Gosh, I am a freak about my family tree, and it would take a long time for me to explain my lines in America, tracing back to where...
FATHER'S FATHER'S SIDE:
-(My surname) goes back to seven generations ago in Worcestershire, England.
-The surname PxxxxxS is suspected to have gone back to Norway, but no definite proofs yet. I probably am sixth generation from this Norwegian line.
-The surname GxxxxxxxN is traced back to the Netherlands, among one of the first families to have settled in Gravesend, Long Island. I would be tenth generation from this line.
-The surname TxxxxxxD goes back to England, with me being the eleventh generation from this line.
- The surname CxxxxN is said to go back to the Netherlands, and I would be also the eleventh generation on this line.
FATHER'S MOTHER'S SIDE:
- (My father's mother's surname) goes back to England, who was a missionary worker who married an American Indian and had a family. I am seventh generation from that line.
- Surname WxxxxxxS is from the Netherlands, and I would be eighth generation from that line.
- Surname CxxxL is from Germany, and am eleventh generation from that line.
- Surname LxxD is suspected to be from England, but is incomplete. Need to research more on this line!
- The rest of the lines are also incomplete, but one surname is from Ireland.
MOTHER'S FATHER'S SIDE:
-(Mother's Surname) goes back to Scotland/Ireland, although I have not been able to have success in researching this area. It is my suspicion that I am seventh generation Scotish/Irish.
- The surname MxxxN is traced back also to Scotland, and I would be sixth generation from that line.
- The surname BxxxH has unknown ethnicity origins, but so far, I know of being seventh generation from this line.
- The surname PxxxxxxT is traced back to England, and goes back thirteen generations to a priest in England.
- The surname GxxxxxxN has unknown origins, but so far, I do know I descend as eigth generation from this line (so far from my researches).
MOTHER'S MOTHER'S SIDE:
-(Mother's mother's surname) goes back to a Hessian husband and a Prussian wife, who moved from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1856. I am sixth generation from this line.
- The surname HxxxxxN is also traced back to Prussia, Germany. I am also the sixth generation from this line.
- The surname RxxxxS can be traced back to England, and I would be ninth generation from that line.
- The surname BxxM/BxxxM goes back to Germany, and I would be eleventh generation from that line. Also, that line married to WxxxxR, which is also from Germany (Hessen).
- The surname MxxxxxR goes back to the Netherlands, and I would be eleventh generation from that line.
- The surname WxxxR/WxxxxR goes back to Germany, and I am the tenth generation from this line. This line is dominately German/Austrian.
- Surname DxxxxK also comes from Germany, and I'm ninth generation.
- Surname GxxxxM goes back to Ireland, and I would be also ninth generation.
- Surname CxxxxR is suspected to be Irish, and I would be seventh generation from that line.
I guess that makes me about...
28% German/Austrian
25% English
21% Irish
16% Dutch
6% Scottish
2% American Indian
2% Norwegian
