Have you ever traced your family tree?

Question:if so, what did you find out?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: if so, what did you find out?

yes, and found that I have traces of indian, asian, african, european, and spanish ancestors. I was totally amazed when I found out that I had those many cultures in my family tree. I knew about the indian part because my grandmother on my moms side is full native american and my father is black and spanish. Amazing what you find out during reasearch. It costed me a pretty penny but was worth it in the end!

No, I couldn't trace mine because I think there has been a lot of wandering in my family in the past.

I tried that on that ancestors website, but it cost moneys and it made me sad. ;_; so no.

The tree branched out too far.

Yes and on both sides I come from a long line of Miners, coal on mum's side and coal and tin on dads.

I got together with my brothers, and most of my relatives. We tryed it but my family doesn't have an end to it. Plus we ran out of room for branches..LOL =) How about you??

Yes.

That my great greatgrandfather marched with Sheman to the sea, as a private in the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

That my ggg Uncle in another line was a 20-year old farm laborer in 1860, when his future wife was a 12-year old girl on the same farm; 5 years later, after a brief vacation in the warm southern sun courtesy of the 112th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he came home and married her. They stayed married for 53 years, until death did them part.

That my 8th great grandfather on still another line was a Huguenot, driven from France by the Catholics. He settled in Elk Run, Virginia, back when elk ran through Virginia, and carved out a farm with musket, plow and axe.

That one of my ggggg uncles died of pnemonia at Valley Forge in January 1778, leaving bloody footprints in the snow, coughing his life away, cold, hungry and sick, but the vision of a new nation, without Kings, burning like a beacon in his heart. (That or he was too weak to go back to Germantown. He died. The nation lived.)

That another ggg uncle advocated the overthrow of the United States Government by force; Samuel Cyrus Pack, 10th Virginia Sharpshooters. He advocated for three years. Towards the end he was eating acorns and marching barefoot, shoes and rations having given out, but he was "advocating" as hard as he could.

That genealogy can make history come alive; you see migration patterns, you see those humble masses yearning to be free, you see the miracles of modern medicine.

Sometimes when I read an 1880 census entry and run across a pig-tailed 10-year old girl in a gingham dress, just learning to read what my kids called "chapter books", a girl I know will die of diptheria or cholera in 1882, I get damp around the eyeballs.

no, but I plan on doing it. It would be so interesting finding out where my ancestors were from.

no, but thats a good idea.

Yes, with some lines back to the mid 1500s. Included is a pressganged ancestor who escaped after a night in custody, and his brother who joined the army was wounded in the battle of Fort George in 1813.

My partner descends from the royal Stuarts of Scotland and his tree can be traced back over 1000 years.

Yes..... I found lots of wonderful things! I think the most exciting was being able to document our Choctaw lineage. There are a lot of folks who descend from Native Americans; but they are not always able to prove those lines. Lucky for us, one of our direct ancestors was added to a book called the History of Oklahoma and we learned about our Choctaw relatives there. Since then we've obtained our CDIB (certificate of blood quantum) and tribal membership cards. Finding out that we descended from Major Pitchlynn was great. I've found lots of other great stuff and really enjoy working on our family history.

Yes! I'm still working on it too. I've found out that I'm mostly German or Swiss with some English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch and I apparently married my 5th cousin (!!).