Your Pedigree ?

We all have roots . I believe in the human genome trail of tears which had us all walking out of Africa millennium ago . For the sake of this thread however , more recent is best .

My mothers family are Syrians and Irish . The later wave of Boston Irish . The Syrians departed Damascus in 1914 .

My fathers family is essentially one of the founding families of Quebec . Arrived in 1620 from Normandy . Definitely a different heritage than a founding family of Massachusetts or Virginia . I consider this video our official "Family Video" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLXo19248g

{Excuse the short intro and sortie'}

How about you ?

My roots are pretty much entirely English, Irish and Scottish;
with nary an 'exotic' ancestor to be found
Successful small businesspeople looking for freedom from rigid class and tax systems don't make much of a thrilling origin story!

I'm a mutt with some pretty detailed records. Ways lots old puritanical scots on one side. If you believe in that genetic memory stuff and what to go by first degree of separation in the way which makes most sense then I was born and raised in Manhattan and graduated from F.I.T.

So there's some designer all mixed up in there

*giggles* My pedigree is too convoluted to make any sense after my great-grandparents. But, hey, it does make for good story-time when I actually pay attention and try to keep things straight. Even still, lol, it's a lot to process... The most recurring thing I remember in the stories is people moving here and there for reasons I forget...

I have a large stack of geanealogical papers. Some pretty interesting charactors here and there. My fathers side, father came to america in 1776 as an endentured master baker. On my moms side someone had a castle and when they died they sold it and divided the loot amongst all of the descendants. I think she got 5 bucks.
My kids are lucky because of their moms side. She comes from a pirate and a moroccan princess who's hideout was manhatten island before there was anybody else there ! Her grandfather was one of the engineers who helped build the Panama canal.

I only really know on my mum's side as my father's family tree hasn't been done. I can trace back to King Alfred the Great of England and King Malcolm II of Scotland.

I got into genealogy back in the 90s. Did some checking, found some rich resources, traced much of my ancestry back to the boats. Being small town New England there are several Mayflowers passengers (if you find one, its likely you'll find several). Most lines lead to southern England. There's also a Scot, a Welshman, and a Donovan who may have come from Ireland.
You can have a look if you like.
I even wrote the software that generated the HTML files from a GEDCOM file. I stopped writing software when I was sidetracked by this thing called 'compost' and never looked back.

Some persons of note:
7th cousin 4 removed from FDR common ancestors=Edward Southworth/Alice
Carpenter
6th cousin five times removed of 13th President Millard Fillmore
common=Edmund Littlefield/Annis Austin
Mayflower line:
Father's side
10g grandson of John Alden of the Mayflower
10g grandson of Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower
11g grandson of William Mullins of the Mayflower
11g grandson of Alice (Atwood) Mullins of the Mayflower
11g grandson of William Brewster of the Mayflower
11g grandson of Mary Brewster of the Mayflower
10g grandson of Love Brewster of the Mayflower
9g grandson of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower
9g grandson of Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins of the Mayflower
8g grandson of Constance Hopkins of the Mayflower
Mother's side:
grandson of Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower
grandson of Mary (Norris) Allerton of the Mayflower
grandson of Mary Allerton of the Mayflower
grandson of Richard Warren of the Mayflower
relations to persons of note:
11th great grand nephew of Nathaniel Ingersoll. Many of the Salem
Witch Trials were held at his home

The Allerton family is interesting. This makes me something like a 12th cousin to Burra Maluca. NO KIDDING!

My name is shannon spencer. With my stimulus check I did my ancestry dna and discovered I am the 11th great grand-daughter of Constance Hopkins.
This is very exciting for me. I would love to trace my roots to see by which parent am related to her but its all confusing for me.
So to all my family members I am related to through Constance I would absolutely love to meet and get to know you no matter how far removed etc. I think this is great!
My email is:
Shannons3870@gmail.com
Shannonspencer3870@gmail.com
I hope to hear from any and all of you! Sitting on pins and needles to connect with relatives i didn't even know i had!!

Shannon, welcome to the forum!

I looked up Constance Hopkins to see who she was.

I don't know if related though my tree goes back to John Hopkins 1472-1520 of Beaminster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.

Hi Shannon; Welcome to Permies!
My mom and sister are/were genealogy fanatics.
They have more information about our family than you can imagine.
Dad's side is relatively easy from 1900 on. Both his parents emigrated from Italy. Before then info is limited.
Dad and all his siblings were all born in America, just barely for some.
Mom's side is all New England Blue blood, apparently, none were on the Mayflower, but not very long after the first relative emigrated.
We have a family member's personal diary as a Confederate Civil War prison camp survivor.
Mom was, and Sis is still, a member of the  "Daughter of the American Revolution" (DAR)
Apparently, According to my mom, I qualify as a Son of the American Revolution. (SAR)
No famous or important persons that I was ever told about, just normal people.

I have several relationships with Ken:

Fear Brewster 1606–1634 is a 13th great-grandmother along with her husband Isaac Allerton.

Her father, William Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brewster_(Mayflower_passenger)

Ken said, "The Allerton family is interesting. This makes me something like a 12th cousin to Burra Maluca.

I guess that makes me related too, though not sure how.

Ken, said, "11th great grand nephew of Nathaniel Ingersoll. Many of the Salem Witch Trials were held at his home

Every time the Salem Witch Trails is on TV I have to look up our relationship for dear hubby. 9th Gr-grandaunts

Executed by hanging 1692

Rebecca Nurse was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. [Wikipedia]

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21096565/person/172467386658/facts

Rebecca's two sisters were also on trial:

Executed by hanging in Salem in 1692

Mary (Towne) Eastey was a defendant in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts. She was executed by hanging in Salem in 1692 [Wikipedia]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Eastey

Held in Prison as a witch 1692 Salem, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sarah Cloyce (Cloyes; née Towne; c. 1641 – 1703) was among the many accused during Salem Witch Trials inc. two sisters, Rebecca Nurse + Mary Eastey, who were both executed. Cloyce was about 50-years-old at the time and was held many moths [Wikipedia]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Cloyce