There is a Joseph Robitaille, a 20-yr-old Canadian shoemaker, on the 1880 census for Cook County, IL, living as a boarder in Chicago with another Canadian shoemaker. Two years later (the same year in which Joseph and Philomene married), there […]
This is actually the most surprising part of the report. Apart from Americans, French people are the majority in my family tree. My grandmother on my father’s side was born in France and all her ancestors were from France. My […]
I think this 2% must be Vikings. William the Conqueror turns up on our family tree. As for people with actual records and evidence, none have Norwegian names and none were born in Norway. Ancestry includes Iceland and the Faroe […]
My Welsh DNA results are at the same level as the Spanish ones, but I actually have people on my family tree who were born in Wales. I believe this one. While searching for Spaniards yesterday I found Jean-Pierre who […]
Once again, this is a border area, with French people living in it. I don’t seem to have any Spaniards on my family tree, so I guess this is people living a bit south of Pau. I haven’t found them […]
8 per cent Basque. There it is, the exciting surprise bit. #1 daughter is 4% Basque, so she got all of this. This is the place where my Grandmother’s family has lived for seven generations that we know of. In […]
Ireland, for Ancestry, also includes part of France. The 16% is higher than I would have realized for Ireland, but there are at least some Irish names on my family tree. No people actually born in Ireland that I know. […]
Scotland also includes part of France. As I looked for English people yesterday I realized that all those Revolutionary War soldiers and such were probably English. Some of those Americans from the 16th and 17th centuries also were Scottish. I […]
Last week was Foyer Week, and the major challenge was the coat closet, which is like Fibber McGee’s closet. Or rather, it was. Now it is civilized, if still full. “Did you take everything out and put it all back […]
If you are familiar with Ancestry.com you have probably heard stories about people who were surprised by their DNA test results. They have always thought thy werePolish but discover that they are fact half Persian and half Italian! When I […]