I know most of mine going back to the 18th century... With a couple of people going back further.. But it’s always interesting to see that you are correct, and you may even find a couple of unknowns... People you are related to that you didn’t know you were related to.
I know of a couple of families who found out that they had close relatives in Europe... Apparently, their dads weren’t just fighting in Europe.
“it’s always interesting to see that you are correct, and you may even find a couple of unknowns... People you are related to that you didn’t know you were related to.”
So true. My sister and I put on a “cousins’ reunion” last June for our generation — Grandpa’s grandchildren and families. In a SMALL town. Not even a traffic light.
100 people came. Two little girls came with their hair in buns and wearing makeup. They were friends, and their dance class had a recital later that day. Their parents had no clue they were related. (Their mothers were distant cousins.)
Two older ladies in their 40s taught at the same school in the adjacent town, and were surprised to see each other there. They didn’t know they were related.
Our generation has always been close, but over 80 years the branches of the family tree spread in different directions.
” Apparently, their dads weren’t just fighting in Europe.”
They were winning hearts and minds too.