Where ya from? inspired by a comment made about Teresa Heinz Kerry

[shortbun]

In this great country, few of us are Native Americans. Where did
your family come from prior to settling in the USA? Are you
or your parents 1st generation?
On my father's side both my grandparents were first generation:
Germany and France. On my mother's side, we are traced to
8 Revolutionary war soldiers but those families all came from
Scotland and England originally.
I can remember all my Dad's uncle from Lichtenstein sitting
around in the garage with my Grandfather when I was a little
girl. I though they were mad, turns out they were drunk! LOL! My Grandmother taught me French as a little girl. She'd lie
down with me during my nap when I was getting older and
we'd speak French. Great memories, great Americans!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Both sets of grandparents were 1st generation immigrants. My dad's side came settled in Detroit and worked in the factories. My mom's side settled in a farming community in MI.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

My Grandmother came from Italy, Grandfather's father came from France. My father's side of the family is from Wales and Eastern Europe.

Depending on whose side, I'm at least the second generation born here.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

Scotland and England

Lori

 

[hentob]

My paternal Grandmother came from Wales to the USA when she was a young lady.

All other Grandparents are German.

So, I am German with a splash of Welsh.

 

[Virgo10]

My great grandparents came from Germany and England on my father's side and Canada and Ireland on my mother's side. My paternal grandmother's family was processed through Ellis Island and lived in New York where they were beer brewers.

Roberta

 

[macraven]

from the paternal side, Luxembourg, second generation born in the usa
maternal side Scotland and France........came here at the beginnning of time........

 

[NMAmy]

I'm pretty much a mutt. On my dad's side, they came over from Germany in the 1700's. My ancestor was a baron who was a tax collector for the king. He collected the money and emigrated to America with it. My great-uncle went to visit the town after WWII. Um...they're still a little ticked off at our branch of the family because they had to live with the repercussions. Once here, they married Irish, German, and my great-great grandmother was full Cherokee.

On my mom's side, they came from England in the 1600's. My grandmother did the genealogy and was in the Daughters of the American Revolution. So somewhere back there I have an ancestor who fought in the war for independence. They also married German and Irish folks.

 

[ElizK]

My great-great grandmother on my mom's side was actually a full-blooded Native American. On my dad's side one branch of the family his the shores of this great land in the late 1600's. We're from Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany. I've seen the geneology of the line that came from Germany. They were Jewish, and there is page after page that died in the Holocaust.

Also, I am 4th generation Texas-born on both sides of my family!

 

[browneyes]

I'm not sure. I know I have Cherokee and English blood (more Cherokee than English), but other than that, I have no idea.

 

[jrydberg]

Swedish, Norwegian and Irish

 

[WDWLVR]

County Mayo in Ireland.

I'm 3rd generation American.

 

[Rippington'sFan]

I am of Irish descent. County Kerry. One of my anscestors was on the Shackelton expedition to discover the South Pole back in the early 1900's. His name was Tom Crean.

For those of you who are not aware of the Shackelton expedition it is an incredible story.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

3rd generation Greek on my father's side.

English and German on my mother's side. The families have been here for some time. I'm a Hatfield (of the Hatfield-McCoy feud) on my maternal grandfather's side.

 

[coliebird]

All of my great-grandparents came from Italy. I am a 3rd generation Italian-American.

 

[Microcell]

Originally posted by The Mystery Machine
Both sets of grandparents were 1st generation immigrants. My dad's side came settled in Detroit and worked in the factories. My mom's side settled in a farming community in MI.

Are you me? My paternal grandfather is first generation and his father immigrated to work in a Detroit Factory- Rouge Steel for alot of it. Maternal family has been here for 400 years- came over on the Mayflower but were farmers in MI too!

Oh yes- I am the proverbial mixed breed, but mostly English Irish and Jewish. Odd combo, my face and back burn to a crisp and my arms and legs tan nicely!

Interestingly my best friend is a Younger- of the Younger Brothers fame who rode with Jesse James and I am related to Frank Moore, who rode with ole Jesse for a while. Now my friend and I wonder if our ancesters ever crossed paths too!

 

[HollyJoy]

I love geneology! My Father's family all came from Germany. My Grandfather was a first generation American. My Mom's side came from England and Scotland. One of the surnames on my Mom's side is Yancey... I have found that I am a very distant cousin of our current President!

 

[sue1013]

On Mom's side my gandmother came over from Wales in 1923. Grandfather's family came from Ireland and Scotland in early 1700's. Father's side all came between 1860-1880 from Germany, Ireland, Switzerland. All except for those here in 1700's came to NY stayed for a few years then made the big trip across the river to NJ. The early arrivals from what we have been able to trace started in VA then to TN then to Jersey City about 1915.

 

[cvemom]

Scotland and Wales ! Wales seems to be popular on here today.

 

[Robinrs]

My family was involuntarily removed from Africa sometime in the 18th century, I think. Wish I knew more but the memory of all this seemed to evade my grandparents' past due to the fact that it was not "cool" to be from Africa in the first part of the 20th century. My only living Grandmother only told me of the Native American part of my family, and not much about that.