Your roots

[texas*princess]

hehehe i thought this thread was going to be about dying hair roots

[AKA_Monet]

Originally posted by texas*princess
hehehe i thought this thread was going to be about dying hair roots

YOU ARE NOT RIGHT FOR THAT!!!

[AUDeltaGam]

Mom's Side: my great-grandparents immigrated to the US from Palestine (now Israel). My great grandfather Jacob came first, and ended up settling in Montgomery, AL, where he changed his name to Jake. My great grandmother followed, and my maw-maw and her brothers were born here. Also on this side, I believe I have some ancestors from Turkey, Italy and Spain (thought this part, I belive, goes pretty far back).

Dad's side: I don't know as much about, but I know the main nationality on this side is Scottish, with a bit of Swiss thrown in. One of my ancestors, my great (insert a few greats here)-father, on this side is Charles Pinckney, a signer of the US Constitution and a former Governor of South Carolina. I was actually in Charleston this summer and saw his grave, and I took a picture of the historical marker by it.

[kddani]

Originally posted by texas*princess
hehehe i thought this thread was going to be about dying hair roots

that's seriously what i thought too!

[PureGoldF2K1]

Full-blooded Italian on Papa's side

Irish grandmother/Scottish grandfather (McGarrett & McKay respectively) on my mother's side

I usually relate myself to the Scottish part of my heritage,I dont know why, but I was just brought up respecting it and learning the most about it

[mmcat]

father's side: 90 proof scotch. he claims we were the forbes clan at one point and were horse thieves and the clan named morfed as the family came to this country.
mom's side: a bit more prim, french and germanic

speaking roots....

[IrishPhiSig]

mother's side- German Jews from a little town somewhere in Germany. I don't think the town much exists anymore after the Holocaust

Also some of them were German but not Jews and fought in the confederate army

Dad's side-
Grandpa
Irish immigrants. Came over a little after the potatoe famine and died in America leaving their son an orphan. He went into the railroad business after living with an aunt in Boston. Yup...Poor Paddy Works on the Railways...

Polish- from Warsaw and Posnon. Came throgh Ellis Island and had their names changed.

Grandma

Her mom-German-THEY'RE AMISH! Hahaha...yup, that's right, I have Amish cousins. Jealous?

Her dad-British-British socialites...one of them was on the Titanic. He survived because he was in first class. I guess we're somehow related to Alice de Janze on that side....some weirdo British socialite. And Thomas Hobbes. And my grandma claimed Joseph of Arimetha, but who knows! Also, they were horse traders during the Revolution, so I'm eligible to join DAR.

[EPTriSigma]

Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
All of my greatgrandparents, and my maternal grandmother came through Ellis Island.

My paternal grandfather's family came from Warsaw, Poland. After coming to America, they settled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. They changed the family name to one that sounded less obviously Polish. My greatgrandfather was born with the first name of Fivel, but died Philip. My grandfather was born Israel, but died Irving.



ETA fixed spelling

My family also changed the way we say our polish last name to sound more american. To me... It still sounds polish. I used to get sooo embarased when teachers would mispronounce my last name and everyone would laugh.... now I cannot wait till profs get to my name and I get to watch them struggle with it.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by EPTriSigma
My family also changed the way we say our polish last name to sound more american. To me... It still sounds polish. I used to get sooo embarased when teachers would mispronounce my last name and everyone would laugh.... now I cannot wait till profs get to my name and I get to watch them struggle with it.

The great thing about unusual last names is that you instantly know when a telemarketer is calling you.

[EPTriSigma]

Oh it gets real funny! I love it. If they don't say it right we say who ever they are calling for does not live there. One reason why I could never be a teacher is because of last names like mine.