[buffyt]

Let's see my great grandfather came from France. My great great great etc etc etc great grandfather came from England in the 1600s... I think I will claim the Englishman and deny the Frenchman! Also part German Scottish Irish Dutch Cherokee and Black..... I am a walking WWII inside....

[truth_seeker]

"Let's see my great grandfather came from France. My great great great etc etc etc great grandfather came from England in the 1600s... I think I will claim the Englishman and deny the Frenchman! Also part German Scottish Irish Dutch Cherokee and Black..... I am a walking WWII inside...."

You must share my genealogy hobby.

Until now, I have had an unsolved family-line, as to the origin. It could have been French protestants, or they could have been from Spain, further back. (Or both)

I have now settled on the Spanish origin story. Plus, it is my only and best claim of some kind of designated minority status, however tiny the fraction.

(The bonus is that they could have been Sephardic Jews, from near Barcelona-another minority-Hispanic Jews).

The family immigrated from the Channel Island of Jersey, to Maine in 1671, and anglicized the surname (Ricker). Descendants continue to present however, using a Spanish first name (Maturin).

Most living descendants think (incorrectly) their origin is English or German, owing only to the anglicized surname.