Your Ancestry
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No offense taken, most of my family is littered with dicks if you haven't noticed.vanthebaron said:
I know what you mean, my birth father is a massive dick, a wife beater, he lies to my sisters, and hes a junky.NekoiHiokans said:
Primarily Canadian, with Swedish, German, and Scottish ancestry. As for famous people, Noah Webster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Graf_Schwerin_von_Krosigk], of dictionary fame, is a distant ancestor, but I have no idea exactly how I am related.
I'm 1/4 Estonian, 1/4 Latvian and from what my dad describes my moms parents as 1/2 white trash. My mom deosn't know her ancestry and shes a really nice person. But the way my dad talks about her parents, I mean wow. (They're dead now) Anyway i'm also 1/2 Jewish, which is part of my Ancestry because of small population=small gene pool=recurring traits. Don't know if I had anyone famous in my history
Well, I'm Brazilian and beyond local roots, I've got Scottish, British, French and Polish roots. I don't know many stories, but some of my family is, or at least was Jewish, and some of them had some real trouble with nazis, so I imagine there are some sad tales in there.
Mothers side: Yaqui Native American
(which we are currently trying to prove. My Elders "Indian" papers burned in a Church fire long ago when we melded into the Hispanic communities to avoid being pushed onto the reservations, and without an "Indian number" on a piece of paper, they tell us that it's hard to prove, regardless of the Elders of my family fluently speaking the native language and being classified as Native Americans on their military serving papers. My grandmother died heartbroken because no one believed her. She spent most of the rest of her life, trying to track down records and papers that would be the equivalent of their "Indian numbers". We are having blood tests done, and are going to try and prove something through blood %. Then again, I would be considered thoroughly 'deluded'. We just want to finish what my grandmother set out to do, and put this all to rest.)
and Hispanic descent.
Fathers side: German (I plan to intrude on my relatives hospitality sometime in the near future=D) and Irish descent.
Other then that, I don't really have an extensive background link to anyone famous, as far as I know. Perhaps I should look into it more. I may be pleasantly surprised. =D
(which we are currently trying to prove. My Elders "Indian" papers burned in a Church fire long ago when we melded into the Hispanic communities to avoid being pushed onto the reservations, and without an "Indian number" on a piece of paper, they tell us that it's hard to prove, regardless of the Elders of my family fluently speaking the native language and being classified as Native Americans on their military serving papers. My grandmother died heartbroken because no one believed her. She spent most of the rest of her life, trying to track down records and papers that would be the equivalent of their "Indian numbers". We are having blood tests done, and are going to try and prove something through blood %. Then again, I would be considered thoroughly 'deluded'. We just want to finish what my grandmother set out to do, and put this all to rest.)
and Hispanic descent.
Fathers side: German (I plan to intrude on my relatives hospitality sometime in the near future=D) and Irish descent.
Other then that, I don't really have an extensive background link to anyone famous, as far as I know. Perhaps I should look into it more. I may be pleasantly surprised. =D
Not much is known on my mothers side except for being largely of Hispanic decent. The reason for this is because my Grandfather's father left when he was born and his mother abandoned him at 4 because she suffered from schizophrenia. While my grandmother's family never kept track much.
Now my father's side is pretty large and all over the place. I was lucky that my grandmother managed to document many of my family as best as possible back to the antebellum period. But what I do know is that on my dad's side I am: Scottish, Irish, British, Swedish, Norwegian, German, and dutch. Although it can be difficult to classify others on the list but my last name shares that of the royal family in what was once Prussia. The difficult thing is that at the time our last name could have been common which is why we had it changed to stop the confusion the Union government was having when issuing drafts for the army. My Great Great Great grandfather actually was drafted twice into the Civil War for the Union. The first time he served and was discharged after being completely blinded in one eye and messing up his shoulder. But he was actually drafted again into the war and at the end he was legally blind in both eyes.
Now my father's side is pretty large and all over the place. I was lucky that my grandmother managed to document many of my family as best as possible back to the antebellum period. But what I do know is that on my dad's side I am: Scottish, Irish, British, Swedish, Norwegian, German, and dutch. Although it can be difficult to classify others on the list but my last name shares that of the royal family in what was once Prussia. The difficult thing is that at the time our last name could have been common which is why we had it changed to stop the confusion the Union government was having when issuing drafts for the army. My Great Great Great grandfather actually was drafted twice into the Civil War for the Union. The first time he served and was discharged after being completely blinded in one eye and messing up his shoulder. But he was actually drafted again into the war and at the end he was legally blind in both eyes.
Never Mind, I didn't make the connection until I went back and read your OP.cheywoodward said: