[JimRed]

I’ve probably got a horse thief from Kildare from the 19th century and a bit of Viking invader from a thousand or so years back. Mrs. JimRed is the great grandchild of survivors of the great famine in Ireland, and her cousin is related by marriage to a former governor of New Jersey.

Beyond the last couple of generations, I don’t think I want to know too much detail about about my roots.

[American Quilter]

One of my greatgrandfathers also came from Ireland after the Great Famine. I’ll see if I can find out from which county or town—maybe your wife and I are related. It’s fun to speculate.

[PROTESTBYPROXY]

My ggggGrandfather being a Quaker living in Georgia during the Civil War kept jumping the line to the north because he was a pacifist. The family became Methodists in 1870 but I believe my son was the first in my family to be in the service.