What do you know about your ancestral history

[PassionFruit53]

What interesting people are in your family tree?

In my case, I know of two people. In the Qing Dynasty, which will be similar to the Foreign Relations Bureau today in a department or a politician. He made ​​a trip to the United Kingdom, France and Germany on behalf of the Chinese government, sometime before 1900.

Another is a soldier, from the Ming dynasty, surnamed "Qian". He participated in the China and Korea alliance, opposed to Japan, during the Japanese attempt of invading the Asian continent in Korea. One of the legend that my grandfather told me, in order to avoid more bloodshed, he accepted the challenge to a duel from one of the other commanders.

 

[runningbooii]

I am related to General George B. McClellan, who was one of the major generals of the Union in the Civil War. My great-great-great-grandfather was McClellan's first cousin.

 

[Thoreau]

My family has been really good at keeping up with our family line.

My mother's father's side is the worst. We only have that traced back to the early 1800's in Texas. We hit a brick wall in research. We know the line came from England at some point during the late 1700's or early 1800's, but we can't find direct evidence.

My mother's mother's side we have traced back into Scotland in the 1600's (immigrating to the US around 1780).

My father's father's side we have traced back into Germany in the 1700's (immigrating to the US in 1740), then back into France all the way to the 1630's.

My father's mother's side we have traced back to the Czech Republic in the 1700's (immigrating to the US in the early 1900's).

I'm related to several relatively famous people, included John Chilcoat (a revolutionary war soldier), WIlliam Barclay "Bat" Masterson, and several others. Many of them share my last name, so I've left those out for the sake of security.

 

[Revoltingest]

My family tree goes all the way back.
So suck it up, you unfortunate fellow posters....you're all related to me!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I have The builder of the Titanic (cousin) , A prime minister of norther Island(cousin), and the inventor of the boyant cable to destroy magnetic mines ( still used) (Grandfather).

I know my entire family tree on my fathers side going back to 1760 ( produced by Burkes)

 

[Twilight Hue]

Im adopted but it would be interesting where most of my dna can be traced to.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Im adopted but it would be interesting where most of my dna can be traced to.

So you can be the start of a new dynasty.

I am afraid some of us live off the past glories , rather than working on something new worth remembering.

 

[Jainarayan]

I know virtually nothing of my ancestry except that my paternal grandparents were from Collesano Sicily, my grandfather was a laborer, and my grandmother died at 55 years old. My father used to say that his great-aunts and great-uncles were employees of the Spanish royal court; one uncle could have married a princess but chose a barmaid. How romantic. Of course my father was known to be full of **** at times. :biglaugh: My suspicion is that we have some Nordic blood... my grandfather was said to have bright blue eyes, my father had platinum blond hair as a boy: very un-Mediterranean. We are more nothern European in appearance than Mediterranean.

My maternal grandparents were from Maddalona and Casserta in southern Italy. My grandfather was somewhat educated, speaking English and French in addition to his native Italian. He was a hatter, then a deep thinker, i.e. he stayed home to play cards and drink wine, philosophizing at home with his cronies while my grandmother ran the grocery store they owned. My grandmother came to America when she was about 9 years old, her mother sending her to an uncle and aunt before she died.

Beyond that, my ancestors were probably simple village peasants. Not a bad thing, actually. I wouldn't mind living that bucolic and pastoral kind of life.

 

[YmirGF]

So you can be the start of a new dynasty.

I am afraid some of us live off the past glories , rather than working on something new worth remembering.

Wise words, Terry.

My lineage goes back to the English and Scottish countryside, but it's never been a topic of much fascination. The only real trait my family posses is that we tend to live a very long time. Good stock, I suppose.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The most important and interesting thing any of my ancestors did was to survive and reproduce in order that I could eventually be born.

 

[YmirGF]

The most important and interesting thing any of my ancestors did was to survive and reproduce in order that I could eventually be born.

And the universe has been trembling with excitement ever since that hallowed day.

 

[badger]

My ancestors include one Sir John Gage who was Constable of the Tower during the reign of Henry VIII, and was present at the execution of Katherine Howard, (Henry's fifth wife) in 1542.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

I am descended from Thomas Hooker on my dad's father's side.

I lost a lot of my Jewish ancestors in the Holocaust. I always have to remember.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

And the universe has been trembling with excitement ever since that hallowed day.

Correction: trembling in fear ever since that hallowed day.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I am afraid some of us live off the past glories, rather than working on something new worth remembering.

And what does that amount to? Present glories are just as useful as past glories. We bide our time.