Say something reasonable...How do you think your ancestors came here?

Answer 1

Legally

Answer 2

Well, since I am 1/4 native american, I would state that they were here in the beginning. And the ones that came here later did so BEFORE immigration laws were in place, or necessary for the survival of this nation.

I have traced back a lot of my ancestory, and I can tell you that NONE of my ancestors came here illegally. Both of my grandfathers fought in WWI and WWII, my father and father-in-law fought in Vietnam, as did my uncle. My family has shed blood for this nation. So I think that argument is moot.

Ask something reasonable - Do you honestly feel that a person should be allowed to pick and choose the laws they are going to follow? How about - if a person breaks a law due to poverty, should they be forgiven?

Answer 3

Great grandmother was full blooded Mohawk who married a French- Canadian. Grandmother married full-blooded German who came to America in the 1880's on a ship.My dad arrived in America in 1927 through Ellis Island at age 7.He was from the Ukraine.And so I am here.

Answer 4

Some walked across the land bridge between the UK and the Continent. Most others either migrated with trade or were invaders. It's a long history and very few records go back further than the 16th century, even less go further back to the Domesday book.

Answer 5

As far back as we can trace mine were born here, both sides were Cherokee Indians. We have studied our family genealogy and know this for a fact, before anyone says otherwise. It wasn't until my grandparents that we got some other mingling of cultures. I am very proud of my heritage. I am very sadden by the treatment they got from the foreigners that came in and took their land, and pushed them onto reservations. So I have no feelings for those complaining now about immigrants. What comes around goes around.

Answer 6

On a ship before America was America and we've been here and fought and died in every war the USA has been involved in since day one including the Revolutionary War. We were not here illegally. The USA set the boundaries and qualifications for immigration and my people we part of the birth of this nation. So illegal immigration is not acceptable in the USA today by law!

Answer 7

Some of my ancestors fled to Canada on boat to escape their war torn countries. The rest probably traveled over on a land\ice bridge thousands upon thousands of years ago.

Answer 8

My Native American Indian ancestors where here to begin with. All my other ancestors came here legally.

Answer 9

Original ancestors on Fathers paternal side came around 1720 from germany and on maternal side France and Seminole indian around 1764. My mothers original ancestors maternal side were irish around 1800 her paternal ancestors were original souix indian and norweign. Neither signed a paper or filled out a document for passage. One story says that my great great great great grandfather on my fathers side was a member of the Hutterites out of Czech and Germany territories and met a noble woman from France. They fell in love and their relationship was a secret. She had 2 sons from the relationship and was ostricized and lived in a convent till she died. In 1689, my great ect borded a ship with the 2 boys escaping from religious persecution for being a Hutterite (look up Hutterites/ Christian based religion but similar to Amish but accept some modern conveniences) and to escape his beloveds father trying to kill him and the 2 boys. They snuck on to a ship from france to Spain and was able to get work for passage to the American Continent. As the story goes he set home up somewhere in a port somewhere in the gulf of Mexico possibly the louisiana/Mississippi territory and met an native American woman and married and lived with her and had 2 other children before his death in about 1745. The life record shows nothing from the time he married till his death but about 10 to 15 yrs later his 3rd son from his indian wife had married a seminole/french woman (she had a native american name can't remember what it is) and then so begins my fathers great great grandfathers history. So, if it is all true then I am illegal back 250yrs ago. My mothers side we are still researching. The story of her ancestors starts with a Norwiegn nanny for a colonial family coming over before 1755 but have only turned up the marriage record on 1764. My mothers father though was full Norweign when he married my grandmother back in 1927. He came with his parents in 1894 through Ellis Island and my grandmother was 3 quarters souix indian and irish decent. But like I said, still searching.

And by the way - Joe R is right. Many of the Ellis Island people were sent back if they were not sponsored or were held in holding "cities" till they could be proved of good health and of good moral character.

Answer 10

My dad's grandparents came on a boat from Naples in 1900, through Ellis Island.
My mom, uncles and her parents came on a boat from France in 1955 on a sponsorship.

All legally.

Answer 11

On a ship and they came LEGALLY. They then crossed the plains west in wagons and handcarts.

My mother came from Canada, by plane, LEGALLY!