Where in the world did your ancestors come from?
 

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)

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.

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.

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.

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 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"?

England and Ireland.

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."

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

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.

I used 23andme, which is currently $99 and which gives fairly detailed results. Wikipedia has a list of companies that offer ancestry DNA testing to consumers.

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.

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.

Papenburg Germany Via Ellis Island, NY

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