How far back can you trace your family tree? Any idea where your family came to

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How far back can you trace your family tree? Any idea where your family came to the US from? Circumstances?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The first member in my father's line was a London merchant named Richard Warren, on the Mayflower. Warren's line extended back a couple centuries connects to George Bush's ancestors. In my mother's family, they all came over right after the Napoleonic wars ended, entering through Boston. One came because Napoleon had personally ordered his father executed. Another pair came from Austria, having eloped, with daddy (a Baron who objected to his little girl marrying a commoner) chasing them all the way to the North Sea.