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Show us your roots!

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Show us your roots!
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Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 5:08 am (This post was last modified: January 24, 2016 at 5:26 am by ignoramus.)
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 5:18 am
Quote:The first to be named Watanabe were the samurai clan founded by Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025), a descendant of the Emperor Saga. Tsuna established the Watanabe branch of Saga Minamoto clan, taking the family name from his residential area Watanabe, Settsu Province.　He was companion in arms to Minamoto no Yorimitsu (944-1021), and famous for his military exploits in a number of tales and legends. Dominating Settsu Province as a focal area of maritime transportation in medieval Japan, the Watanabe family spread its influence widely. Their descendants settled in other areas, including Kyushu.
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 5:30 am
Ras, did I mention my descendants had to fight off the odd wild donkey! Those thing can be dangerous!
(ignoramus stops kidding himself * cries* ...he comes from a lineage of people hiding in caves)

Seriously! Samurai? Emperors? Fuck me! (not literally)
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 5:45 am
Haven't really traced it that much, I do know that I am Scottish with a little bit of Irish in there somewhere.
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 6:48 am
I can trace mine back as far as Ellis Island. My greatgrandparents changed their names when they got to the US. Evidently they left Ireland in a great hurry and didn't want anybody tracing them here.
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 6:55 am
Did they pinch a loaf of bread like the Aussie convicts here?
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 6:59 am
Haven't really traced back beyond three or four generations. There is family folklore that the branch of the family that went to the US spawned a president. One Teddy Roosevelt, apparently.

Just heresay. I've seen nothing to confirm it.

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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 7:08 am
(January 24, 2016 at 6:55 am)ignoramus Wrote: Did they pinch a loaf of bread like the Aussie convicts here?

No, they were "Prots in the South" according to Grandpa. Whatever that means.
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January 24, 2016 at 7:39 am
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RE: Show us your roots!
January 24, 2016 at 7:48 am
(January 24, 2016 at 7:08 am)Gawdzilla Wrote:
(January 24, 2016 at 6:55 am)ignoramus Wrote: Did they pinch a loaf of bread like the Aussie convicts here?

No, they were "Prots in the South" according to Grandpa. Whatever that means.

Probably referring to being Protestants in the Southern part of Ireland, which has been mainly Catholic..since...well...forever.
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