Show us your roots!

[The Valkyrie]

Nah, there's more Kiwi man in sheep that there is sheep in Kiwi men...

In Aussie men it's as high as 98%.

Pretty sure in NZ men, the other 2% is sheep dna?

Nah, there's more Kiwi man in sheep that there is sheep in kiwi men...

[ignoramus]

See Boru! Your own compatriot is turning against you!
Wadda ya going to do bout it!

Jelly fight, mud fight or traditional samurai!
Either way, we pay to see blood, damit!

[Athene]

My bio father was mestizo and Afro-Cuban, his family did rum running during Prohibition. My mother's family has roots in Louisiana and Mississippi, her side is made up of medium and lighter skinned Creoles.

Creoles and them dern roots!
You threw one on Jojo, didn't you? tee hee

[BrokenQuill92]

My bio father was mestizo and Afro-Cuban, his family did rum running during Prohibition. My mother's family has roots in Louisiana and Mississippi, her side is made up of medium and lighter skinned Creoles.

Creoles and them dern roots!
You threw one on Jojo, didn't you? tee hee

Maybe…

[Regina]

I'd like to research into my Maltese side more, I feel such a strong, almost spiritual tbh, connection to the islands and The Mediterranean in general. I don't know all that much about my family history there though.

Just the odd story, typically from the wartime. I'm aware my great-grandfather was somewhat wealthy, but pissed it all away gambling and treated my great-grandmother like a human punch-bag. They had 19 children, of which my grandfather was the youngest. One of the oldest died alongside a local priest during the war, they were trying to save a baby from a collapsing building. Sounds like something stereotypical you see in movies, but it actually happened.

I hope I can find something more positive further back

[NaughtyButNice]

German and Irish on my dad's side and Danish, French, German, Yugoslavian and Choctaw Indian on my mom's.

[abaris]

My father once did a family tree, based on what he remembered and what documents were available to him.

He was able to trace our family back to the early 19th century. Only his own side. My mother and maternal grandmother didn't have any documents at all or didn't provide their knowledge. So I know a lot more of where my father came from than the roots of my mother. My maternal grandfather and grandmother are blanks, as far as family history is concerned. Grandfather came from a very small village where his parents ran the general store. Large family, some of them proudly wearing uniforms of the imperial army. I have photographs without having any other knowledge than that most of them ended up at Auschwitz.

Maternal grandmother came from a German family in what's now Bohemia. Again, photographs, but next to no knowledge. One very grim looking gentleman wears a uniform and I seem to remember that he was pointed out to have been a judge.

On my fathers side, most came from Hungary. Jewish traders, rural gentry. One having been a surgeon/veterinarian (nice combination) in the early 19th century. He sticks out because one of my aunts actually had a painting of him.

What I find remarkable though is, that both of my christian grandmothers married jewish men in the early 20th century.

[The Grand Nudger]

Son of the Revolution, thoroughly American...and lik most americans it would be easier to describe the places my family -doesn't- come from.  Multiple waves of immigrants who mingled with the natives and the chattel alike.  I personally added poland and scandinavia to the tree with my marriages and children...just in case we were missing those pieces...which I'm almost certain we weren't to begin with.

[bennyboy]

My roots:

[ignoramus]

Wow! That's what call a comprehensive family tree! Nice.
Now buzz off! Hehe