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Boris Godunov
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Portland, OR
Aug 2001
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Orange, we have about the same ethnic make-up, though for me it's 50 German, 25 English and the rest Irish and Scottish.
My mom's first ancestor in America came on the Mayflower, Mr. Miles Standish. Her side is where most of the English/Irish/Scottish come into it, though there's some German later on as well.
My dad's first ancestor was a Prussian farmer. He came to America in 1750, fleeing a death warrant for poaching on the king's grounds. He set up a farm in rural Pennsylvania, and the original farmhouse he built is still standing. My dad and his cousin visited it last summer and got some cool digital pics. After a few generations, however, they left PA and went west to modern-day Indiana, which is where my dad is from.
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Jon Miller
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Mostly English, German and Ukranian (or something)
some french, american indian (I think), and a bunch of other stuff
I can trace my family back to france in the 1300s and had an ancerstor arrive on the mayflower (never asked who)
I am also related to an early colonial governor (Bradford?), sir Francis Drake, and a dutch princess (I think) among others
Jon Miller
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Jon Miller
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BTW
I have lots of I thinks and the like because I don't remember exactly what I was told
Jon Miller
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Goingonit
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Toronto, Canada - AECCP member
Apr 2001
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I'm Canadian, but I'll answer anyways.
Russian Jew (3/8) - I have no idea where my 3 Russian great-grandparents lived.
German Jew(1/8) - Duisburg
Lithuanian Jew (3/8) - Dorbyan
Polish Jew(1/16) -
Ukranian Jew (1/16) - Beranovici
Pretty much all of my ancestors came to the US in the 1880s and thereabouts, though I have a great-great-grandparent who lived in Iowa before that. Here is how my grandparents and great-grandparents got to Canada:
EDIT: I had a number of the details wrong, and needed to consult records.
Mother's side:
My grandmother grew up in Sydney, NS. Her mother grew up in Manhattan's Lower East side. My grandfather grew up in Woodstock, NB, and he met my grandmother in Halifax, NS where she still lives.
Father's side:
My grandfather is from New Brunswick, NJ (IIRC Imran's hometown.) My grandparents met in Denver, and married (causing a stir because my grandmother was a German Jew and my grandfather was a Russian Jew). My grandfather then got ordained as a rabbi, and they moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After deciding it was too warm there, settled in Hamilton, ON where they live to this day.
Last edited by Goingonit on 24-06-2002 at 09:09
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Dr Strangelove
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quote:
Originally posted by Ramo
I'm 100% Bengali, AFAIK. Both of my parents are from Dhaka. |
My ancestors come almost entirley from the British Isles, thought there is supposedly a Native American in there as well. There's a very old, pre turn of the century, photograph in our collection in which one woman was always identified as this Native American relative. From the looks of her nose though I'd guess that her ancestors hailed from a tribe that originated on the other side of the Atlantic....South Atlantic, that is.
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Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
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French 100% on both sides.
On my mother's side we actually traced the family history, back to the first immigrant in "Nouvelle France" in 1654, just a few weeks ago. Originally he was from Normandie.
On my father's side, we don't have as many details. We just know that the name originates in Bretagne.
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Vesayen
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Mainly poland and turkey.
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24-06-2002 08:25
), further back from near Manchester...my grandfather's family from northwestern Germany (but no idea on a town or anything...)
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