Spin Off - Ancestry Thread

[CathrynRose]

What 'generation' are you, here in America?

I was surprised to see the OP's husband was 14th! (or was it 13th?) That's a long time!

I'm the 2nd generation here, my husband is the 1st!

How long has your family been here?

 

[dejr_8]

On my father's side, my great great grandfather came to America from Germany in the 1850s.

 

[tazdev3225]

I am third generation on my father's side. All of his grandparents were immigrants. My mom has been doing the family history and she can trace her fathers family to the 1870's or 1880's. Her mothers family is at least some time in mid to later part of the 19th century. She even found her great-great grandfathers will in Lancaster County's records. He disinherited her great-grandmother for marrying an Irish Catholic from Philadelphia.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Let's see...

My mother's mother's mother's parents were from Scotland (in the 1890s).

My mother's father's mother's parents were from Germany, circa 1880-1890. I know nothing about my mother's father's father's side; my great-grandfather disappeared just after my grandfather was born.

My father's mother's parents were from England, early 1900s.

My father's father's parents were from Hungary, early 1900s again.

 

[BCV513]

My mother's family came from Ireland in the early 1800s.

My father's family came from Poland and Russia in the 1940s. Many of his aunts, uncles and cousins were killed in Aushchwitz. Those who lived came here after the war.

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

Well since I started the other ancestry thread....you can just look there

My Maternal Grandmother's parents came from Portugal ...St Michael...just before she was born..early 1920ish. My Maternal Grandfather's parents came over separately at children then married here...1910ish...also from Portugal but not sure the town. They all settled near New Bedford, MA which still has a large Portuguese population.

My paternal great grandparents all came from Italy. My parents were divorced when I was very young and I didn't have much contact with his family.....except for my Great-grandmother Grace..who grew up in Sicily...as did her husband.

My husband is 13th generation American.....he says French/English....but all he really knows is that an ancester came over as a servant child on a ship sailing from England in 1714. His family has lived around North Carolina since then.

 

[j's m]

I'm first generation. Both my parents were born in Czechoslovakia, my dad came with family when he was seven, my mom by herself at 17. They met here.

 

[dislaney]

I'm 3rd generation on both sides. The 13th or 14th generation - wow that is a long time!

 

[mjkacmom]

My great grandparents came over from Ireland and Germany, and my grandmother came over from Scotland. DH's grandmother and grandfather came over from Italy, his other grandmother and grandfather from Germany. It's funny, because I'm half Irish, and DH is half Italian, our town is 80% of some Italian decent, same with Irish, and our kids now are mostly German!

 

[mamamary]

I wish I knew. I know I'm 2nd generation from my grandmother but that's the only one I know. DH's family has been here for a loooooong time. He has his geneology for both his parents going way back to the 1700s I believe.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

My mom's grandparents came over from Norway. I don't know about my dad's. I'm thinking they have been in the south for a very long time.

 

[NMAmy]

On my dad's side, his father's family came from Germany in the early 1700's. My paternal grandmother's side according to a genealogy that we found in her effects after she'd passed away included two signers of the Mayflower Compact. I'm not sure how accurate that one is--we need to verify that it's true.

On my mother's side, my maternal grandmother did the genealogy herself and I know it's accurate. Our ancestor came from England in 1645. My grandmother was bound and determined to get into the DAR and she did find her Revolutionary War ancestor. I know the exact year because I have a copy of the genealogy right here to copy for another relative. My grandparents divorced when my mother was quite young so we don't really know anything about my paternal grandfather's family.

There is a lot of German and Irish in my background and some Native American, as well. I dislike the term "mutt" that was thrown around in the other thread. I know it was said jokingly but I am proud of all the different heritages that have come before me even though my family's been here for many generations--which is something I'm proud of in and of itself. Reading the stories of my different family members makes me feel close to them and the struggles they went through.

It's funny--my DH is British. My FIL was working on a genealogy and had great difficulties finding information even though his family had been roughly in the same spot for centuries. They were surprised that I knew so much about my ancestors even though they come from all over.

 

[Art 1]

I'm second generation. My wife is foreign born and raised. I wonder what that makes our children.

 

[ashleybea]

I am fourth generation on both sides.

 

[mtemm]

on my maternal grandmother's side, we can trace back to before the revolution (not sure how many generations) here in america, and before that to england and norway, with scottish, irish, french, german offshoots here and there. that is the furthest back we know of. no idea when my dad's family came here, no one has really traced it further than the mid 1800s (again here in america) on his mom's side, and he never knew his dad, so dead end there. not sure about my maternal grandfather, either, other than british and was here for many generations prior to his birth (1913).

 

[eliza61]

Well since I'm African American, and my ancestors didn't have the luxury of coming here voluntarily and no records were kept. I pretty much say my family came here were part of the founding fathers.

 

[jjarman]

13th or 14th generation here in America sounds like a little too much. I traced mine back 7 generations to the 1640s. 6 or 7 more generations would mean they were here in the 1300s or so. I don't think we had immigrants here that early. At least not as permanent residents. We had Native Americans and explorers. I just looked and I have mine back 13 generations which is 1475. But that is in England where there were some pretty good records kept. Just a thought.

 

[Ephany]

On my paternal side I have ancestors back at least until the mid-1700's settling in and around Virginia and North Carolina. Also one of those later eastern ancestors was the 'black sheep' of his branch; he came out West and one of his descendants married my great-great Grandma who was full blooded Native American. That side of the family has been here awhile.

On my maternal side, my mom's parents and grandparents came over late 1800's/early 1900's. I've seen my great-grandpa's signature online where he signed the family in at Ellis Island when they immigrated from eastern Europe, very cool.

One of DH's great-grandfathers was a minor lord in Germany way back when. When he was forced to immigrate to America, he didn't have any useful skills so his wife became a milliner (hat maker) to support the family. I tease DH that the men in his family have a precedence for marrying strong-willed, self-supporting women.

 

[mtemm]

13th or 14th generation here in America sounds like a little too much. I traced mine back 7 generations to the 1640s. 6 or 7 more generations would mean they were here in the 1300s or so. I don't think we had immigrants here that early. At least not as permanent residents. We had Native Americans and explorers. I just looked and I have mine back 13 generations which is 1475. But that is in England where there were some pretty good records kept. Just a thought.

how are you figuring that? from 1893-2010 I can count 5 generations of my family alone...my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, me, my kids. another 100 years or so nets another 5 generations, which would put us in the late 1700s, so another 13 to make 13 would be 1700s, maybe 1600s

 

[JVL1018]

On my Dad's side, his paternal grandparents came over from Holland, his maternal grandmother from Scotland, maternal grandfather from Holland.

On my Mom's side: My Gram was born in Italy, came to America as a young girl.
My grandfather was born in Brazil to Scottish and English parents-his Dad was an engineer working there-one of his brothers stayed there and settled in Brazil, the rest of the family came to America.

My husband's paternal grandparents both came from Italy, his maternal grandparents came from Canada-pretty sure they were of English and/or Scottish descent.