The Lineage Discussion!

[Odysseus]

A thread where you can discuss your ancestry, where your family is from, stories, heirlooms and other things realting to your family history.

My Father says he has a family tree that he could give me, so hopefully ill be able to trace back my family name (i know its from england, thats it )

[Rogov]

I have a family tree going back to the late 18th century for the English side of my family. Their last name was Roadhouse and they originally hailed from Lincolnshire.

On my German side, my ancestors lived not only in Germany, but also in Russia, Yugoslavia, and Chile before coming to Canada.

Dunno much about my Polish ancestors, but that's who I got my surname from.

[Bluehawk]

Irish, English, Scottish, Ukrainian, Finnish, and Iroquois blood...

I have three names, with the middle being my father's, in the Irish tradition, and all three are supposedly Irish. If I were a medieval Gael, I would have both a Mac and an Ua to separate them. But all three are actually not Irish at all; my given name is potentially French, my middle name is Biblical and my last name comes to Gaelic by way of a Viking prince from a backwater island off the western coast of Scotland. My father's attempt to project his ethnic pride is deliciously ironic, since I am living proof that he has no culture, he is an not an Irishman, and the diaspora is a ignorantly self-destructive. My mother's background consists of only a few words and phrases her grandfather taught her, and they are in Swedish instead of Finnish.

I am, at most, a Canadian, but in practice I do not consider myself to be anything at all.

[Frappiller]

French, Norwegian, and Cree

My last name is French and has many ways to spell it like Frappier, Frappart and so on and like many French people who came to the new world before it was explored my ancestor married a Cree Indian women and my dad is the last in the family to have dark indian skin. My moms side is Norwegian and the farm they started had the original wagon tracks up to when my grandpa had a new house built.

[Duuring]

My family name goes back to 1712 (at least), and some ancesters by the name of 'Van Nee' go back to the 1600's. That's just my grandfathers side, though. Don't any more stuff.

So no 'foreign' blood for me, nor has my family done anything 'special' in history.

That said, like most people on the internet claim, I'm probably related to someone famous in a way. But who isn't?

[James Grant]

I made a thread similiar to this in the TW forums

[Odysseus]

I made a thread similiar to this in the TW forums

Indeed, this thread however covers ancestors from every period, not just the Napoleonic Wars.

[Hugh MacKay]

Quite a few books about my ancestors, both on my fathers and mothers side.
Everyone on my dads side pretty much lived in Schleswig since the start 1800. A farm that still belongs to the family can be traced back to the 16th century.
My mothers part is more split as my granddad comes from Lolland, but nobody knows much about that line. They probably lived there as farmes in centuries.
My grandmother is from Bavaria but when they came to Denmark in 1940 and she doesn't remember people from more than 2 generations before her.

But there is some quite interesting people on my fathers side, but when you digg deep enough, who doesn't? I mean, just going back to the 13th century where the first one in my family books is from, everyone can be traced to some royal family somehow.

And as some of you might know, I'm quite proud of my heritage here from Sønderjylland(Northen Schleswig) which is probably because of my dad's line

[Vikestad]

I can trace some relatives back to the 14th century, but family traced that far back will have to be shared with a ton of people.

[Karth]

Its sort of sad... Im American and uh... I have really no idea where my ancestors are from (I think part Irish/Italian, which goes back maybe 200 years ago) Great grandfather was American who worked at a steel mill in New York.

[Odysseus]

My mothers side has actually been in canada for over 400 years (minus the Acadian deportation).

[Hugh MacKay]

Its sort of sad... Im American and uh... I have really no idea where my ancestors are from (I think part Irish/Italian, which goes back maybe 200 years ago) Great grandfather was American who worked at a steel mill in New York.

Since it's only 200 years it would be fairly easy to find out
Just the fact that you know stuff about your great grandfather you've already traced it quite fa back and should have a good starting point as you now know where he lived and what his work was.

[König]

English on my father's side and Scottish on my mother's. And of course, being American, there could be any number of other things in my history. I do know there's also a bit of Irish in there somewhere.

On my father's side, the family was either German, French, or most likely, Scandinavian, before "becoming" English. They were granted land in Essex by William the Conqueror for their assistance at the battle of Hastings. Staying in England until around the late 1600s or so when (part of) the family came to America. From there, my ancestors moved to Virginia.

On my mother's side, the family is Scottish (from the Highlands). One of the larger clans. Unfortunately, that's about all I know. 

I had a lot of ancestors that fought in both World Wars.
My great-grandfather (father's side) was a mechanic during WWI. My great-great-uncles (father's side, twins) were both pioneers in WWI. One lost his sight during the war. I think they may have fought in Italy. During WWII my great-grandfather (mother's side) was in the 10th Mountain Division (I think) in Italy, before being transferred to Okinawa shortly before the end of the war. One of my great-uncles (father's side) fought in the Philippines as an Engineer. One died during D-Day in Normandy. And another arrived there shortly afterwards.

Other than that, I'm don't think I'm (directly) related to anyone famous.

[James Grant]

The earliest family member I know of was alive in the early 1600's and I have reason to believe the family line goes back longer than that.

[Odysseus]

I happen to know that one of my ancestors was actually an Acadian rebel, perhaps I'll try and learnmore about him.