General Chat

If your grandparents or gt gt's came here from overseas ( or even from Scotland or Wales to England ) do you feel you have a personal link to their country of origin? That the culture or history of that country is part of who you are, even though you may not ever have lived there or visited?

I feel that very much with my 'Irish side'.

I always feel very English, though my parents feel very Irish. It's funny the stuff past down through families customs etc. One thing about being multi-national is if my daughter never gets to play for England we can confirm several other countries she could play for.

Hello young Rose,

All my ancestors come from Scotland, mostly Fife, but I was the only one born in England.
I seem to have a slight bonding with Scotland, but not to those bloody bagpipes...lol
I think I have lived too long here to really, to have a strong bonding.
I do find myself reading books related to Scotland, and seem to be always watching history programs about there, so probably subconsciously i do have a bonding even though it be slight.

Mac. Foggy....lol

I would love to discover some Canadian Innuits (sp) in my line that would be very cool. My MacKendiries came from Scotland I have a lovely tartan for them.

~~~~~~~~ to Foggy

~~~footie

Foggy, it's only doing my tree that I have found two Scottish ancestors, but I do like bagpipes lol. And Irish Uillean pipes also :)

Would have said not although when our daughter lived in Germany when her hubby was stationed there we visited twice a year for the four years they were there and i always felt easy being there.
Since starting the tree in earnest I have found my paternal grandfather was German . We knew there was German in the family but didnt realise it was that close. No wonder I enjoyed Germany ,even though i did feel I shouldnt at the time having gone through WW2 as a youngster

Rose to be fair I think yu always looked very Irish to me I think its yur long hair. (wonders if it really so black and shiny)

Evening Mel, and how's you.?

Rose, bagpipes drive me nuts, cant stand the bloody things....lol

Going grey rapidly Footie, lol it's a bit shorter this week as I've had it cut before I go up to a funeral next week.

Im ok ty Foggy been at my uncles funeral today. How's yu?

Rose mine is mutli-tonal and I pay extra for the grey bits (least thats what I tell the kids) shoulda got my roots done but haven't seem to had time.

Shirley, a few years ago I discovered that my paternal gt. grandfather was German and now I have a longing to visit the country and see where my ancestors came from (Koblenz).

Wend
I really liked Germany and how clean it was. Haven'T been able to find out though where the family came from as they never stated it on any census and didnt take naturalization. Grandfather died in 1911 at sea and his mum died in 1907 just three weeks before my dad was born and is buried in our local cemetery .did find her grave a few years ago. Grt grandfather has gone after 1907 .not on the 1911 census and I think he may have gone back to Germany or maybe went to USA as think some of grandads brothers went there after 1901 census when last "seen"
Would love to know where they came from and go back further on that side. .

Scotland I have and a sadness for Ireland.

Italy I dont feel any link to at all.

me and foggy are a kin brothers,,,,,~~~to you....

I do feel a great affinity with my Irish ancestral family.

mine are from ireland , i went to westport where some were from and it felt really strange.

I'm a member of the Anglo-German FHS, Shirley. Haven't done much researching yet, but plan to this winter.

My Dad always said his g grandfather was Scottish and a Master Mariner. He said he felt a great affinity for the sea, so he joined the Navy. I have always loved the sea myself and have always lived very near to it and have always loved all things Scottish.

However, since starting my family tree I have discovered that my gg grandfather came from Southampton and from a long line of Hampshire families. What is more important is that my gg grandfather wasn't my gg grandfather, he just " got together" with my gg grandmother sometime between 1891 and 1901. He was a Master Mariner though so that bit was right !!


Think I will stick with being a Scouser living in Wales. :))

xx

I grew up in Australia and my children are 1st generation Australian but I feel a deep affinity with England. It keeps pulling me back.

S x

Were your parents born in the UK, Sue?

I have ancestors from Ireland, France, Belgium and Scotland (a lot in Fife too Foggy:)) and apart from feeling how nice it is to have a mixed heritage and what cool places the individual places are, I don't think I feel any special affinity to them.