Anonymous #1 3w

Catalan is a cool bit of spice!

1

Anonymous #2 3w

Nah I feel that I’m the same way, this map is actually my dad’s. Only reason he finally did it is bc his adoptive parents died and he was looking for a sense of connection to his bio family

1

Anonymous OP 3w

it’s a very tiny fraction like 0.2 percent and i think it comes from the spanish armada that shipwrecked in ireland (allegedly)

1

Anonymous #2 3w

But my mom’s side is just more German, like of all ~64 lines people I’ve traced back probably 61 of them came as German immigrants prior to the revolution. I think one was Dutch and the others English

1

Anonymous OP 3w

My dad’s side is mostly very old English colonial roots, with a bit of Scots and German thrown in (a German baron moved to Charleston SC in like the 1740s). My last name goes back to early colonial Norfolk VA. My mom’s side is primarily more recent Irish and Ulster Scots immigration, with some older English colonial roots. There’s hints of other stuff (Cornwall, Netherlands) when I look at the genealogy, but I can’t guarantee that’s reliable.

1

Anonymous #1 3w

I’m probably only like 1% North African lol, my dad’s like 2.2%. He’s like 90% German/english. Not really sure when on his side that would have come in

1

Anonymous #3 3w

Anyways mom’s side is Norway/Finland/Sweden and dad’s are Ukrainian Jews

1

Anonymous #2 3w

I was pretty surprised we seem to not have any Irish in my family. I don’t think any of the immigrants I found were particularly interesting, I could confirm ship logs for about a dozen of them from 1727-1750s. Most interesting story from my ancestors is that my ancestors brother committed the first recorded infanticide/murder-suicide in western Maryland by butchering his family with an axe

1

Anonymous #3 3w

Not really, although later in life I imagine I will. Not sure where the Jewish is from on my dad’s side, just that it’s Eastern European. His adoptive grandma was German Jewish tho

1

Anonymous landtrust 3w

Blood of my blood 🤝

1

Anonymous OP 3w

He’s for sure Russian. Or at least in places that used to be part of Russia like Ukraine or Belarus

1

Anonymous OP 3w

Bruh what 😭😭😭

1

Anonymous #3 3w

Yeah it was a pretty crazy story to read. I can’t find the doc online but I read a clip from the newspaper at the time about it. My mom’s paternal uncle on that side did a ton of research into the family back in the ‘80s. He went to Germany to get more docs of the people who first immigrated, but I don’t think he got further back than their baptism records and maybe their parents’

1

Anonymous #6 3w

I’m probably gonna sound extremely ignorant asking this, but like Tamil/deccani?

1

Anonymous OP 3w

Yeah I’m Tamil

1