Anything or anyone "interesting" in your family tree?

[Butch]

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?

[Derek Dangleberries]

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!

[forqalso]

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.

[Aqualung]

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. 

 

[forqalso]

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.

[thegrogmonster]

No idea and to be honest I have no interest in finding out.

[Yesitisdakid]

Based on how I came out I don't want to know I can only imagine.

[fygjam]

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, 2024 by fygjam

[Glasseye]

Mom did a very detailed geneology. Both her side and Dads.

 

Lot of blokes from Scotland, so I know it can't be good.

[coxyhog]

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.

[Krapow]

[galenkia]

Considering I don’t have any family left it’s all pretty irrelevant to me.

[Aqualung]

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. 

[galenkia]

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.

[Krapow]

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.

[Scottie]

My dad was Scottish and in the Navy.He was in the shio near the sinking

of the Hood.

[maipenrai]

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. 

[ChiFlyer]

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 December 11, 2024 by ChiFlyer

[AJSP]

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 😎

[galenkia]

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.😀

[Horizondave]

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.

[Stillearly]

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