Prompted by a lovely thread on traditional Norwegian cake
What's your ancestry? Mine is UK and Irish via Australia.
What's your ancestry? Mine is UK and Irish via Australia.
My mom's family hailed from Alsace and Bayern in Germany. My dad's family from Germany. They came here in the 1840's. I'm an American with German traditions. Putting my Keugels on the tree right now.
BenMy cousin chased back my father's side of the family back to the Mayflower. But that side is heavily Italian.
My mothers side was largely Hungarian.
My wife chased back my last name to Ashkenazi jews.
But I am an American born to American parents stationed in Germany. I gave up my German citizenship to join the Navy.
Ben
We might be related Jersey Gurl!!My mom's family hailed from Alsace and Bayern in Germany. My dad's family from Germany. They came here in the 1840's. I'm an American with German traditions. Putting my Keugels on the tree right now.
Vikings were all over Europe, including Russia, and they were raping and pillaging everywhere. Many of us are actually descended from Vikings as a result, even if our families were from another place such as Germany or England.Both my grandmothers were 100% Norwegian blooded, born in the USA to Norse immigrants. My Grandma Sampson's family traces back to the Mowats and Sinclairs of Caithness and Orkney in Northern Scotland. Those clans were descended partially from the Vikings. Both my grandfathers were 100% German. My maternal grandpa's family was from an area called Mecklinburg. His mom's family were Prussians, from near what is now the German/Polish border. My paternal great grandfather has proved impossible to trace. There are no records of him. He just suddenly appears in Iowa in 1868. I haven't even found German records. Apparently he never spoke to his 5 sons about his past, other than being from Germany. The family rumor is that he skirted around the authorities by immigrating to Canada first and then sneaking across the border, but no one knows for sure...
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