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[songbird]

I'm not an American born at all.  in fact, I became an immigrant by accident.  My father moved us from Italy to take a job teaching at university.  Eventually after my father's death, we decided to become citizens. Otherwise I would have grown up in Italy. My son became the first born US citizen in my family.  So if I don't qualify for the DAR,  I can trace my family in the province of Lombardy to the middle ages. 

[VanSleepy]

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@sunshine45 wrote:

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@Nomorebirthdays wrote:

I never was interested in my ancestors.

My family is red, white and blue.

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i have to say, i have NEVER heard anyone say that before.......

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Now you're hearing another person say it :-)  

[YorkieonmyPillow]

I've never been interested in geneology. As far as I know and have been told, I am English, Dutch, Irish, and German.

[sunshine45]

"We must remember that we are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, and High Culture, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach forward. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching."

- paul tsongas

[SahmIam]

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@Noel7 wrote:

Some of my mother's ancestors came here before the Revolutionary War and fought in it.  Others of hers came in the late 1800s from Ireland. I recently discovered one of her grandmothers was French born and raised.

My father's parents and relatives were from Wales, came here in the 1800s and were endogamous, they married other Welsh settlers.

However, I'm hoping that when I get tested, it might show a little Viking, lol.  A lot of people from the UK had a Viking ancestor from the raids, and from those who stayed and settled in what we know of as the UK.

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My husband's family has been traced to 1066 so far; Norse blood through and through- the bloodline came to the UK via William I. The search continues as my son picks up where his great-grandfather (who died in 1973) left off. It takes time but having the internet has made it much easier vs what his grandfather had to do (archives, travel, etc). Actually, that sounds MORE fun, lol!

[KathyPet]

BEing referred to as a immigrant is a once and done status.  THe person who immigrated here is the immigrant. THere is no generational naming convention attached to,successive generations except first, second or whatever generation Americans.

[Burnsite]

Both my parents were born in the US, but their parents were immigrants, a heritage I am proud of and that our country was built on.

[Shanus]

@depglass. IMO, except for the American Indians, we are all immigrants, no?

[Noel7]

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@SahmIam wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

Some of my mother's ancestors came here before the Revolutionary War and fought in it.  Others of hers came in the late 1800s from Ireland. I recently discovered one of her grandmothers was French born and raised.

My father's parents and relatives were from Wales, came here in the 1800s and were endogamous, they married other Welsh settlers.

However, I'm hoping that when I get tested, it might show a little Viking, lol.  A lot of people from the UK had a Viking ancestor from the raids, and from those who stayed and settled in what we know of as the UK.

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My husband's family has been traced to 1066 so far; Norse blood through and through- the bloodline came to the UK via William I. The search continues as my son picks up where his great-grandfather (who died in 1973) left off. It takes time but having the internet has made it much easier vs what his grandfather had to do (archives, travel, etc). Actually, that sounds MORE fun, lol!

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Hi @SahmIam

That's so exciting!  Get DNA from his dad and others in the line tested.  Mothers don't carry all the DNA.  

[jeanlake]

Fascinating subject. A biology instructor told me since I have light, gray-blue eyes, don't bother getting my DNA analyzed, I'm predominately Western European. Which makes me think -- since we're all a combination of immigrants -- what was our ancestors' journeys like? How would our ancestors want us to reflect upon immigrants? I'm going to think about this over the next few days. My Scottish ancestors migrated up the Appalachian Mountains and played a positive role in the Revolutionary War, as told by my grandfather. I would like to know more about that. Wish I had asked more questions.