ancestral roots????

What part of the world did your ancestors or family come from?

Mother's side:

My grandparents on my mother's side came from Greece and Turkiye. My late grandfather was Greek but he lived the first 8 years of his life in the old Ottoman Empire. He was born in 1895 in Istanbul, Turkiye. My yia yia or grandmother was from Korinthos but they both came to America in 1919 and my yia yia in the 1920's. She was a hate designer and made $127 a week until, out of obligation, she had to marry my grandfather, an arranged marriage. that sucked!

Father's side- more complicated:

German, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, French, English, Iriquois Indian and god knows what else. They came to the Americas: 1600s, 1700's and 1800's but the last was my great great grandparents who came in 1870 from Germany. There was a second marriage to a Native American which was my great step grandfather, who was half Blackfoot. Sadly, only related only by marriage.

Dear EC! It seems that most all of my European ancestors, came to America from England or France, but this depends upon wheter or not they came from France to England or Holland, etc., first?

Thus, my common family names are "Hughes"/Huges"; "Garrett" or "Garrech" or maybe even "Gehard", etc.,; Clark / Clarke; "Bobo / BeauBeaux?"; "Rowland or Roland or Rolando",etc., "Ragsdale";, "Burlysone or Burleyson?", "Hobson/Hopson", etc.! It is unrealistic to post more names here!

Most of these families are thought to have existed within the boundaries of the early English colonies since the middle of the 17th century CE!

Note, as far as I have been able to ascertain, they all came into the Southern colonies! Of course my family via the Burleson connection, also claims some Native American blood! Cherokee!

The problem is finding reliable information that far back!

Originally posted by eaglecap Originally posted by opuslola Dear EC! It seems that most all of my European ancestors, came to America from England or France, but this depends upon wheter or not they came from France to England or Holland, etc., first? Thus, my common family names are "Hughes"/Huges"; "Garrett" or "Garrech" or maybe even "Gehard", etc.,; Clark / Clarke; "Bobo / BeauBeaux?"; "Rowland or Roland or Rolando",etc., "Ragsdale";, "Burlysone or Burleyson?", "Hobson/Hopson", etc.! It is unrealistic to post more names here! Most of these families are thought to have existed within the boundaries of the early English colonies since the middle of the 17th century CE! Note, as far as I have been able to ascertain, they all came into the Southern colonies! Of course my family via the Burleson connection, also claims some Native American blood! Cherokee! The problem is finding reliable information that far back! We are all mutts in the USA/Canada and even Mexico kalhur - who knows you could have Greek in your ancestry-very possible.

British as I am, it would appear conveniently that my ancestral background fails for the most part to leave these sceptred isles. English with a chunk of Irish and Scottish thrown in, possibly with some Dutch floating around, though it may be more Irish as there is some disparity over names.

Originally posted by eaglecap My English ancestors came America in the early 1700's but their last name was Fancher, which is French. My relatives could not figure out how they ended up in England, who knows.

Originally posted by opuslola "My English ancestors came America in the early 1700's but their last name was Fancher, which is French. My relatives could not figure out how they ended up in England, who knows." Because both nations are related at the hip! After all, in essence they were one nation at one time! Regards,

You might have a hard time convincing the Anglo-Norman Historians of that.


@Eagelcap, have you explored the possibility that they were Hugenots, of which many emigrated from France to Britian.

Hi I am a Kurd from east Anatolia-Mesopotamia

My Dads side is from Sernak a provinz in eastern Anatolia 

My Mother Side is also from eastern Anatolia known as Mardin-Nîsebin. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusaybin

Yiddish has its origins in Medieval Germany.

It comes out of the mixing of hebrew with various dialects of german by the migration of ashkenazi. It forms around about the 10th century, though like many languages it evolves. Obviously its Hebrew and Germanic roots are older languages, but they are ofocurse older languages.

My Dads side is pretty easy 100% German (although Germany really is a polyglot of groups all under the German flag.

 

My dads Fathers  side came from the Rhineland (Kaarst, Krefeld, Lank and Essen) They are very much a mix of Saxon (once again a confederation not really a tribe) really Westfallen, and Franks who conquered the area, however my surname is in Westfallen Saxon, but since they remained Catholic they moved into the Rhineland during the 30 years war. According to records I have found people with the last Surname who fought in the armies of the electorate of Cologne (Catholic League)

 

My Dads Moms side are from Westfallen and lower Saxony they are decedents of the German tribes that lived in the area (Saxons were a confederation and the local tribes swore fealty and didn't really move)

 

My Moms side are a mix of Scot Irish and English. They have been in the country since pre rev war times. We have records that show that were ancestors fought in the Continental Army