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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm a fifth generation fisherman, mine were fishermen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Long way back - through to the mid-19th century - mine were agricultural labourers!. My branch of the family left the country in the 1870s and moved to the East End of London!. I know one was a brewer's dray man and another had something to do with the founding of the R!. White's lemonade firm!. My paternal grandfather suffered from rickets as a child (not uncommon in the early 20th century) and was trained as a French Polisher!. He was successful at that and had his own business in Shoreditch which was, I believe, bombed in the Blitz!.Www@QuestionHome@Com My father was a senior civil servant!. My paternal grandfather was a partner in an import agent in Calcutta!. His father had a fairly junior job in the Bank of Bengal!. On my mother's side my grandfather owned a small chain of cinemas and his father was old-style landed gentry with a big pile in Lincolnshire!. My maternal grandmother was interesting!. She was an American and in World War II she worked in some way or other as a civilian for the US Army!. She was selected to be the person to type the most secret coded telexes from London to Washington!.Www@QuestionHome@Com My ancestors on one side were farmers, lawyers, lawmen, and doctors!. On the other side, they were farmers, civil servants, and merchants!. Both sides served in the military, but none were killed there!. Www@QuestionHome@Com They were Polish soldiers fighting for freedom!. russo-japenese war world war one polish-soviet war world war 2 anti communism and some i dont know aboutWww@QuestionHome@Com My Maternal grand father was a Revenue inspector and Paternal grand father was a share market trader!.Www@QuestionHome@Com !.!.!.so, if you came from 'a long line of bricklayers', are you related to the great wall of China!?!?lolWww@QuestionHome@Com My maternal Grandfather was a carpenter and my paternal Grandfather was a coal minerWww@QuestionHome@Com Printers, blacksmiths!.Www@QuestionHome@Com farmers, my ancestors were farmers on the banks of the Nile riverWww@QuestionHome@Com landowners and farmersWww@QuestionHome@Com four generations of clergymenWww@QuestionHome@Com I only had the oneWww@QuestionHome@Com Blimey four fathers! I've only got the one!Www@QuestionHome@Com |