The madness? But it was a workers' paradise?Bella Fortuna wrote:I just found online my paternal grandfather's entry on a ship manifest from when they came over from Russia in 1922 to escape the madness there. Cheers to the internet!
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Yes, they just loved when their village was collectivised and they all started starving.klr wrote:The madness? But it was a workers' paradise?Bella Fortuna wrote:I just found online my paternal grandfather's entry on a ship manifest from when they came over from Russia in 1922 to escape the madness there. Cheers to the internet!
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Hmm. I thought I'd posted earlier in this thread but it looks like I didn't ...
I'm English.
My parents were born in England.
My paternal grandparents were born in England.
My maternal grandparents were born in England.
Some of their parents came from Wales and Ireland. And England. (The mad grandparent insisted on a Romanian (or possibly Bulgarian) distant relative too.)
My family name (which I share with lofuji) apparently originates with a particular wave of Nordic settlers, way back when.
I'm English.
My parents were born in England.
My paternal grandparents were born in England.
My maternal grandparents were born in England.
Some of their parents came from Wales and Ireland. And England. (The mad grandparent insisted on a Romanian (or possibly Bulgarian) distant relative too.)
My family name (which I share with lofuji) apparently originates with a particular wave of Nordic settlers, way back when.
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Cool.Bella Fortuna wrote:I just found online my paternal grandfather's entry on a ship manifest from when they came over from Russia in 1922 to escape the madness there. Cheers to the internet!
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...who came from England...Thinking Aloud wrote:Hmm. I thought I'd posted earlier in this thread but it looks like I didn't ...
I'm English.
My parents were born in England.
My paternal grandparents were born in England.
My maternal grandparents were born in England.
Some of their parents came from Wales and Ireland. And England. (The mad grandparent insisted on a Romanian (or possibly Bulgarian) distant relative too.)
My family name (which I share with lofuji) apparently originates with a particular wave of Nordic settlers, way back when.
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Very cool! Were they lucky to make it out, or was Mother Russia happy to have fewer mouths to feed at the time?Bella Fortuna wrote:I just found online my paternal grandfather's entry on a ship manifest from when they came over from Russia in 1922 to escape the madness there. Cheers to the internet!
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Two-thirds incredible, and one third fantastic on my mother's side.
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I recently learned that the Nantes side of my family had blue blood, not just the Norman side... descent from the family that were Mayor of Nantes in 1700.
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I'm a descendant of John O' Gaunt.. apparently. I want my castle back (or Lancashire.. whatever).
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get in line
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My husband's descended from him. I'm descended from his brother Lionel. John of Gaunt's brother, I mean-- not my husband's.Făkünamę wrote:I'm a descendant of John O' Gaunt.. apparently. I want my castle back (or Lancashire.. whatever).
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As a stuart descendent, I happen to have John O'Gaunt on my ancestor list too
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