Tell me the story of your ancestors that has been passed down.?

Question

I want to hear stories of Grandparents coming to the U.S. Or stories of you tracing your family tree, and what you have found from tracing your roots. For example, famous people, not from now, but those who helped to build the U.S.

Answer 1

I have been tracing my family for almost 5 years, and have found many interesting stories. One of my ancestors left her husband and three small children for a travelling salesman, many died in either the Civil War or Revolutionary War, but the strangest story on my side is the couple who were investigated because all 5 of their children died of accidental poisonings within a 4 month period.

On my husband's side, his 4th great grandfather was shot and killed over a land dispute, and his great grandfather died in a buggy accident. His great uncle survived the Bataan Death March, only to die on a transport ship a couple of months later.

On my father's side, I learned that the story we had grown up with of how my grandparents came to this country was incorrect. We were brought up being told they came together, but facts show they came 4 years apart.

I have tons of other fun stories - and some pretty famous family members. Richard M. Nixon, Abraham Lincoln, John Alden - just to name a couple. My database is at almost 100,000 now and growing daily.

Answer 2

After tracing my mother's family tree back they found we were related to Abraham Lincoln and way back to Queen Elizabeth II. But on my father's side, they were all Bohemian from what used to be the country of Bohemia. The story goes that they were fleeing the country as it was taken over by the Czech Republic and when they got here, they worked as indentured servents until they could pay off their fare for the trip over. And everyone in my grandparents generation all married only people from Bohemia. But then, the kids all split off and married from other groups. But up until my father's generation - they claim we were pure Bohemian.

Answer 3

my family is 100% Irish all the way.
My grandfather served in WW1. When he finally got his bonus in the 20's he and my grandmother spent hours arguing over how to spend it. Both were drinkers, and finally one night he had enough and put the money on the kitchen table, poured lighter fluid over it and set it on fire. My grandmother managed to put a lot of it out and, since she was drunk also, she was so pissed at him she grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the leg.
I have since learned that genealogy in my family is tough to trace since al the ladies had boyfriends. Drunk ones, of course, and very few people before my generation went beyond the 3rd grade.
It's no wonder I am screwed up!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well, according to my grandmother. I am related to Eric the Red, Richard the Lionheart, and that is my father's side. My mother was related to Blackbeard the Pirate. Father's side it Welsh, English, and Scottish, and my mother's German and Scott-irish.

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