Hmmm uh, I don't know much about my family tree. My great great grandpa was a sniper in WW2 and got killed my motor fire apprently, so that's pretty cool I guess. (not the getting blown up part but being a sniper lol)
Your heritage/family tree share a interesting piece of history/fact
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Based on what I vaguely remember my mother telling me about what she'd dug up:
- I'm veeeeeeeeery distantly related via a marriage link to Hilary Rodham Clinton (via the Rodhams in the English Midlands a couple of centuries back).
- Someone I am more directly related to by blood was a governess for the Carnots (i.e. Carnot cycle, Sadi Carnot the French president)
- I'm veeeeeeeeery distantly related via a marriage link to Hilary Rodham Clinton (via the Rodhams in the English Midlands a couple of centuries back).
- Someone I am more directly related to by blood was a governess for the Carnots (i.e. Carnot cycle, Sadi Carnot the French president)
Yeah the chances are highly possible but again isnt it like many are related by merging families and what not? not by DNA,Eamar said:As far back as we can trace the family name (several hundred years), my family have been completely unremarkable and never moved outside the south west of England, or even more than a few towns from where the line originated. That's just my direct ancestors though, plenty of random siblings of blood relatives moved further afield, and I don't know anything about my mother's ancestry.
I hate to break it to you, but if you go back that far we're probably all descended from him.killerguythefox said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor
It's pretty awesome that you managed to actually trace it though
From what i have gotten to know i'm related by blood he did get married like 3 times.
So there are most likely alot of people related to Harald bluetooth, Still doesn't change the fact i sit in a quite straight line and not a very odd and changing one, Imagine my ancestry comes from one of his wifes who was a civil person at the time and not royal, She continued the bloodline with her children and her childrens children again in a average i suppose you would have atleast over 100 people related to him maybe more but still compared to the whole country you are still in a rare bloodline statiscly,
Still its awesome to be able to call yourself a viking and a royal *blueblood* eh?
Think about that statement for a moment... same thing. Mathematically, we have to all be descended from him, and our DNA didn't spontaneously generate itself. Others may not be able to trace the name through a line of males, but the DNA still got passed on.killerguythefox said:Yeah the chances are highly possible but again isnt it like many are related by merging families and what not? not by DNA,Eamar said:As far back as we can trace the family name (several hundred years), my family have been completely unremarkable and never moved outside the south west of England, or even more than a few towns from where the line originated. That's just my direct ancestors though, plenty of random siblings of blood relatives moved further afield, and I don't know anything about my mother's ancestry.
I hate to break it to you, but if you go back that far we're probably all descended from him.killerguythefox said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor
It's pretty awesome that you managed to actually trace it though
Uhm... I dunno much really, I only know that I'm related to George W. Bush on my fathers side, so not much to cheer for
Both sides of my family have been in the United States since before there was a United States. What's more is that I can prove this too.
Dad's side of the family came to the United States on the Fortune, which arrived right after the Mayflower, according to some of the research I've done.
Mom's side of the family has Yaqui Indian in it. That bloodline has been here for milennia and were practicing Catholics less than 50 years after Colombus arrived here and some 250 years before there was talk of separation from England.
Dad's side of the family came to the United States on the Fortune, which arrived right after the Mayflower, according to some of the research I've done.
Mom's side of the family has Yaqui Indian in it. That bloodline has been here for milennia and were practicing Catholics less than 50 years after Colombus arrived here and some 250 years before there was talk of separation from England.
I can see some of my Scottish and Danish in my beard when I grow it out! xD
im no geneticist so idk exactly what color that typically brings, but yeah.
I'd have to ask my Mom about details. She's big into that stuff!
im no geneticist so idk exactly what color that typically brings, but yeah.
I'd have to ask my Mom about details. She's big into that stuff!
My grandfather helped engineer spaceships, he had top secret airforce clearance, and he was a refugee from communist Hungary after the revolution didn't end well. Pretty awesome story overall.
I think I am related to someone more badass than anyone here can compete with.
I am related to the greatest man to ever live.
I am related to COLONEL FUCKING SANDERS! The creator of the most delicious form of chicken on Earth! And chicken is the most delicious food on Earth! I couldn't be prouder of my heritage *sniff* I'm just so happy!
I am related to the greatest man to ever live.
I am related to COLONEL FUCKING SANDERS! The creator of the most delicious form of chicken on Earth! And chicken is the most delicious food on Earth! I couldn't be prouder of my heritage *sniff* I'm just so happy!
Super Basics. I haven't a clue about any history farther back than this.
Mom's side:
Abuelita/Abuelo - Yaqui/Mexican ancestry. Natives of California. Planted Sugar-cane fields, harvested figs. Very poor.
Dad's Side:
Oma/Opa- Oma (Born in Frankfurt, Germany) Opa (born in the U.S - of Irish Descent) Both met while my Opa was stationed overseas. Married. Had fraternal twin boys in the States. Army brats. Moved all over the country. Opa was an engineer in Vietnam. Built bridges. Dangerous stuff. Eventually settled in Nevada. Lower-middle class to middle-class.
Parents:
Both of my parents ended up working at the same Hospital in California. My dad is a Physical Therapist, my Mother is a R.N. (Registered Nurse). They met. Dated. Did stuff. Married. Moved to another part of California, with my Mother's three kids. My half-siblings.
Bing, bang, boom - here I am.
Mom's side:
Abuelita/Abuelo - Yaqui/Mexican ancestry. Natives of California. Planted Sugar-cane fields, harvested figs. Very poor.
Dad's Side:
Oma/Opa- Oma (Born in Frankfurt, Germany) Opa (born in the U.S - of Irish Descent) Both met while my Opa was stationed overseas. Married. Had fraternal twin boys in the States. Army brats. Moved all over the country. Opa was an engineer in Vietnam. Built bridges. Dangerous stuff. Eventually settled in Nevada. Lower-middle class to middle-class.
Parents:
Both of my parents ended up working at the same Hospital in California. My dad is a Physical Therapist, my Mother is a R.N. (Registered Nurse). They met. Dated. Did stuff. Married. Moved to another part of California, with my Mother's three kids. My half-siblings.
Bing, bang, boom - here I am.
Great grand father fought in the Finish war, got shot in he arm. Fought later in WW2. That's the interesting bit really.
My grandfather was considered a national security risk when our family tried to leave the Soviet Union/Russia. We were denied a good 4-5 years after the fall of the Soviet Union before finally being allowed to move to America.
All I know is my grandpa was some top scientist, but I have no idea what he worked on or what he did and my grandma won't talk about it either. Though when I did go to visit my family there about two years ago, my grandma told me to never speak my last name because people remembered the name and would harm me. Freaked me out a bit.
All I know is my grandpa was some top scientist, but I have no idea what he worked on or what he did and my grandma won't talk about it either. Though when I did go to visit my family there about two years ago, my grandma told me to never speak my last name because people remembered the name and would harm me. Freaked me out a bit.
Somewhere down the line on my mother's side I'm related to Abraham Lincoln's wife
On my dad's side- I guess my Great Great Great Grandpa had shit ton of money and some businesses in Ireland or something. Then my great great grandpa was in line to inherit all of it, but fell in love with a peasant girl and married her. Because of that, Great Great Great wrote him out of the will (coming soon to a theater near you) and the son that got the business drove it into the ground. After that, Great Grandpa immigrated to New York and somehow earned a bunch of money back, but then lost it in the stock market crash
So, I should have been rich twice and it's in my blood to do stupid things for girls
On my dad's side- I guess my Great Great Great Grandpa had shit ton of money and some businesses in Ireland or something. Then my great great grandpa was in line to inherit all of it, but fell in love with a peasant girl and married her. Because of that, Great Great Great wrote him out of the will (coming soon to a theater near you) and the son that got the business drove it into the ground. After that, Great Grandpa immigrated to New York and somehow earned a bunch of money back, but then lost it in the stock market crash
So, I should have been rich twice and it's in my blood to do stupid things for girls
I have a bit of a fun fact. My grandfather's last name from my mothers was Schwabe. To be clear, we all live in Belgium. So, when Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, they saw my grandfather's name and thought that he was German. As a punishment they put him on the Eastern Front: He fought in Stalingrad and the likes,but on the Nazi side, which my grandfather didn't like (because he wasn't a Nazi ofcourse). He deserted and managed to find his way back to Belgium and found that the Belgian "resistance" had captured his mother, because he had "betrayed" Belgium. He tried to explain and eventually he asked for him to be taken prisoner and to release his mother, which they did and was released when the war was over. He died of an heart attack in the 60's.
He was also a barber.
He was also a barber.
At some point through my family tree (probably 17th-18th C.) the tree splits as some members move to what is now the USA.. this line within a few generations brings about General Robert E. Lee, therefore making him some kind of great uncle of mine (several times removed)..
The Lee line that I'm in also links back to knights and dukes.
True Story, really.
The Lee line that I'm in also links back to knights and dukes.
True Story, really.
The only thing that I can remotely think of is that my great grandmother was one of the Rosie Riveters. For those of you who doesn't know what that is, it means she worked in factory back in the days of World War II, probably making war supplies, while all the menfolk were off fighting.
We actually have a huge toolbox around somewhere that belonged to her during her working days. She was always very proud that she had gotten to do it. It makes me sad that I didn't get to ask her about it before she passed away.
We actually have a huge toolbox around somewhere that belonged to her during her working days. She was always very proud that she had gotten to do it. It makes me sad that I didn't get to ask her about it before she passed away.
My great grandfather and his father (from my mother's side) used to own a confectionery store which was rather large-ish and somewhat important back then. It was taken away from them during the socialism.
My great grandfather (from my father's side) used to own a lot of land and was fairly rich and respected. He even bought some of the first tractors in the country. The land and the machines were taken away from him during the socialism. And he was thrown in prison because he owned them. His family managed to get him released by pulling some strings.
It sure sucked to be in Eastern Europe back in the day. Well, more than now, anyway.
My great grandfather (from my father's side) used to own a lot of land and was fairly rich and respected. He even bought some of the first tractors in the country. The land and the machines were taken away from him during the socialism. And he was thrown in prison because he owned them. His family managed to get him released by pulling some strings.
It sure sucked to be in Eastern Europe back in the day. Well, more than now, anyway.
Well I have Scottish, Scottish, Scottish and English. I'm also seventh generation Australian, my family came over here on the first free fleet from Scotland. On my mums mums side we're related to King Edward apparently. On my dads dads side we're related to Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots. Also, did I mention there's quite a bit of Scottish ancestry going on in my family?