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Norway. The greatest ancestor I know came to America around 1001 AD. We stopped doing a common Norway tradition of baking a weird pretzel thing around the 2000s. Man, they were good.

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Joe McRee

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I feel like my ancestors were kind of Game of Thrones characters in a spanish muslim way...
My family name came from the Abbadid dinasty who ruled Sevilla in the 11th century during the muslim spain period. They were three successive king on a 70 years span. First Abbad was a smart jurist who takes a crown by plot, his son a fierce warrior king who expanded the kingdom to almost all the south of spain. The last Abbad of Sevilla, Al-Mutamid was a brillant poet who lost his kingdom betrayed by the fanaticals Almovarids he called to help him fight the christians. He died poor in exile in Morroco far from the beauty and luxury of the Alcazar of Sevilla.
His daughter Zaïda fled and became christian to marry king Alphonso IV of Castilla under the name of Isabel.

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Jack Burton

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Scottish, Irish, English, Norway, America, and Germany. I'm a Heinz 57.

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

All northern and western Europe does not make you a Heinz 57...

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Australian here, going back as far as 1246 paternal and maternal lines include England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. After that date maternal ancestors came from France which is much harder to trace because I don't speak French. This has taken 15 years of research with much appreciated help from fellow researchers in the various countries.

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Rose the Cook

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OLIVIA NORMAND 3 years ago

My ancestors came from all over the world

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Scandinavian, Irish and German. Oh... and several from Seattle.

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Dr Nostromo

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Norwegian and Irish on my moms side and mostly Scottish on my dads.

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Snowman️

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Are/were you a blonde? My family’s mostly British, but I got a whopping dose of my paternal grandmother’s Swedish genes and had nearly invisible white hair until my adult hormones kicked in when I around 12, at which point it became an amazing golden blonde—I had a Swedish man tell me I had the most beautiful hair he had ever seen (we were in our early 30s at the time). After menopause it became the light brown of a former blonde, but I still have blonde listed on my driver’s license out of habit.

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Africa. We all came from Africa. Some of our ancestors just took a really long long walk. Some even took boats. Isn't that nice. lol

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Truth Monster

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My dad's family name dates back to William the conqueror. His family were awarded land and titles for their support of William in the battle of Hastings. His DNA also shows Maori decent although he has no idea how.
Mum's side is pure Irish. DNA suggests no other contributors since the emerald isle was first settled.

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Donkey boi

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Mostly from Europe. On my Mom's side, I think it is England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, France, etc. etc. On my Dad's side, it's Germany, Puerto Rico, Portugal, and probably a bunch of other places too, but those are the ones I know of.

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Mushroom Garden

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mostly german and a little french, dating back to the huguenots in the 19th century

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wifeofweasley

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Britain. My ancestor from there was governor bradford

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OddOnyx

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Somewhere in Europe, idk where.

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Julia King

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My Mom's side is from Mexico And My Dads side is from Cuba.

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Michael Hernandez

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Paternal Swedish, Scottish, and Spanish and maternal German, French, Welsh and Shawnee

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dandelion moon

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Melting pot here. I have Scottish, English, German (a lot), Irish, Native American, and probably some other stuff. I want to do the Ancestry or 23 and Me tests. I'm curious to see how much Native American I have. My Mom's dad was supposedly all German. My Mom's Mom was half german and half melting pot. Dad's side is pretty dang Scottish and English. Most of this is from Genealogies that both sides of the family have done. I'm fully aware, more than most, about how genetics works. Using half and whole as a 'he was 2nd generation German' since that's the best info I go.

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Roadkill The Brave

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