Butch Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Going as far back as the 16th century, my ancestors include: A sheep rustler, a bread thief, a "peeler" (early policeman) and numerous trawlermen who were involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk, as well as a member of the "Light Brigade". One was murdered, one lost in the sinking of on the HMS Hood , one a serial bigamist and lastly, a family member who was deported to Australia as a criminal for a rather shameful but nonetheless honourable family tradition of "promiscuous acts involving another man", but I'm going on family tree history rather than historical facts on that one. Read as I see 'em. Anyone, or am I still a Forum pariah? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 19 minutes ago, Butch said: Going as far back as the 16th century, my ancestors include: My eldest sister was into tracing our family tree. One branch (or root!) takes us back to Harry Page the Dorset Pirate .. His nickname "Arripaye" sounds almost Thinglish! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Using ancestry.com, I traced my family to St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars, in London. I thought the “above the bars” parts was very fitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Interesting topic. Thanks for posting. However, me and my daughter both signed up at Ancestry. Com for a 14 day trial. Works wonders until you get to the early 19th century then feck all. No doubt it works wonders if you are willing to pay. All I know, and proud to know is that I have a relative commemorated in Kanchanaburi war cemetery. And my great uncle George was aboard HMS Albatross when it was torpedod just off the coast of France. RIP George able seaman. His younger brother James ( Jim) at age 16 buggered off to Northern Ireland to join up with the Black and Tans. Luckily he came back unscathed. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 I paid for the dna test years ago and it gave me unlimited free access for a long time. Now, I just went back, and while it kept everything I’d found out, it’s asking for money to add anymore. I think my 14th great-grandfather circa 1513 is far enough. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 No idea and to be honest I have no interest in finding out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Based on how I came out I don't want to know I can only imagine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 (edited) If some are to be believed, in my past are a couple who liked to run around naked while nicking fruit from orchards. Oh and they had an encounter with a talking snake. Edited December 1 by fygjam 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted Sunday at 08:53 AM Share Posted Sunday at 08:53 AM Mom did a very detailed geneology. Both her side and Dads. Lot of blokes from Scotland, so I know it can't be good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted Sunday at 09:58 AM Share Posted Sunday at 09:58 AM My mum did some research on her ancestors,some of whom moved from their native Norfolk down to the west country which must've been some journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted Tuesday at 09:02 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:02 PM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted Tuesday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:17 PM Considering I don’t have any family left it’s all pretty irrelevant to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted Tuesday at 10:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:47 PM 1 hour ago, galenkia said: Considering I don’t have any family left it’s all pretty irrelevant to me. Still, it could be interesting G. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted Tuesday at 11:00 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:00 PM 11 minutes ago, Aqualung said: Still, it could be interesting G. You never know. My dad’s family had an English background, and my mum a Scottish and Irish background. I do know my mums uncle fought Rommel’s army in North Africa. And her dad served in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted Tuesday at 11:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:09 PM I won't do them as i sorted myself out before they was mandatory DNA collecting on arrest. So as i far as i know, i'm not on the system 'as me'. I know my DNA will be on the system in the Netherlands from my blood for something naughty i had done before i got clean. But there would be no match. So, maybe just paranoid, but i don't want to take any unnecessary risks, incase my DNA gets flagged up on same compulsory database or other. I know these ancestry companies say they don't share, but i wouldn't be so sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted yesterday at 01:22 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:22 PM My dad was Scottish and in the Navy.He was in the shio near the sinking of the Hood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM My father was born into German aristocracy in German South West Africa, which later became Namibia; his parents separated when he was eight years old and he moved with his mother and siblings to Bavaria in Germany. In 1930 after he finished his education, he emigrated to Canada and didn't return to Europe until he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1939; after the war he returned to Canada where he spent the rest of his life. He met my mother on a bus in Birmingham one day and she emigrated to Canada in 1949 to join him. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted yesterday at 04:04 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:04 PM (edited) My father was a WWII war hero. He earned two bronze stars for bravery as well as numerous other medals. He was part of the first charge at Omaha on D-Day. My historian cousin recently put together a couple of boards with all of the medals and citations. I gifted these things to my younger son, as he is the type of person who would honor these items. My father entered the Army as a buck private in the early 1930s to find a way to make a living given the effects of the dust bowl and American Depression. He died 4 days before my second birthday in combat in Korea. He was killed by friendly fire. I have no memories of the man other than what I have been told. We have in our family possession a book on the history of Texas that was written in the late 1800s. I gifted this book to my daughter-in-law who is a bit of a genealogist. The male namesake of our family was Scottish. He borrowed the landlord's English name and packed the family up to travel to North Carolina. Word is he had the landlord's permission in order to escape some planned skullduggery by the "Bloody British" against the Scots in the area. This was in the late 1700s. The family quickly proceeded West and ended up in Western Texas where they are mentioned for building bridges and some other infrastructure improvements, For the next 200 years my forebears married Irish lases. I would guess this was attributable to the potato famine in Ireland. My father broke with this and married an American woman of Czech decent. Not much is known about this branch of the family before they entered the US in the early 1900s. The ones that came over were primarily carpenters and they built their own houses on the Southwest side of Chicago. Word is I had an uncle who was murdered by the Capone mob for moving into one of their territories. Edited yesterday at 04:13 PM by ChiFlyer 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 20 hours ago, galenkia said: My dad’s family had an English background, and my mum a Scottish and Irish background. I do know my mums uncle fought Rommel’s army in North Africa. And her dad served in France. Nothing compared to Fulham away 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 1 minute ago, AJSP said: Nothing compared to Fulham away 😎 I think I would have taken Rommel’s army over Millwall’s Bushwacker’s back in the day.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago My dad once said he could trace his family tree back to Rob Roy, and beyond that, there was a skeleton in the cupboard, he stopped right there. Mother's side, no idea, although it goes way back in Wales. Dad's side from his father is Scottish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago I've gone back to the 1600's on my maternal side and the late 1700's on my Paternal side I found it very enjoyable and satisfying, especially when you find records to confirm ancestors BMDs which then give you a clue to a previous generation I haven't looked at it for a couple of years now , but just opened up my Ancestry tree and might check a few hints out over Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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