Question of the Day - Sunday, November 9th, 2025

[azurbanclucker]

My Aunt did Ancestry, so we have a bit of info on Mom's side. I keep forgetting to ask her for the info.

My Dad and I did it the hard way and chased our history back through records. Dad's been doing it for probably 30 years now. We have his side back to the 1450's in England. It's hard to get much older than that due to poorly preserved records, fires, and just general data loss. I'm the 13th generation of my family in an unbroken line to live in what's now the US.

 

[Sally PB]

Hubby and I did Ancestry a couple years ago. He wanted to trace his family back as far as he could. His mother had traced some of her family back to the 1500s the old fashioned way, with research in the Pittsburgh library, among other places.

 

[BDutch]

A nephew first cousin of mine traced my fathers family into the early 17th century. They didn’t move around very far. The oldest family members where craftsmen and lived just 20 km from where my nephew and I were born on the other side of the border with Belgium. In those days there was no border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Edited mistake. We use the same word (neef) for both nephew and cousin.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Nope

 

[Cebarmlds]

No

 

[BoundlessLove]

No

 

[cavemanrich]

I have the 23 and me.
Interesting findings. Basically European
But possibly 300+ years back,,,
My moms roots are from the Middle East
Dads roots are from Far east.
Also Am 2.8% Neanderthal.
That may answer some of my liking of certain music styles.

So far nobody has purchased my info, and tried to take advantage of me. Not sure what they can do with it.
I do enjoy watching Finding Your Roots.

And like I mentioned in my Question. If you are a criminal,, the government swabs them all now.