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Question: What is your!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!?
Where are your ancestors from!? What is your heritage!?
I am:
german
swedish
german-jewish
native american indian
british
and maybe a little frenchWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
No offense, but you haven't gone back very far!. Mine includes ALL of Europe, parts of the Middle East, parts of Asia, parts of Africa, the Americas, New Zealand, Australia!.!.!.
Try these:
You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history!. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department!. Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc!. Our public library has both www!.ancestry!.com and www!.heritagequest!.com free for anyone to use (no library card required)!.
Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers!. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you)!.
A third option is one of the following websites:
http://www!.searchforancestors!.com/!.!.!.

http://www!.censusrecords!.net/!?o_xid=2739!.!.!.

http://www!.usgenweb!.com/

http://www!.census!.gov/

http://www!.rootsweb!.com/

http://www!.ukgenweb!.com/

http://www!.archives!.gov/

http://www!.familysearch!.org/

http://www!.accessgenealogy!.com/!.!.!.

http://www!.cyndislist!.com/

http://www!.geni!.com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever!.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example!.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

http://www!.associatedcontent!.com/article!.!.!.

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test!. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father!. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA!.
I used www!.familytreedna!.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program!.


If you check out the National Geographics Genotype Program, you will see why I said you did not go back very far; this Program traces human migrations THROUGH DNA; people in France would also have ancestors from ancient Rome (not to mention Charlemagne; British have Viking ancestry, Roman ancestry, German ancestry, French ancestry, etc!.)
Get a good history book; it would also reveal this!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Finnish (1/2)
Irish (little over 1/4)
Scottish (little over 1/8)
Dutch (1/16)
Cherokee (1/32)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Polish
German
Irish
Norwegian
Alsatian (the area of France that was once Germany)
Ukrainian
Scottish
and a smidgen of Native American (so says the great grandma)
Oh yeah!.!.!.English (but grandma won't admit it!. She hated her father)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Scottish
I'm not really scottish!. I'm American but my ancestors are scottish!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

German
Polish
English
French

(Grandma is adopted, so not all too sure)Www@QuestionHome@Com

French Canadian and HungarianWww@QuestionHome@Com

German
Irish
Scottish
Italian
English
Japanese
Native
Austrian
Indian
FrenchWww@QuestionHome@Com

English, with 1/16 CherokeeWww@QuestionHome@Com

As far as I know

Italian
Welsh
German
FrenchWww@QuestionHome@Com

Irish- 85%
German- 10%
dutch- 2%
welsh- 3%

!.!.ishWww@QuestionHome@Com

I'm 99% Irish and a hint of English, French and American Indian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com