OT: Anyone try AncestryDNA yet?
Wife and I are trying it...
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
No but I've traced my last name to a family in Kent that held a family seat there. They were granted land by William the Conqueror for their distinguished assistance in the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror was a descendant of Rollo... you know that traitor brother of Ragnar on the show Vikings. :p
And by "traced" I mean looked it up on the interwebs =) .... maybe someday I'll get over there and really look into it.
What brought on the "wanting to know" for you guys.... for me it was the death of my Dad.
Id love to hear how it goes.
I've traced my dad's family all the way to the Lusitania arriving at Ellis Island in 1901 from Norway (great, great Grandpa), and i was even able to find his dad in Norweigan records.
It gets reaaaaaaaallly complicated from there... about 1850s.
Yes I have. It was interesting to see the results. But I want to try 23andMe. It is supposedly better.
Here are my 23andme results:
https://you.23andme.com/published/reports/2b8ee143ad4a4f55/?share_id=effb89cbfdb440f2
Yes I have and I plan to go back to Europe and reclaim the family farmland that the Huns stole when they invaded from the east.
@"Bezerker88" said: No but I've traced my last name to a family in Kent that held a family seat there. They were granted land by William the Conqueror for their distinguished assistance in the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror was a descendant of Rollo... you know that traitor brother of Ragnar on the show Vikings. :pGood question...I'm banking one cause wife wanted to do it. That and I have a little curiosity too, will give our kid some sense of his past too.And by "traced" I mean looked it up on the interwebs =) .... maybe someday I'll get over there and really look into it.
What brought on the "wanting to know" for you guys.... for me it was the death of my Dad.
wife and daughters have done it. All this time she thought she was hispanic and it turns out she is 51 percent Native American.
@"SDCAVIKESFAN" said: wife and daughters have done it. All this time she thought she was hispanic and it turns out she is 51 percent Native American.So you have payments coming your way if your tribe has a casino - as well as other gov't benefits.
P@"twgerber" said:@"SDCAVIKESFAN" said: wife and daughters have done it. All this time she thought she was hispanic and it turns out she is 51 percent Native American. So you have payments coming your way if your tribe has a casino - as well as other gov't benefits.
Depending on the tribe she may have oil money coming! I have a buddy whos gg grandfather was a medicine man and in that tribe the higher elders decendents get more of a cut so he does quite well when oil is up. Not crazy money, like 15 Indians in Shakopee own a casino, but ice castle fish house or fancy elk hunting trip type money.
@"twgerber" said:@"SDCAVIKESFAN wife and daughters have done it. All this time she thought she was hispanic and it turns out she is 51 percent Native American. So you have payments coming your way if your tribe has a casino - as well as other gov't benefits.
we have to find which tribe and find out if any of her ancestors are registered. They made the trip to new mexico a couple months back to see if they can find it. They got some good leads but it takes a while and like you said if they have a casino.
@"SDCAVIKESFAN" said:@"twgerber" said:@"SDCAVIKESFAN wife and daughters have done it. All this time she thought she was hispanic and it turns out she is 51 percent Native American. So you have payments coming your way if your tribe has a casino - as well as other gov't benefits.
we have to find which tribe and find out if any of her ancestors are registered. They made the trip to new mexico a couple months back to see if they can find it. They got some good leads but it takes a while and like you said if they have a casino.
The tribe just owning a casino may not be enough, some require the members live on the reservation and work at the casino a little in order to get their cut....so how do you feel about relocating to sunny new mexico?
Well, the spit's in the mail and on it's way for analysis.
Maybe I'm due some of that casino $$ too?
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