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do you know anyone with the surname Headon!? and also if, your great grandparents are german/romanian and english your grandparents are hungarian and english your parents are hungarian and english what would that make you!? (i was born in england so!.!.!.!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Don't apply it directly to your forehead and give Tebs the 10 points!. If you wish to prove your Headon line, he's told you the area in which you might find local church records!. The English were very good about this, and many records survived!. One of my family lines was a place name, came from Yorkshire, and I was able to trace them back to the 1590's through civil BMD and church records easily!. Your other family records present other challenges, of course, but that's half the fun!. If you were born in England, regardless of your distant ancestry, you are a British subject unless you have renounced it and become naturalized, or hold a dual citizenship in another country!. Your nation of origin has nothing to do with where your DNA comes from!. Consider yourself a unique individual with mixed heritage, all of which is crucial!. Happy hunting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You are English with a mixed heritage ! Like everyone else!. Surname: Headon Recorded in many 'modern' spellings including Headon, Headan, Headden, Heddan, Heddon, Hedden, Heading, and possibly others, this is an English locational surname!. It originates, it is claimed, from any of the various villages called Headon, Heddon, or Hedon in the counties of Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire!. The origination would seem to be the Olde English pre 7th century descriptive phrase 'haep-dun' meaning the hill covered by heather!. The Nottinghamshire village is first recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086 as Hedune, whilst that in Yorkshire is slightly later appearing as Heldone in the year 1116!. Much of the north was not included in Domesday Book, because it was either laid to waste, or in some cases, remained unconquered by the forces of William 1st, even twenty years after the Invasion of 1066!. The place known as Heddon on the Wall in Northumberland is first recorded as Hidewine in the year 1178!. The meaning here is uncertain!. It may be the same as the others, although 'pasture meadow' is another possibility!. The surname is first recorded in Nottinghamshire in the list of land owners in the famous Hundred Rolls of 1273!. These recordings refer to Gerard de Hedon and Symon de Hedon, whilst a century later Wilelmus de Hedon appears in the Poll Tax register of the city of York in 1379!.Www@QuestionHome@Com YOU are an English citizen, which is political, not genealogical!. When it comes to your ancestry and heritage!.!. the most reliable way is to say that "I have ancestry from Hungary, Germany, and England!." Or, "my paternal grandparents were born in Hungary"!. As for figuring "I am 60 % this and 30% that, and 10% that", I personally think that is the most useless exercise there is, and can send you into a tail spin!. Unless you trace your gr gr gr grandparents, you are not sure if someone in your "English" ancestry could have come from France or elsewhere!. There go your percentages, right out the window!. As for what your surname "means"!.!. it is a very minor part of ancestry!. You already have 8 gr grandparents, and can see immediately that they have 8 different birth names, all of which are equally part of your heritage!. Tracing your family does not mean you need to randomly find all persons named Headon (or anything else)!.!. you only need to find those who you can verify to be your ancestors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 1)Don't know about Headon!. 2)British!. If you want to elucidate when someone asks you about your background then feel free to tell them about your ancestry!. I used to run into this question of identity when I lived in Canada!. Some people I met would say "I'm Italian, German etc!.!.!.!.!.!.!.when they were actually born in Canada and their families had lived in Canada for a few generations! You find the same mind-set in the U!.S!.A!. as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The drummer of of of the best bands ever - the Clash - is called Nicky 'Topper' Headon!. See: http://profile!.myspace!.com/index!.cfm!?fus!.!.!. http://www!.theclashonline!.com/ http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=FiVvA9YQp!.!.!. Don't know about the rest - Wendy C & Tebs are normally 100% spot on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com British nationality half white english ethnicity half white brtitsh heritage hmmmm, u dint really give enough info for a propper answer, but i'll generalise and guestimate, half hungarian/romainian german ethnicity ang heritage!. note i picked all mywords carefully,Www@QuestionHome@Com |