nameraka Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 just curious as i only recently found out that my great grandfather (died before i was born) emigrated from the u.k. hardly exotic, i know. still, from my limited knowledge of the family tree it looks like everyone else came over in the 18th and 19th centuries. except for my mom's mom's family, who are native american.
André Toulon Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 I dunno....I just know my father's side of the family is French Creole.
Zenigundam Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 The 1950s, but since migrating from PR to the USA hasn't been immigration since before the Jones Act, you would have to go back to the 1800s.
stilgar Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 My grandfather on my dads side came over from Germany right before WWI.
nameraka Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 4 ...but then again I'm French Canadian 4 generations? apparently 3 is the average, at least in the u.s. http://www.gallup.com/poll/4621/majority-americans-identify-themselves-third-generation-americans.aspx
MEXobiologist Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 grand parents on dads side great grand parents on ma's
Distortedreasoning Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 both my parents are immigrants. and their are parents as well. this country is nothing but immigrants.
NaBarney Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 My grandfather came to the US from Portugal
RPM Jr. Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 At least five. My namesake ancestor came from Ireland.
Rumb0 Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 My mom is most def an immigrant, but my dad I dunno. If you consider being captured and having your ass thrown on a ship to be immigration, then whatever.
JeNewBee Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 Paternal grandmother's parents And Maternal grandfather's parents Maternal Great grandparents actually meet here though And they were from Yugoslav in the part that today is Croatia This is my parental grandmother's brother https://g.co/kgs/0V7k2q I can't remember where my parental great grandparents are from think they are Dutch, Swiss or possibly German
JeNewBee Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Grandparents escaping nazis My great grandparents left after Fran Ferdinand was assassinated right before WW1
Vamped Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Well .... sometime during slave trade but I'm actually gonna order one of those DNA kits
GunStarHero Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Despite my mother being a globetrotting whore, as far as I can tell, the first people on either side of the family to immigrate here were my great-great-great-great-great grandparents on my father's side. They came over from Scotland. No clue about my mother's side.
Top Gun Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 I...honestly don't know. I probably should. It's either one of my great-grandparents or my great-great grandparents, I think.
RPM Jr. Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Okay. So...Dad's side: At least fifth generation. Surname ancestor: Ireland (1840's); France (unknown, might be mixed in with my surname ancestral line); paternal grandmother's family: Germany (19th century), Scotland and Ireland (mid-late 18th century) Mother's side: at least fourth generation. Germany (19th century); England (unknown, most likely 19th century), Scotland and Ireland (19th century), the Netherlands (17th century). So on one side, my family line goes all the way to 17th century Colonial America. Interesting.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 My maternal grandfather's parents were Italian immigrants, if I'm not mistaken. Other than them, I have no idea when any of my other ancestors emigrated here.
molarbear Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 4, my great, great Grandfather on my Dad's side came over on a boat from Italy.
scoobdog Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 4 My great great grandfather brought his family of musicians here from Bari.
mthor Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 3 sets of great-grandparents, one grandparent.
GaiusIuliusCaesar Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 My mother on my moms side and I think my great grandfather on my dad's. Funnily enough apart from my paternal grandmother (whose family was from Naples) everyone in my family is from the same region of Italy, calabria. Actually because of the way citizenship works in Italy and in the United States I have defacto duel citizenship status. Which will be handy when I visit Europe, or at least those countries belonging to the EU.
Mini_ghost420 Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 my ancestors were here in 1776 fighting the Royal Brits so we could call ourself our own country
garbagepailcat Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 I know very, very little about my mother's side of the family. Both of my maternal grandparents came from very poor families, so there aren't any records to find out where they came from. The family says that my great-grandmother was a Cherokee from NC, but everyone in the south says that so idk how credible it is. My father's family has pretty solid records. They were Scots-Irish immigrants in the 1600s and 1700s who married other Scots-Irish immigrants and a few Native Americans. So pretty far back from what I know.
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