How far back can you trace your ancestry?

[meltdown75]

Topic.

Me: Not very far, only to my Mother's parents and my Dad who was adopted! So, collectively only 3 generations??!!

:Q

edit: 3 generations thx Russianpower

 

[Thurgo0dy]

all the way back to africa (dad's side) to germany(mom's side) although my mom was born in germany...so the german isnt very impressive

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Topic.

Me: Not very far, only to my Mother's parents and my Dad who was adopted! So, collectively only 2 generations??!!

:Q

3 generations
1. grandparents
2. parents
3. yourself

 

[KoolDrew]

Not very far.

 

[Aves]

Only to my grandparents, all of which are dead.

 

[imported_Hi]

about 7 generations from Spain

 

[HappyPuppy]

Clear back to Cain, Bro!

 

[FoBoT]

assuming this stuff is right, i have a packet of papers from my sister, it says

86Th Generation
Nuadha-Fionn Fail , King of Ireland, Reigned 24 years
Slain by Brease, son of Art Imleach, he was married. Nuadha-Fionn Fail King of Ireland had the following children:
Simon Breas King of Ireland. Reigned 6 years, Slain by Sidna

it doesn't give a year when he lived

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
assuming this stuff is right, i have a packet of papers from my sister, it says

86Th Generation
Nuadha-Fionn Fail , King of Ireland, Reigned 24 years
Slain by Brease, son of Art Imleach, he was married. Nuadha-Fionn Fail King of Ireland had the following children:
Simon Breas King of Ireland. Reigned 6 years, Slain by Sidna

it doesn't give a year when he lived

:Q that is pretty interesting!

 

[Thurgo0dy]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
assuming this stuff is right, i have a packet of papers from my sister, it says

86Th Generation
Nuadha-Fionn Fail , King of Ireland, Reigned 24 years
Slain by Brease, son of Art Imleach, he was married. Nuadha-Fionn Fail King of Ireland had the following children:
Simon Breas King of Ireland. Reigned 6 years, Slain by Sidna

it doesn't give a year when he lived

wow

 

[ts3433]

OTOH, it's probably 5-7 generations on my dad's side; the earliest person mentioned in our 40-page history of that side of the family immigrated to the US from Norway in the late 19th century.

My mom's side I wouldn't know.

 

[Drakkon]

On my dads side its crazy...we were from england and someone was a Duke or a Lord or something cause we traced it back 9 or 10 generations to the late 1200's to 1300's so i got coat of arms stuff and everything...now we're all poor redneck americans

 

[Slacker]

Prior to the 1700's it gets a bit difficult to be certain, but there are links back as far as the 1100's , my mom has spent fourty years researching both sides of our family tree.

 

[mwtgg]

Umm.. 6 on my dad's side, 8 on my mom's.

 

[meltdown75]

wow. some nice responses. this was inspired by trygve's response in another thread, so :beer: for trygve.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

8 generations on my fathers side, to the first mayor of Cincinnati who first came from germany to fight with washington against the british.

 

[Conky]

I am 12th generation American following my grandmother's lineage. That goes back to pilgrim days or something like that.

 

[frodrick]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
assuming this stuff is right, i have a packet of papers from my sister, it says

86Th Generation
Nuadha-Fionn Fail , King of Ireland, Reigned 24 years
Slain by Brease, son of Art Imleach, he was married. Nuadha-Fionn Fail King of Ireland had the following children:
Simon Breas King of Ireland. Reigned 6 years, Slain by Sidna

it doesn't give a year when he lived

according to http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text037.html, nuadha fionn fail was the grandfather of simeon breac. who's to say that they are right though..

 

[EyeMWing]

MacBeth, king of Scotland. Died 1057. I'm sure that with such a historical figure, there'd be no problem tracing back from there, but nobody's bothered because, hell, he's just so cool

We hit royalty in several other countries and in several other time periods. From riches to rags, in less than 1000 years.

 

[amol]

my grandfather has an ancestry tree back in india, i am approximately 38th generation

going a few generations back, my great-great-grandfather was the cousin of Mohandas K. Ghandi

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've been told that I'm a direct decendent to King Harald, the Norseman King who died in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Whether or not it's true I have no idea though.

 

[amol]

you know what's weird?

if you go WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY back . . .



we're all related! :Q

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

1360 on my father's side

 

[JulesMaximus]

My Dad's side I can trace back to the Revolutionary War. My Grandmother is a DAR.

My Mom's side I can trace back to the late 1800s when her ancestors came here from Sweden and settled in Northern Michigan.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Amol
you know what's weird?

if you go WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY back . . .



we're all related! :Q

That's the scariest fvcking thing I've ever read here! :Q