Where in the world did your ancestors come from?

[senior citizen]

WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOUR ANCESTORS COME FROM?

I'll begin with my paternal side......who came to New York City via Ellis Island in the mid 1800's to 1899.

No fancy cruise ships in those days.......
The trip began in steerage; the ship sailed from Port of Naples.

They left their place of birth, which was:
Laurenzana Potenza Basilicata, Italia (southern Italy mountain town)

[bkcunningham1]

My father's family came from England and Germany to what is now known as Floyd County in Virginia. In 1775, my grandfather's great-great-grandfather worked with Daniel Boone in his expedition to mark the Wilderness Trail through the Cumberland Gap.

My mother's family is Cherokee and came from what is now known as Virginia and North Carolina.

[Topspinmo]

Wattenwil, Switzerland. Descendants of Susanna Zimmerman and Cristian Columbus Schank (died 1879) (later spelled as Schenk) New York down the Eire Canal to Andrew Co. Mo.

Around Bern Switzerland, Peter Moser SR (died 1873) and Anna Which settled in Nodaway county Mo. 1840's.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

My paternal grandfather came from New Brunswick, Canada. His father was from Fraserburgh, Scotland. My paternal grandmother was also from New Brunswick. Her father came from France and her mother from Scotland.

My maternal grandparents came from Italy. My mother was born here shortly after they arrived. She may have been "on board" with them.

[Boudicca]

Although born in the UK, family lore had our family roots in Germany and Ireland. I submitted my DNA to Ancestry, and through the DNA analysis and their search engines , I discovered I am 68% Swedish, with the remainder evenly split between Iberia and Northern Spain. Surprise. My g.grandmother who always claimed to have moved from Ireland as an infant with her mother, was in fact born in London. Go figure. Got lots more digging on Ancestry. The small percent of Jewish genes, solved the mystery of my sudden catastrophic vision loss. I probably carry the "Lebors" gene.

[Villages PL]

I think we all came from the same place, wherever it was that human life started. If it hasn't changed, the theory is that human life started in Africa. At least that's what I've heard.

Although, I also heard that life started in the Garden of Eden.

Suppose I decide to write to the record's department to see if I can verify this. Would I simply address my letter to, "Garden of Eden"?

[patfla06]

England and Ireland.

[NotGolfer]

My grandparents and/or great-grandparents came over from Prussia, Holland and Denmark.

I've been thinking about submitting my DNA to Ancestory as well, just because I'm curious. Heard it's about $99.00 ....but that there's another one that's a bit more costly. Is the former worth it or should I do the costlier one??

Shrandell wrote:

" born in the UK, family lore had our family roots in Germany and Ireland. I submitted my DNA to Ancestry, and through the DNA analysis and their search engines , I discovered I am 68% Swedish, with the remainder evenly split between Iberia and Northern Spain. Surprise. My g.grandmother who always claimed to have moved from Ireland as an infant with her mother, was in fact born in London. Go figure. Got lots more digging on Ancestry. The small percent of Jewish genes, solved the mystery of my sudden catastrophic vision loss. I probably carry the "Lebors" gene."

[rubicon]

My paternal and maternal grandparents emigrated from the Campania Region (Naples). My maternal grandfather was born and raised in Foggia and my grandmother in a village nearby

[applesoffh]

My father's parents were from Ribera, Sicily and my mother's parents were from Menfi (grandfather) and Palermo (grandmother), both in Sicily. All came through Ellis Island in the early part of the 1900's, around the turn of the century.

[Halibut]

I've been thinking about submitting my DNA to Ancestory as well, just because I'm curious. Heard it's about $99.00 ....but that there's another one that's a bit more costly. Is the former worth it or should I do the costlier one??

I used 23andme, which is currently $99 and which gives fairly detailed results. Wikipedia has a list of companies (http://www.isogg.org/wiki/List_of_DNA_testing_companies) that offer ancestry DNA testing to consumers.

[2newyorkers]

My family are mostly from Germany (Prussia) and France. They arrived in NY via Castle Garden in the 1880's.
My husband's mother's family were part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and original founders of eastern Long Island. One 9th great grandfather was the 3rd Patroon of Staten Island when the Dutch were the settlers of New York City.

[onslowe]

My parents were from two different County Monaghan towns in Ireland, and both went to England during the Depression. Dad was drafted into the British Army and fought throughout the North African and Italian campaigns. I was a British post war baby. Dad cam out to the States about nine months ahead of us to get a place to live (basement) and a job with Con Edison in NYC and as a work out superintendent in our five story coal burning tenement.

[Hancle704]

Papenburg Germany Via Ellis Island, NY

[llaran]

Familytreedna

[SMills]

I used National Geographic's DNA test and found out that I am Danish and Greek; now I want to trace my ancestors and find out who they were. Amazing what a swab to the inside of your jaw can discover.

[eweissenbach]

German on my father's side, Scotch/Irish on my mother's side. My father's parents were first generation Americans who grew up in "Little Rhineland" in east-central Missouri.

[Loudoll]

DNA is the only search I would do although I have a great chart of both sides of my family that goes way way back. We don't like to bring these things up, but how can you count on knowing who your ancestors really are? Takes only one "love affair" to throw it all off.

[senior citizen]

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[DonH57]

Familytreedna

I used Family Tree as well. I'm a mix of german, swiss, and scot. :)

[jean1954]

My maternal grandparents were from Tusa, Sicily and my paternal grandparents were from Lomza, Poland.

[lovsthosebigdogs]

Although born in the UK, family lore had our family roots in Germany and Ireland. I submitted my DNA to Ancestry, and through the DNA analysis and their search engines , I discovered I am 68% Swedish, with the remainder evenly split between Iberia and Northern Spain. Surprise. My g.grandmother who always claimed to have moved from Ireland as an infant with her mother, was in fact born in London. Go figure. Got lots more digging on Ancestry. The small percent of Jewish genes, solved the mystery of my sudden catastrophic vision loss. I probably carry the "Lebors" gene.

I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?

[asianthree]

My moms side was here when you all arrived. Native American

[mtdjed]

From a planet Far, Far away according to my wife. Just Kidding. A little bit of Ireland, Germany, and Scotland and of course the Great United States.

[Loudoll]

I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?
Your beautiful dog looks like it would have an impressive ancestory.

[cattywampus]

I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?

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Try the spelling as "LEBER" .
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[senior citizen]

I Googled "Lebors" and nothing came up. What in the world is "Lebors" and how does that affect vision and relate to Judaism?




Leber hereditary optic neuropathy - Genetics Home Reference (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/leber-hereditary-optic-neuropathy)

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

[senior citizen]

From a planet Far, Far away according to my wife. Just Kidding. A little bit of Ireland, Germany, and Scotland and of course the Great United States.



NOVA | The Star In You (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/star-in-you.html)

NOVA The Star In You

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[TrudyM]

People always said my family was from the moon as we were weird. However I have a complete tree from both sides going back to the 1700's. I didn't do it. Moms is from the family bible and Dad at the Huguenot Society in New Paltz N.Y. So English and French on Moms side and French with a little Dutch thrown in on Dads. I was told that I had too many redundant genic markers and that a child from a different group than Huguenot would be best. Married a Japanese from Hawaii so I guess that is about as far as you can get from Huguenot French.

[justjim]

On my dad's side The Isle of Mann---mother Dutch and German. Wife's grandfather was half Native American. Our family history is still a work in progress.

[yankees101]

My father's parents came from Ireland, my mother's grandparents came from Germany.

[Trish Crocker]

I just prepared my sample this morning and shipping it to Ancestry.com. I can trace my mothers parents and my fathers mother but absolutely nothing on my paternal grandfather. Maybe I don't want to know?? :) I found a copy of his draft card but nothing else. Whatever I find out will be interesting.

[gap2415]

My maternal father's family - Arrived early 1600s as a sea captain from Scotland in Boston, ditched the ship and moved to Vermont, later to Ontario, Canada and then the family split, half in Canada, half in US...like so many others.
Fathers family..GREENOCK, Scotland but hints that earlier they left the UK spent a few generations in France then back again...finally they sailed west! Yay!

[pbkmaine]

Mom's family is entirely Irish. They came in through Canada and settled in Caledonia NY around the turn of the 20th Century. Dad's family came over with the wave of Amish and Mennonite farmers offered refuge by William Penn in the late 1600s and early 1700s. They settled in what became Pennsylvania Dutch Country. They are mostly Swiss and German with a good smattering of Scandinavians. Lots of Masons in Dad's family.