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Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:14 pm to LSULyle00690
If you are from south Louisiana, it is worth taking a look at the surname list on this website.
LINK
Somebody did a ton of leg work. If you can find some family members on there, you can track it back pretty far.
LINK
Somebody did a ton of leg work. If you can find some family members on there, you can track it back pretty far.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:15 pm to NorthEndZone
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My spouse and I have a common ancestor born in 1714 - my 5x great grandfather seven generations back and her 7x great grandfather nine generations back.
Roll Tide.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:18 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Nah. You have to have a common ancestor within 3 generations to qualify for that.
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My spouse and I have a common ancestor born in 1714 - my 5x great grandfather seven generations back and her 7x great grandfather nine generations back.
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Roll Tide.
Nah. You have to have a common ancestor within 3 generations to qualify for that.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:21 pm to LSULyle00690
Traced my paternal side back to France in early 1600s. They came to Louisiana via Canada in 1765 and settled in St. James Parish.
On my maternal side we found that my 4x great grandmother was African and a slave. We had no idea that we had some African ancestory.
On my maternal side we found that my 4x great grandmother was African and a slave. We had no idea that we had some African ancestory.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:23 pm to LSULyle00690
Rex has. Found out he was related to Obama and Sanders.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:24 pm to doublecutter
I know my paternal side came over with Napoleon. We actually have French soldier graves on our land.
Need to do this.
ETA: for Napoleon.
Need to do this.
ETA: for Napoleon.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:31 pm to TheCaterpillar
Where is your family land?
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:34 pm to TheCaterpillar
We have a fairly large book my aunt put together that traces my dad's side of the family back to Nova Scotia before the exile of the Acadians. You do have to be careful though because ancestry.com isn't always 100% accurate, mom found mistakes when she tried it out.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:38 pm to TheCaterpillar
I spent a good bit of time on this one summer for my grandfather. I have nearly all direct ancestors back 3-4 generations and then a few common names back as many as 9-10.
I found relations to jimmy carter, robert e lee, and queen Elizabeth 1. My family name has been in Louisiana about 225 years. There's a street right outside of the French quarter named after the son of our immigrant ancestor.
On my wife's side, she is related to almost everyone of notable Louisiana history and numerous royal families and celebrities. Her grandfathers mother's surname has been in North America for nearly 350 years.
I found relations to jimmy carter, robert e lee, and queen Elizabeth 1. My family name has been in Louisiana about 225 years. There's a street right outside of the French quarter named after the son of our immigrant ancestor.
On my wife's side, she is related to almost everyone of notable Louisiana history and numerous royal families and celebrities. Her grandfathers mother's surname has been in North America for nearly 350 years.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:41 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I know my paternal side came over with Napoleon. W
Came over where?
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:42 pm to Bushmaster
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Where is your family land?
I'm named after some dead men in this link. Got married on the ruins last year. It's in Baton Rouge near LSU.
Not sure when the graves are from but they're definitely French soldiers. Our caretaker who lives there and manages it for us used to scare the shite out of us with campfire stories
Need to get my dad to tell refresh my memory.
ETA: ancestors came over for Napoleon, settled somewhere else then eventually settled in this land. Our caretaker kicks folks off the land all the time that have metal detectors
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:43 pm to UpToPar
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If you are from south Louisiana, it is worth taking a look at the surname list on this website.
Swing and a miss for me.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:44 pm to TheCaterpillar
Cool stuff, man.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:45 pm to TheCaterpillar
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with Napoleon
I'm thinking, no.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:46 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I'm thinking, no.
We know this is true. Or FOR him. Excuse me.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:46 pm to LSULyle00690
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What did u find out
Found out that I have Jewish ancestry. Got the first test (autosomal DNA) through ancestry.com. Expected to verify or debunk what my mom had said about our ethnicity (Louisiana). Results said 10% ashkenazi. WTH? Then page 3 of my matches began showing jews.
So then I bought a Y-DNA test thru Family Tree. All jewish matches. Confirmed I'm haplogroup J-L816, my paternal ancestor was jewish and likely emigrated from eastern europe about 300 yrs ago.
Because my paternal pedigree stops at my grandparents, I'm expecting this search to be quite intetesting. It is very time consuming.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:47 pm to TheCaterpillar
What he's trying to tell you is Napoleon never came to North America.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:49 pm to Wasp
I caught it late. I meant with his people when they settled louisiana territory.
Whatever.
Whatever.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:49 pm
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