The "Ancestry" Thread

[A Perfect Score]

I'm trying to trace my heritage back a ways, find out a little more about my ancestors, my family's origin and such...was wondering what other people knew on the subject, if there is anyone really knowledgable about that stuff on here, itd be cool if someone could tell me the origins behind my name and such. What about you guys? Names, places of origin, etc. etc.

btw, my last name is "elyea", if anyone knows anything about that origin of that name, please fill me in

[Nitschke-Hawk]

After going to the library recently for my research paper I got a flyer for ancestry but I guess they just have the software there...Anyway. I want to check this stuff out too even though I know the basics of my family. By the way your last name looks like Hell Yeah but I'm sure you've heard that before.

[fischbowl]

I'm Greek and Russian.

the last name elyea sounds to be from one of the romance languages.

[A Perfect Score]

After going to the library recently for my research paper I got a flyer for ancestry but I guess they just have the software there...Anyway. I want to check this stuff out too even though I know the basics of my family. By the way your last name looks like Hell Yeah but I'm sure you've heard that before.

lol "Hell Yeah" is wat all my friends call me...its kinda my catch phrase/nickname now...but yeah i think all that family origin and ancestry is realy interesting, its not a common last name, so im having trouble finding information on it

[roidrunner]

Im German and basically all of the United Kingdom, and French Hugonaut (sp?). my ancestory is linked back to Samual huntington, a signer of the declaration of Independence. and also my grandmother maiden name is Haight. My great (i do not know how many times) grandfather is the guy Haight and Ashbury in San Fran is named after. Thats on my dads side. they all live in Eau Claire Wisconsin. my mom is a german national. and my last name is Owen, which means young fighter.

[Twiddler]

My mother's half is primarily English and my father is adopted so I'm unsure what nationality his blood is. My grandparents from that side though have German (and some Dutch) roots.

[diabsoule]

I'm trying to trace my heritage back a ways, find out a little more about my ancestors, my family's origin and such...was wondering what other people knew on the subject, if there is anyone really knowledgable about that stuff on here, itd be cool if someone could tell me the origins behind my name and such. What about you guys? Names, places of origin, etc. etc.

btw, my last name is "elyea", if anyone knows anything about that origin of that name, please fill me in

You might want to try Welsh.

I have traced part of my mom's family all the way back to the mid 1600s. We have a fairly interesting history. I haven't researched my Dad's yet.

My family is French, German, Irish, Native American, Welsh, and Scot.

[downthealley]

Never heard Elyea, but thats a cool last name...

I'm Hmong, thats about it.

[fenikz]

I'm trying to trace my heritage back a ways, find out a little more about my ancestors, my family's origin and such...was wondering what other people knew on the subject, if there is anyone really knowledgable about that stuff on here, itd be cool if someone could tell me the origins behind my name and such. What about you guys? Names, places of origin, etc. etc.

btw, my last name is "elyea", if anyone knows anything about that origin of that name, please fill me in

kind of looks like Gaelic or Welsh

[roidrunner]

its french canadian, meaning "noble army" another form of your family name is "Alyea" but it has Germanic roots

[A Perfect Score]

You might want to try Welsh.

I have traced part of my mom's family all the way back to the mid 1600s. We have a fairly interesting history. I haven't researched my Dad's yet.

My family is French, German, Irish, Native American, Welsh, and Scot.

ive been told by others that it sounds welsh/irish, its pronounced "L-E-A", but ive never been able to actually find anyhting on it other then the recent history...welsh would be really cool though.

and, well, ive got auburn hair and a rather nasty temper at times, so people tell me if anything i should be irish, but i would really like to find out for sure.

[roidrunner]

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Elyea-family-history.ashx


thats where i found it

[A Perfect Score]

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Elyea-family-history.ashx


thats where i found it

lol + rep for you good sir, and thanks alot, when i checked under the places of origin, it did indeed say that ireland was the top place of origin...so i suppose the mystery is solved ahha, but its still cool reading about other peoples ancestry, keep em coming

[roidrunner]

there is also a book about your family's heritage.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W1P2YQ/?tag=ounainhi03-20

[kwilk103]

irish, dutch and english on my moms side

and indian on my dads

[Cashmoney]

Im 1/2 English, 3/8 German, and 1/8 Cherokee.

[SuperMcgee]

Casimir Pulaski > your ancestor

Three weeks until Dyngus Day!
Polish Buffalo probably isn't the most appealing thing to hear, but Dyngus Day here is great, definitely one of the most fun days of the year.

[roidrunner]

dude i love Casimir Pulaski, he used to get me days off from school when i was little. He was my hero cause of that. i never really knew what he did though

[fenikz]

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Elyea-family-history.ashx


thats where i found it

can you help me try to get mine

last name is Primc

I can't seem to get any information, I'm pretty positive its Czech

[A Perfect Score]

can you help me try to get mine

last name is Primc

I can't seem to get any information, I'm pretty positive its Czech

lol it didnt bring up a point of immigration when i searched it...maybe roidrunner will find something

and now that i know im irish, it explains my deep seated love for st. patricks day. Its always been my favourite holiday, i guess it was just genetic lol.

[Nitschke-Hawk]

Well the basics... I'm half Norwegian, both families of my grandparents on my mom's side I believe came over in the later 1800s from Norway and settled in Wisconsin. Strum, Wisconsin to be exact which is near Eau Claire where Twiddler resides. My grandpa's last name is Olsen and his mother's name was Stomprud, both definite Norwegian names. My grandma's mom's last name was Finstad and her dad's was Benson. My grandparents moved down to Lisle, Illinois when my grandpa started driving for Yellow trucking after working for several companies in the Strum area including Chippewa Motor Freight.

My mom met my dad around 1981 I think. His side I believe is mostly English. My grandma says our ancestors came over on the Mayflower, or maybe ship shortly after. I don't know exactly how my grandparents on my dad's side met but most of our older family is downstate in the Bloomington area and they lived there early in my dad's life.

My parents met at what was called The Golden Bear restaurant at the time where my mom worked and I was born in 1988 and my sister in 1991.

In 1995 my grandparents on my mom's side moved back to Strum, Wisconsin after my grandpa retired from Yellow trucking. They also began taking care of my great grandma who lived to be 97. One of the best things I can think of now that I'm thinking about these things is the fact that she knew exactly who I was everytime up until she was about 96 and she would only see me 3 or 4 times a year at the most. That's just awesome. They don't make em like they used to!!! lol

We still go to Wisconsin to visit 2 or 3 times a year at least and my grandparents come to visit us at age 73 and 74 along with my aunt's and uncle's family maybe 4 or 5 times a year.

I know a lot more people on my moms side, they're also generally more fun to be around. There's only 5 close family members on my dad's side that live near us also.

My Packer fandom clearly comes from my Wisconsin roots. I've got family members that I every now and then get to see that live in Minnesota that are Viking fans, my Wisconsin family is all Packer fans, and mostly everybody here in Illinois in my family likes the Bears. I don't know one Lions fan or Colts fan. Oh yeah and I like the Bulls cause I grew up in the 90's watching them, I became a basketball fan on my own without the passing on of it from family members.

Well I never really made a post quite like that.

[fenikz]

lol it didnt bring up a point of immigration when i searched it...maybe roidrunner will find something

and now that i know im irish, it explains my deep seated love for st. patricks day. Its always been my favourite holiday, i guess it was just genetic lol.

lol except for the fact that St. Patrick's day is a American holiday(at least the way we celebrate it) but of course the drinker that the Irish all they came around eventually

[roidrunner]

its slovenian, from a town called Radenci. atleast that is all i can find so far

[roidrunner]

i was born and raised in Eau Claire before i had to move to IL for my dads work, Sammy's Pizza is my favorite place to get pizza

[A Perfect Score]

lol except for the fact that St. Patrick's day is a American holiday(at least the way we celebrate it) but of course the drinker that the Irish all they came around eventually

way to take the wind out of my sails, fenikz. Here i am, trying to be all positive and embrace my newfound heritage, and you come in here, all negative, and just bring down the enthusiasm level. Your username should be jerknikz.

jokes lol i just love st. patties for green beer. hahah

[doingthisinsteadofwork]

Im mostly German and Irish.
My last name is Walt.And one of my relatives was a 4 star general for the Marines.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lwwalt.htm

[downthealley]

With my ancestry, if people have never heard of Hmong people, and I tell them that I am Hmong, they always think that I'm Mongolian. Its quite funny.

[roidrunner]

Fenikz this might seem random is your familt from Penn. Origionally??

[themaninblack]

I'm pretty sure that I'm mostly Irish with some German/Polish in me.

[JagHombre22]

I'm scottish...

and it's pretty badass....

[fenikz]

Fenikz this might seem random is your familt from Penn. Origionally??

As far as I know both parents on my moms side are from Cork, Ireland and my Grandma on my dad's side is from some where in Ireland only my grandpa was born here but that was in Wisconsin

[roidrunner]

Primc in Czech means "the best" or "Prime."

[bearsfan_51]

It's actually not that hard. I've been doing it off and on since high school. I'm related to Robert E. Lee, Henry Lee, Thomas More, King Richard of Scottland, and George Washington by marriage and adoption. Obviously the more rich your families background (mine isn't anymore but used to be), the better record keeping they are going to have. Also, western europeans tended to keep better records than eastern europeans.

If you have any black, hispanic, or native american in you, good luck. The majority of the time that came through some sort of rape or illicit affair, unless it occured within the last century or so.

It's good that you have interest though, best of luck, and like other posters have said, the local library is a good place to start.

[the dude]

Swiss
Swedish
German
Scottish (the McLeod clan)

[Tobzilla]

half norske half dutch ... suck it

[HChu]

All Vietnamese.

[TimD]

Irish
http://www.geocities.com/merlino2k/ireland_irish_flag.gif
French Canadien
http://www.johomaps.com/na/canada/flag_que.gif
German
http://www.totalnannies.com/images/germany_flag.gif

then I have a Swedish and Polish great grandparent thrown in there.
http://www.pigqtech.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/sweden_f.gif
http://www.fasaware.co.uk/flags_images/poland.gif

Last name is Driscoll and my mom's maiden name is Callaghan so I'm mostly Irish. Its interesting to look at names in family trees. A lot of Patricks, Fredricks, and french names.

[Twiddler]

Oh, and I forgot but apparently due to my mom's Grandmother's family in some way I am 1/16th Native American (Cherokee I believe). Pretty interesting to me since I'm quite white and I just found it out like half a year ago.

[TimD]

Oh, and I forgot but apparently due to my mom's Grandmother's family in some way I am 1/16th Native American (Cherokee I believe). Pretty interesting to me since I'm quite white and I just found it out like half a year ago.

you should put that on college apps

[Twiddler]

you should put that on college apps

I'm already in college. But I wouldn't do that if it was only going to serve me as an advantage. I'm white, there's no way around it. If I have a little bit of Native American in me than thats cool but I'm not going to use it to be looked at differently. I'll reserve that for the people who are actually more than 1/16th Native American.

[awfullyquiet]

I'm yellow on the outside (korean)
White on the Inside (italian)

My parents happen to be from udine and firenze, i happen to be from somewhere in korea.

I can never run for president.

[awfullyquiet]

Primc in Czech means "the best" or "Prime."

Meaning it's relatively close to Primm.
or. Primus.

[jballa838]

I'm yellow on the outside (korean)
White on the Inside (italian)

My parents happen to be from udine and firenze, i happen to be from somewhere in korea.

I can never run for president.
psh, everyone knows girls could never be presidents.

[awfullyquiet]

psh, everyone knows girls could never be presidents.

so true. so true.
i now have a fantastic post for st. patricks day.

[skinzzfan25]

I'm Hungarian/Italian/Polish from my father and Irish/French from my mother.

[Bills2083]

I am Italian, British, and Czech

[roidrunner]

i also found out i am related to John Muir. i will laugh if anyone knows who that is.

[Cashmoney]

i also found out i am related to John Muir. i will laugh if anyone knows who that is.

The first modern preservationist?

[Jakey]

My name is Ison (pronounced Eye-Sun/Eisen)...it is British, and originates from Scandinavia/Norse. There is only a small amount of Ison's in the whole of the U.S...and they are mostly all in Kansas, of all places. I have definately got some mixed roots...my dads side of the family were gypsies and are quite distinctive looking (in a good way) :) And my grandma on my moms side claims she is native American, but i dont believe her :D

[TimD]

How'd you get your username if your real name is Ison?

[Jakey]

^ Jakey is my 1st name, Ison is my surname :)