tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post5849987282724493168..comments2024-01-30T05:22:06.674-08:00Comments on A Majority of Two: Who Do You Think You Are...?Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-15986821189975538572010-03-28T15:24:05.615-07:002010-03-28T15:24:05.615-07:00Fascinating post Jo! I see my face in my family...Fascinating post Jo! I see my face in my family's pictures that are over 100 years old. I do believe we are the sum of of our DNA heritage as well as environment. So, yes, the thread continues but maybe not always "silver" - there can be some tarnish mixed in! :)Paula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-35011954072169874372010-03-16T19:09:45.378-07:002010-03-16T19:09:45.378-07:00I really like the new blog format - just so charmi...I really like the new blog format - just so charming. DianeHAPPY IN NEVADAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214341069801731994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-25325809209448574522010-03-16T19:06:19.891-07:002010-03-16T19:06:19.891-07:00This is such a fascinating topic for me.... I wond...This is such a fascinating topic for me.... I wonder, too, if animals inherit memories of their ancestors, so that they automatically know where to find the best water holes, hunting grounds, and who to be afraid of. I would love to know more about my ancestors, but I want Professor Henry Louis Gates to do it for me.Carol E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-89200454529712413182010-03-16T13:59:37.771-07:002010-03-16T13:59:37.771-07:00I love genealogy and history, so this is my kind o...I love genealogy and history, so this is my kind of program! So far, the only episode I've seen is the one with Emmitt Smith. It was so interesting and I don't think Emmitt over-reacted. His research finally took him to Africa. And there he was...standing in the sand on a beach in the beautiful country where his ancestors lived before being caught and sold by slave traders. That got to me!<br /><br />I've done a lot of genealogy research on my family, but I often get side-tracked by other interesting families. I've been known to spend hours researching people I don't know. Genealogy is just so fascinating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-76427821216035158182010-03-16T11:40:44.773-07:002010-03-16T11:40:44.773-07:00Since I have traced my family all the way back to ...Since I have traced my family all the way back to the 1500's, in France, I definitely understand who I am.I believe that our DNA is passed on forever and that we are the sum of all of our ancestors, combined. Fortunately, the Catholic Church, here in Cajun Country recorded every birth and death, which made most of the research easy. But, it wasn't until I subscribed to Ancestry.com that I was able to find out the rest of the puzzle, revealing some mind blowing finds. Highly recommended and worth every penny. Good luck, Jo!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15846051579802335412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-14868606882320499182010-03-16T08:36:49.523-07:002010-03-16T08:36:49.523-07:00Kenju, I'm not sure what DAR is, but I think i...Kenju, I'm not sure what DAR is, but I think it's fabulously interesting that your mom is descended from Captain Cook. I'm going to have to tracy my family more.<br /><br />L.D. Burgus, we have a show here in Canada called Ancestors in the Attic, and they find a lot of "bad guys" in the family too. Interesting.<br /><br />Susan, that is amazing that you and your mother-in-law knew each other in a past life. I have met people with whom I have had a connection like that too.<br /><br />Lee-ann, it SO nice to see you again. I'm glad to see things are going well for you. And your connection to Napoleon is ... very interesting. :-)<br /><br />Kathryn, a Canadian whose family came over on the Mayflower. Wow!!! I'd like to hear more!<br /><br />Katy, LOL...! I'm afraid most of my family tree are made up of folks like that as well.<br /><br />Susan, I am a firm believer in memories being passed down through DNA, and in fact it has been scientifically proven that memories can be stored in DNA. The Elizabethan time must have made an impression on me somehow. Interesting, hey?<br /><br />Eternally Distracted, yes, I found Sarah Jessica Parker's finds very interesting.<br /><br />Firefly, with my mother's family coming from South Africa, I have often wondered if it is possible that you and I might be related.<br /><br />Russell, LOL...! I guess that's why you and Bailey are able to have such wonderful conversations. *heh*<br /><br />Aron, yes, I think the branches of our family trees hold some very strange and wonderful people, both good and bad. I would love to find someone infamous in my history. :-)<br /><br />Benji, you have given me an idea. Now is the time to start, for future generations. Thank you!<br /><br />Laurie, yes, the show has piqued my curiosity. And there is the DNA thing again -- your fiddle playing. I find things like that absolutely fascinating!<br /><br />Jeanette, goodness! I am not surprised that you have lots of writers, musicians and artists in your family tree. Your very persona is artistic. Another good example of DNA being passed on!<br /><br />Bug, I think almost all families in North America have at one point had some Native American or African American connection. I find that very intersting.<br /><br />Alane, can you even imagine being hanged for having 10 children who lived? Omigoodness...! And yes, I would imagine those ten children have lots and lots of descendants. Even in a couple of generations, there would have been descendants of Rebecca Nurse everywhere. That was her sweet revenge. :-)<br /><br />Charles, well, maybe you write about that stuff because you once lived it. You obviously have a knowledge of it. You're a swashbuckler...! :-)<br /><br />PinkPanthress, you know, my brother did a little research, and my father's family were actually kicked out of Ireland for being horse thieves -- way back when. *heh*<br /><br />Pauline, I missed the one with Emmett Smith. I would have loved to have seen that one.<br /><br />Susan, yes, I think the purpose of the exercise is to hand over big $$$ and then they can find all sorts of intersting things.<br /><br />Nancy, my new "do" is thanks to your link. :-) And yes, I had a friend who had an affinity for Native Americans, and it turned out she was actually descended from the Cree. Amazing, hey?<br /><br />Mary Anne, the show is very interesting, and it's on Friday nights. It's amazing the things we find out about ourselves. :-)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-46722636794865135662010-03-16T08:15:46.516-07:002010-03-16T08:15:46.516-07:00Philip, I was amazed at how emotional Sarah Jessic...Philip, I was amazed at how emotional Sarah Jessica Parker was too, and it was real!<br /><br />Bonnie, *heh* I think you are the busiest person I know!<br /><br />Djan, it's crazy, but I have always had a connection to Queen Elizabeth First. Strange, hey?<br /><br />Stephen, wouldn't that be wonderful? I'm not sure I would want to know everyone, though. *heh*<br /><br />Jennifer, my Gawd...!!! You have an incredibly interesting family history. Holy doodle...! You should do a post about them. :-)<br /><br />Sparkle, goodness, the stories that I hear about nuns, they would scare me half to death. When I was little, the story of Daniel and the Lions Den fascinated me. Perhaps you do have a connection!<br /><br />Diane, you're related to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott? Omigoodness...! That is so interesting! You know, I haven't really done much research into my family, but you have inspired me to do it.<br /><br />KrippledWarrior, that's an interesting question - why is the learning of lost civilizations gone? I think many of them were conquered by other civilizations who didn't respect their learning. That is a very interesting question.<br /><br />Eddie, I think I am going to subscribe to Ancestry.com. It sounds as if everyone who subscribes to it is finding interesting things about their families!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-41137038660847453982010-03-16T01:30:23.336-07:002010-03-16T01:30:23.336-07:00I haven't seen that show but it sounds very in...I haven't seen that show but it sounds very interesting...I would love to know my origins....my grandparents on my mothers side were from Ireland and my father from Croatia...I am an interesting mix...to think that I might have some nobility in my blood would be nice.<br /><br />By the way I absolutely love your new page and header....very nice...job well done!Smalltown RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806734351278128551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-31949667493719633142010-03-15T23:57:17.482-07:002010-03-15T23:57:17.482-07:00Love your new blog look! A new "do"!
I ...Love your new blog look! A new "do"!<br /><br />I do think we carry some genetic memory. How can we not? I missed this program. I think I'll TIVO it for next week. I have always had an affinity with the Native Americans around the late 1700's. Weird, huh?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-31793970528879566982010-03-15T23:38:35.946-07:002010-03-15T23:38:35.946-07:00Your blog's new look is very pretty.
I went a...Your blog's new look is very pretty.<br /><br />I went as far as I could with that website last night and thought I had saved it, but today half was missing. It also insisted on marrying my mother to my father's father with my father as their child. I think it probably only works if you pay them money, or if you're a celebrity.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-2453642980533368292010-03-15T15:25:34.356-07:002010-03-15T15:25:34.356-07:00The latest one with Emmet Smith was heartbreaking....The latest one with Emmet Smith was heartbreaking. I've been using Ancestry.com to try to nail down the connection to our family of a famous Civil War General but so far to no avail. I wish I could get the expert help the stars are getting!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-26315716890721380292010-03-15T12:14:39.558-07:002010-03-15T12:14:39.558-07:00I'm not much interested in this kind of stuff,...I'm not much interested in this kind of stuff, if they research Star & other Famous people's ancestry, I feel like they put together some major BS at times to make them look even more interesting and/or 'cool'.<br /><br />But for everyday people I love it, After some light research I believe that on my mother's side there might be blood from Lazuri people & ancient Turkic tribesmen & women.<br />And on my father's side there seem to be german jews & even a tiny bit of scottish people... who knows. ;)<br /><br />PS.: Love your father's comment on his ancestry!!!PinkPanthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702242762251577851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-1349634887897905292010-03-15T12:03:52.344-07:002010-03-15T12:03:52.344-07:00I sometimes have very intense dream experiences of...I sometimes have very intense dream experiences of the days of swords and blood. BUt then I write about that stuff a lot so I'm guessing it's mostly that.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-80097569688906106672010-03-15T11:24:27.908-07:002010-03-15T11:24:27.908-07:00My godmother was a genealogist and traced the root...My godmother was a genealogist and traced the roots of my dad's family which go back to the ship just after the Mayflower. So, I've actually never had much interest in it myself, but there's a reason. <br /><br />As a kid, when Orline (yes, that was my godmother's name)-- who was also my great-aunt -- put together the report, sure enough, I'm also descended from one of the Salem Witches, Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged at the age of 72. Part of the reason she was suspect was that she had something like 10 children, all of whom lived....which was considered decidedly funky, and suspect. <br /><br />I thought that was the coolest thing, until I was in college, and met another girl, also descended from Rebecca Nurse....and this girl was half-Norwegian. You can't imagine two people who were less like each other, it was kind of hilarious. Turns out that with those (something like) ten kids living to adulthood, and going on to be rather prolific in the progeny department themselves? Lots and lots of people are descended from Rebecca Nurse, and I truly, I felt no kinship with the young woman I met, who was a very distant relative of mine. <br /><br />I think it is neat that people are so interested though, it's one way of studying up on history.Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-68203076568455090882010-03-15T09:57:47.275-07:002010-03-15T09:57:47.275-07:00I've always been convinced that my dad's s...I've always been convinced that my dad's side of the family has some sort of "color" mixed in - American Indian, or African-American. I would love to look back to see what I could discover about that. I'll bet most of my family were pretty common folk - but I'd like to find out for sure!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-53181098474029287352010-03-15T07:59:07.342-07:002010-03-15T07:59:07.342-07:00I'm a mutt. Well-documented mutt. We can trace...I'm a mutt. Well-documented mutt. We can trace some ancestors back to the family Bach--one of Johann's brothers. And our namessake was the court artist at The Louvre when it was still the palace. We know because we saw the brochure which touted him as "The best in a period of Mediocrity." Highly affronted we went into the room with the art from the seventeenth century, looked at his work, tipped our heads and went, "Damn. Mediocre's the word."<br /><br />Our great great (great?) grandfather Dr. John Starkweather was a traveling quack. We are inordinately proud of him. His apothecary supplies, including his FAMOUS elixer are in a museum. <br /><br />Mayflower people, too. Direct. Oh. In the twenties, a grandfather of some order of "great" ran the apothecary and the still. One guy ran off with his "negro" maid. My great aunts did not care to follow HIM, but we all want to know.<br /><br />Mostly it was sort of fun to see that musicians and artists and scoundrels abounded. Our tendency toward the arts runs deep on both sides of my family, as does a tendency to drink and tell inordinately long stories.<br /><br />Hmm. I guess I'll shut up now. Almost. The truth is, I think we all thought of it more as fun, than moving, and a little bit surprising when we realized we WERE descendents of artists and musicians from centuries back. The gene pool is there, as is the gene pool for drinking. And is there a gene for scoundrelhood? Perhaps.<br /><br />It's fun to think about it all, Jo. thanksJeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-35705861353062079012010-03-15T07:40:27.592-07:002010-03-15T07:40:27.592-07:00As a genealogy freak, I need to start watching thi...As a genealogy freak, I need to start watching this show. I began tracing my roots about ten years ago, after I became a middle-aged orphan. My immediate family is quite small, but my "ancestral" family is huge and fascinating. <br /><br />The most amazing thing I discovered is that after I began following my passion of playing old-time fiddle, I discovered two distant cousins who were prominent old-time fiddlers and whose styles I had admired! I'm now working on my husband's tree which is more difficult, as he is second-generation Hungarian, and Eastern European records are hard to come by.<br /><br />I'd encourage you to start working on your ancestry - even if you do find horse thieves, they'll be interesting horse thieves. ;-) BTW, my mother always said our family was full of said horse thieves...thousands of relatives later, I still haven't found one!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338983050389000985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-44390641988909475012010-03-15T06:56:34.834-07:002010-03-15T06:56:34.834-07:00I think the CBC does a Canadian version of that sh...I think the CBC does a Canadian version of that show too.<br /><br />As for me: one side of my family has done a very careful job of tracking the family tree and writing about it. I know the history well. the other side has been pretty neglectful about that stuff, and it's like there's a big hole in me on that side.Chris Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402945887045545024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-74641310120229322622010-03-15T06:47:59.863-07:002010-03-15T06:47:59.863-07:00Sarah Jessica Parker had such a wonderful reaction...Sarah Jessica Parker had such a wonderful reaction to every bit of news, it made it much more interesteing. <br /><br />By the nature of us all living in the New World, I bet almost everyone has a dramatic story from the past. <br /><br />It will be interesting to see what other areas of history are explored on this show!Aronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684686792915105465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-54767616976694279332010-03-15T04:40:31.355-07:002010-03-15T04:40:31.355-07:00Not sure what to think. I guess the odds are that...Not sure what to think. I guess the odds are that most of us have ancestors who were just regular folks.<br /><br />Then again, if you believe in reincarnation, we could have actually lived before. <br /><br />I think in a previous life I was a .... border collie!Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072219347283927398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-6910088453331985032010-03-15T01:32:30.250-07:002010-03-15T01:32:30.250-07:00They have that same show here with South African c...They have that same show here with South African celebs. I would love to have it done for myself. I am very interested in my family tree and has started working on gathering info and photos on my mother's side. Its is really interesting.Firefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-27696396867658473932010-03-15T01:05:06.420-07:002010-03-15T01:05:06.420-07:00I used to watch the show in the UK, it was fab... ...I used to watch the show in the UK, it was fab... some very interesting finds :0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-20182223723589246662010-03-14T20:21:31.885-07:002010-03-14T20:21:31.885-07:00I, too, think this is a fascinating subject to exp...I, too, think this is a fascinating subject to explore. It's certainly possible that we inherit memories from our ancestors, but I think it's more likely that in such cases as your deep feelings of connection with Queen Elizabeth, your soul was actually a member of her court, or even possibly the Queen herself, in another body. Of course that presupposes reincarnation, which I find more probable than the idea that we only live once. It's possible that your clear memories are those of your former self passed down in your DNA.<br /><br />Now if you'll excuse me, I would like to check out that website.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-52750971968146935222010-03-14T19:55:35.414-07:002010-03-14T19:55:35.414-07:00I haven't seen the show, and I have to confess...I haven't seen the show, and I have to confess I have always been fascinated by the fact that I have zero interest in researching my family tree. <br /><br />I guess I'm just so sure that my ancestors were commoners. The people who decided not to join the crowd during the French Revolution. The ones who heard Paul Revere shouting his warning during his midnight ride and fussed because of all the noise. I could be wrong of course, but if my parents or grandparents are anyone to go by, I think I'm probably on the right track hereKatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-79098656032860922082010-03-14T18:05:39.607-07:002010-03-14T18:05:39.607-07:00A great topic Jo! I have found a relative in flor...A great topic Jo! I have found a relative in florida who has traced my mom's family back to Richard Warren (of the Mayflower), and beyond! I'd like to start documenting all of this officially, for myself and my children. Just what I need - another excuse to spend even more hours at the computer .Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305293775583665402noreply@blogger.com