Who Are You People?

lipstixgal · 02-28-2011, 05:47 PM

My family is greek on my father's side and italian on my mother's side but according to relatives in Greece my lineage goes back to Alexander the Great, I am a converted Jew by choice though!!

Arwen · 02-28-2011, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lipstixgal

My family is greek on my father's side and italian on my mother's side but according to relatives in Greece my lineage goes back to Alexander the Great, I am a converted Jew by choice though!!

I'm researching via ancestry.com and highly recommend it as a useful tool if you really want to get deep into it. Fascinating.

Passionaria · 02-28-2011, 10:16 PM

My family is Scandinavian. Swedish and Finnish. We are in contact with relatives in Finland, but not Sweden which is my Dads side. My Finish relatives live near Lapland. My cousin is doing the genealogy for the whole family on my Moms side. Our family goes back and forth visiting between Finland and the US. Now I know where my love of Coffee and Tango come from. lol. You would not believe it but the Tango is the most popular dance in Finland. We are know for being HOT BLODDED. There is also a huge Gypsy population in Finland. My Mom was raised speaking Finnish, but us kids never learned it. LOL, it was saved for secret conversations between my Mom and Grandma.

There you have it!

Rockinonahigh · 02-28-2011, 10:21 PM

Hi everyone,how ya been?Hear lately I have been geting some emails from my life .com...seem like a whole bunch of folks are looking for someone with my name..even my x.Bad vibes with that one.Anyone ever hear about mylife .com?
I havent till they poped up in my emails.

Arwen · 03-01-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Hi everyone,how ya been?Hear lately I have been geting some emails from my life .com...seem like a whole bunch of folks are looking for someone with my name..even my x.Bad vibes with that one.Anyone ever hear about mylife .com?
I havent till they poped up in my emails.

Never heard of it. Sounds fishy if they are sending you emails and you didn't sign up for it.

Linus · 03-02-2011, 02:54 PM

My family (both mother and father side) are Acadian. On my father's side they traced back to the first Acadian settlers in the 1600s in Grande Pre, Nova Scotia. And farther back to France. We've survived the Grande Deportation and I believe I have some distant cousins in Louisiana (Cajuns).

Arwen · 03-02-2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

My family (both mother and father side) are Acadian. On my father's side they traced back to the first Acadian settlers in the 1600s in Grande Pre, Nova Scotia. And farther back to France. We've survived the Grande Deportation and I believe I have some distant cousins in Louisiana (Cajuns).

That's very cool, Linus. Tracing backwards, to me, is fascinating.

Rockinonahigh · 03-02-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

Never heard of it. Sounds fishy if they are sending you emails and you didn't sign up for it.

Nope I didnt sign up or ask for then to contact me,but on the first email it had on it my xhubby(nut case) was looking for me,this thing is comeing from yahoo.com.If the old fart really was looking for me all he has to do is go to the place my son works then sugest J get me to call...not that I would.

Jess · 03-02-2011, 07:06 PM

So, I've recently become aware of a couple of those "skeletons".

We are somehow related to ( maternal grandmother's side) the White's of West Virginia. ( re: The wild and wonderful white's of west va). I am also the great great neice of Devil Anse Hatfield ( yes of Hatfield/McCoy feud).

I joined ancestry.com for the free membership to see what else I could find, but will try to hook up with my Aunt who has been tracing at least my maternal grandparent's roots and see what all she has dug up. I know part of my grandmothers family are Melungeon, and part I may never know as her parents were killed for being a "mixed" couple. I will hopefully find more of my grand dad's family and then I will begin looking more on my Dad's side.

What I do know so far on my Dad's side, is his father is Scot with lines back to Robert the Bruce and his mother was Dane and Polish. It may take a few years to track them and I may never be able to find them all, but it should prove very interesting!

Cool thread idea!

Thanks!

02-28-2011, 05:47 PM	#1
lipstixgal Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: coupled Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,028 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,690 Times in 1,064 Posts Rep Power: 1494761	My family is greek on my father's side and italian on my mother's side but according to relatives in Greece my lineage goes back to Alexander the Great, I am a converted Jew by choice though!! __________________ Gail

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Passionaria Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Urban Bohemian : http://youtu.be/IM96Ch9Gx4A Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: She ran away with with the Gypsy's ✿ Posts: 2,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,316 Thanked 3,737 Times in 1,248 Posts Rep Power: 16689910	yes! My family is Scandinavian. Swedish and Finnish. We are in contact with relatives in Finland, but not Sweden which is my Dads side. My Finish relatives live near Lapland. My cousin is doing the genealogy for the whole family on my Moms side. Our family goes back and forth visiting between Finland and the US. Now I know where my love of Coffee and Tango come from. lol. You would not believe it but the Tango is the most popular dance in Finland. We are know for being HOT BLODDED. There is also a huge Gypsy population in Finland. My Mom was raised speaking Finnish, but us kids never learned it. LOL, it was saved for secret conversations between my Mom and Grandma. There you have it! __________________ *Moon cat madness*

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Rockinonahigh Senior Member How Do You Identify?: stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: makes no diffrence,I know who I am. Relationship Status: single,maybe looking if the right person comes along. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 4,907 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,682 Thanked 14,933 Times in 3,938 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Hi everyone,how ya been?Hear lately I have been geting some emails from my life .com...seem like a whole bunch of folks are looking for someone with my name..even my x.Bad vibes with that one.Anyone ever hear about mylife .com? I havent till they poped up in my emails.

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Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	So, I've recently become aware of a couple of those "skeletons". We are somehow related to ( maternal grandmother's side) the White's of West Virginia. ( re: The wild and wonderful white's of west va). I am also the great great neice of Devil Anse Hatfield ( yes of Hatfield/McCoy feud). I joined ancestry.com for the free membership to see what else I could find, but will try to hook up with my Aunt who has been tracing at least my maternal grandparent's roots and see what all she has dug up. I know part of my grandmothers family are Melungeon, and part I may never know as her parents were killed for being a "mixed" couple. I will hopefully find more of my grand dad's family and then I will begin looking more on my Dad's side. What I do know so far on my Dad's side, is his father is Scot with lines back to Robert the Bruce and his mother was Dane and Polish. It may take a few years to track them and I may never be able to find them all, but it should prove very interesting! Cool thread idea! Thanks!