(07-01-2015 10:33 PM)DFWMINER Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 10:14 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Dad is into geneology. Thrree or four generations though how much are you really related to ancestors. Half, eighth, 16th, etc.

Descendent of charlemagne. Snicker

You got that right.

I'm related to Presidemts FDR, Bush sr and of course Jr.

Actors Alec Baldwin, Humphry Bogart and Christopher Lloyd.

Former Governor Sarah Palin and author Benjamine Spock.

Among others.

Don't forget the Queen of England, John Kerry and Barack Obama.

About 12,000 years ago. You are all illegal to me. Please leave.

In 1845 my paternal great great great grandfather left from the Detmold region (Regierungsbezirk) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and arrived to New York City. Next, he traveled over water to New Orleans before taking a paddle wheeler up the Mississippi to St. Louis. He settled on some land along the Missouri River outside St. Charles, MO alternating between farming, and cabinet making.

The maternal side of the family is your traditional English / Irish / Scottish mutts from the mid-1800.

Our (very unique) family name has strong roots in the St. Louis area and oddly enough, Dickinson North Dakota.

Sometime in the early 1900s. Dad comes from Italian immigrants, mom comes from Irish immigrants.

My fathers side sometime around 1800. We know very little about them other than they settled in SW Va.....My mothers side around 1750. We know almost everything about the McKay clan. The most notable was James Iver McKay. He is searchable on the web.

Father's Family:

Late 1700s/early 1800s from Ireland and England

Mothers Family:
Granddads family came around WW1 or right before the war.

Grandmothers line goes to about the last ice age.

Stepfathers line:
His dad was born in Germany/Hungary and came over in the 1930s.

His mom's family I have no idea.

My Father's family landed in Virginia in 1633.

1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

(07-01-2015 07:31 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  Jamestown for several on my mother's side, one as early as 1618 or so?

Really? That's pretty cool.

Grandmother (Father side) - English, Savannah Georgia 1750's
Grandmother (Mother side) - Italian/Native American, Brooklyn NYC 1920's
Grandfather (Father side) - German/Swiss, Paterson NJ 1920's
Grandfather (Mother side) - German/Chile, Wanaque NJ 1930's

Wife's Mother and Father - Poland, both immigrated to USA late 1960's

Melting pot

(07-02-2015 08:15 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

Interesting. Are you ethnic Catholic or convert? Did they escape religious persecution?

(07-02-2015 07:19 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  In 1845 my paternal great great great grandfather left from the Detmold region (Regierungsbezirk) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and arrived to New York City. Next, he traveled over water to New Orleans before taking a paddle wheeler up the Mississippi to St. Louis. He settled on some land along the Missouri River outside St. Charles, MO alternating between farming, and cabinet making.

The maternal side of the family is your traditional English / Irish / Scottish mutts from the mid-1800.

Our (very unique) family name has strong roots in the St. Louis area and oddly enough, Dickinson North Dakota.

I've been to Dickinson ND while working at the National Park in Medora ND. Dickinson is where we would get our supplies. Very peaceful and kind Americans in that part of the country!

(07-02-2015 08:19 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:15 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

Interesting. Are you ethnic Catholic or convert? Did they escape religious persecution?

Cradle/ethnic Catholic, and yes.

I have a very uncommon last name (we are all related) and found out recently (through relatively simple research) that some of my distant relatives who stayed in the motherland eventually ended up dying in concentration camps in the 30's and 40's.

Dad's side - emigrated from Wales to Connecticut about 1715.

Mom's side - emigrated from England to Massachusetts about 1630-1635 ish. Interestingly, his brother 1st came over on the Mayflower. This direct descendant was a younger brother.

Cool family side note - look up "John Gray revolutionary war veteran". Last verifiable living Revolutionary War Veteran and was born at Mount Vernon - yes, that Mount Vernon.

(07-02-2015 08:22 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:19 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:15 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

Interesting. Are you ethnic Catholic or convert? Did they escape religious persecution?

Cradle/ethnic Catholic, and yes.

I have a very uncommon last name (we are all related) and found out recently (through relatively simple research) that some of my distant relatives who stayed in the motherland eventually ended up dying in concentration camps in the 30's and 40's.

Wow. Most people don't even know that the Nazis exterminated Catholics.

Late 1600's, plus I've got a little native American blood so no telling on that part. Have traced some parts of family back to Scotland in the very eary 1600's

(07-02-2015 08:48 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:22 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:19 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:15 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

Interesting. Are you ethnic Catholic or convert? Did they escape religious persecution?

Cradle/ethnic Catholic, and yes.

I have a very uncommon last name (we are all related) and found out recently (through relatively simple research) that some of my distant relatives who stayed in the motherland eventually ended up dying in concentration camps in the 30's and 40's.

Wow. Most people don't even know that the Nazis exterminated Catholics.

The Nazis also tried to exterminate the Romas (gypsies) as well as anyone else they found to be deviant: handicapped, gay, etc.

(07-02-2015 08:54 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  Late 1600's, plus I've got a little native American blood so no telling on that part. Have traced some parts of family back to Scotland in the very eary 1600's

Hard to go back much more than that. I was able to get back to the mid 1500's, but all it said was my last name, no first names or anything. The trail died there. That was in Gloucestershire, England.

Not really surprised though, people back then were just trying not to die, not keep accurate records of their family history.

(07-02-2015 08:48 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:22 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:19 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2015 08:15 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  1910, from the former Czechoslovakia. We are relative n00bs.

Interesting. Are you ethnic Catholic or convert? Did they escape religious persecution?

Cradle/ethnic Catholic, and yes.

I have a very uncommon last name (we are all related) and found out recently (through relatively simple research) that some of my distant relatives who stayed in the motherland eventually ended up dying in concentration camps in the 30's and 40's.

Wow. Most people don't even know that the Nazis exterminated Catholics.

Yup. The testament of St. Maxmillian Kolbe is one of my favorite. Truly amazing.

The family story (we haven't traced it back that far) is that we are direct descendants of Balboa's sister (the one who discovered the Pacific). He ended up getting on the wrong side of authorities and got beheaded. We are also distantly related in another branch to the Stuarts of England. Charles I got beheaded as well. Our famous branches didn't end too well. Maybe that's why most of my ancestors kept their heads down and on and were poor dirt farmers!