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OldDem2012

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10. US Citizen: ancestors include....

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:02 AM

Jan 2013

* an Italian branch which arrived in 1773 and went to work for Thomas Jefferson at Monticello as indentured servants starting his vineyards. This branch produced two 4th-great-grandfathers who arrived on the same ship;

* a German branch which arrived in 1717 and settled in the area of the Germanna Foundation in Virginia...also indentured servants;

* Scots-Irish branch arrived in Philadelphia in 1730 as...you guessed it! Indentured servants!...., traveled down the Great Wagon Road in Virginia, and settled in Kentucky before 1800.

All three branches produced Revolutionary War vets, with the Scots-Irish branch also producing French and Indian War vets.

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So, my maternal grandparents immigrated from the Ukraine [View all] Control-Z Jan 2013 OP

Germany...both sides. Every non-native American family was from immigrants at one time. libdem4life Jan 2013 #1

Exactly! Control-Z Jan 2013 #3

Uh, so were they. aquart Jan 2013 #23

Also the child of immigrant grandparents, first-generation parents frazzled Jan 2013 #2

That is why I said Ukraine: Control-Z Jan 2013 #5

I could possibly have said Belarus or Lithuania frazzled Jan 2013 #7

Mother from Canada,father Irish but family here for 3 generations when I was born. virgogal Jan 2013 #4

So are you (very) young? Control-Z Jan 2013 #18

I'm ancient. My mother came in the 20s and my father's family were Irish famine immigrants. virgogal Jan 2013 #30

Small quibble.... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #6

I will remember that!! Control-Z Jan 2013 #8

LOL! I was thinking the same thing - lynne Jan 2013 #11

My paternal grandparents came from Norway Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #9

US Citizen: ancestors include.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #10

Father's family from Romania in 1920 AnnieBW Jan 2013 #12

"came over from the Old Country" Control-Z Jan 2013 #13

That's where I picked it up AnnieBW Jan 2013 #15

All my lines were early immigrants - lynne Jan 2013 #14

Agree 100%....great fun!! nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #25

My maternal grandparents were also from Ukraine, Raksha Jan 2013 #16

I have so many questions Control-Z Jan 2013 #40

Heinz 57 mongrel Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #17

You sound like what my children are. Control-Z Jan 2013 #41

You sound like what my children are. Control-Z Jan 2013 #42

I'm a US citizen. octoberlib Jan 2013 #19

Most of my ancestors arrived in America before the Revolution; 13 generations on both sides. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #20

My father was a German Lutheran living somewhere in Russia erinlough Jan 2013 #21

My maternal grandmother was from the Ukraine. Lugnut Jan 2013 #22

My fathers side (step father, all I know) came over from England end of 1600's early 1700's. okaawhatever Jan 2013 #24

Eligible for DAR pugetres Jan 2013 #26

my most recent immigrant was in 1864 hfojvt Jan 2013 #27

Mom was an immigrant (Canada), Dad was from a line that's been in the US since Nay Jan 2013 #28

1st generation American. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #29

3 of my grandparents were born in Ireland and came here as children. FSogol Jan 2013 #31

Mostly from England in the 1600s on Marrah_G Jan 2013 #32

I'm a U.S. permanent resident (a/k/a 'green card' holder) WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2013 #33

It is not the Ukraine. It is just Ukraine. RebelOne Jan 2013 #34

My Grandfather came here from Sicily. My grandmother came smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #35

Both grandparents came from Russia. zellie Jan 2013 #36

Grandparents on both sides came from Ukraine before the Great War NoPasaran Jan 2013 #37

My mother's ancestors arrived from Germany and Ireland in the mid 1800's, via Baltimore, MD. mia Jan 2013 #38

Maternal grandparents from Finland, paternal from the Ukraine. kiranon Jan 2013 #39