How Many Generations Has Your Family Been in Your Home Country?
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How Many Generations Has Your Family Been in Your Home Country?
Just curious.
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On my dad's side it's since 1789 when four German brothers came over. Many generations on my mom's side too and that was from England and Ireland. My wife and daughter were both born in China so they are total newbies except that they are about 95% Americanized.
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Nice idea dualstow!! We often forget that not too long ago, many of us/our families were the much-reviled immigrants of their day.
My mother immigrated as a child (her parents were Palestinian), and my father's family all came through Ellis Island. So no Mayflower heritage for me I'm afraid.
My mother immigrated as a child (her parents were Palestinian), and my father's family all came through Ellis Island. So no Mayflower heritage for me I'm afraid.
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Nor for me. A friend of mine claims Mayflower ancestry, but only three of my grandparents were born in the U.S., where I live. And *their* parents were all born in Hungary or nearby.
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Most came between 1730 and 1800. A few earlier and a few a couple of decades later.
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The poll is obviously biased towards recent immigrants. lol Am I like in the minority now or something if it takes a couple of generations to get to the point where my greats were NOT born here?
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I'd be happy to edit the poll if you want.MachineGhost wrote: The poll is obviously biased towards recent immigrants. lol Am I like in the minority now or something if it takes a couple of generations to get to the point where my greats were NOT born here?
I could have split up the second to bottom choice but when you think about it, you could have a really huge number there because I *Didn't* split it. I figure forum members from the UK, Germany, Japan, etc, the ancestors may go back as far as anyone can remember.
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Too late now. I already voted other. But there should have been a choice like "my great-grandparents at the very least, were born here". That's sufficiently removed. I've never heard of four-generation families starting with the greats. Is that possible?dualstow wrote: I'd be happy to edit the poll if you want.
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I'm distantly related to Thomas Jefferson. That's what the 23andme genetics testing told me. So we've been here forever (but didn't know it).
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Direct antecedents: On my dad's side of the family since the 1840's. On mom's side since the 1890's.
Collateral antecedents: Since the 1600's. Most of the descendents from the first wave of family immigrants now live in Canada. Having remained loyal to their country during the revolt, they were none too politely told to get the bleep out (but leave their property) after their side of the war was lost.
Collateral antecedents: Since the 1600's. Most of the descendents from the first wave of family immigrants now live in Canada. Having remained loyal to their country during the revolt, they were none too politely told to get the bleep out (but leave their property) after their side of the war was lost.
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Interesting!
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My mother's parents were born in Ireland. My father's mother was a first generation Irish-American. My paternal grandfather was of English, Welsh, Scotch-Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
There is a vague family rumor that I may also be of Native American and French ancestry, but I have hit a genealogical roadblock regarding the family line which is the most likely candidate for confirming or negating this rumor.
My father's WASP side goes back to an indentured servant who was brought to Philadelphia in 1711, where he converted to Quakerism.
I have made a tentative link to another WASP line which goes back to English Puritans who settled in Long Island in the 1650s; Long Island was then part of Dutch New Netherlands. But I have hit another genealogical roadblock in verifying this link.
There is a vague family rumor that I may also be of Native American and French ancestry, but I have hit a genealogical roadblock regarding the family line which is the most likely candidate for confirming or negating this rumor.
My father's WASP side goes back to an indentured servant who was brought to Philadelphia in 1711, where he converted to Quakerism.
I have made a tentative link to another WASP line which goes back to English Puritans who settled in Long Island in the 1650s; Long Island was then part of Dutch New Netherlands. But I have hit another genealogical roadblock in verifying this link.
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Have you tried 23andme?goodasgold wrote: I have made a tentative link to another WASP line which goes back to English Puritans who settled in Long Island in the 1650s; Long Island was then part of Dutch New Netherlands. But I have hit another genealogical roadblock in verifying this link.
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Well, being non-US. Dutch, my ancestors arrived in Holland in 1650 from Germany. However that part of Germany was in those days dutch.
Most relatives lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, where they arrived in 1910.
Most relatives lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, where they arrived in 1910.
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My mother's father was an immigrant from Russia, to avoid getting drafted into the Tsar's army in WWI.
I believe his wife was also from Russia.
My father's father was from the Austrian Empire, in what is now Ukraine (unfortunately, as if it were still Austria I might qualify for an Austrian passport). I'm not sure where his mother was from but I think it was also somewhere near there.
I believe his wife was also from Russia.
My father's father was from the Austrian Empire, in what is now Ukraine (unfortunately, as if it were still Austria I might qualify for an Austrian passport). I'm not sure where his mother was from but I think it was also somewhere near there.