor and one other gentleman because they had good last names, then split the heads of the other prisoners with his saber.
Parnell:
Found out I'm about 1% from Ghana/Code d'Ivoire according to the genetic test. Plenty of Neanderthal thrown in there, too.
Diversity is one of my strengths, ya know...
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