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In reply to the discussion: On this St. Patrick's Day I just found out that my 3x Great Grandfather lived 11.7 miles away from [View all]malthaussen
(17,219 posts)55. I lived in the same town and school district as Jill Biden.
She was five years ahead of me in school, though, so our paths never crossed.
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On this St. Patrick's Day I just found out that my 3x Great Grandfather lived 11.7 miles away from [View all]
chowder66
Mar 17
OP
I can only go back to about that time in Manchester, England on another line on my Mom's side.
chowder66
Mar 17
#8
You're doing better than me. My dad grew up about 5-6 miles from TFG's mom in The Outer Hebrides.
CincyDem
Mar 17
#10
Haha...my mom was Irish and the Scot line was so strong, I was 14 before I knew it.
CincyDem
Mar 17
#13
He grew up Anglican and converted to Catholic to marry my mom...so we grew up Catholic.
CincyDem
Mar 17
#21
great story! I just found out (thru DNA) that I'm 14% Irish and no Scottish which family thought we were.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 17
#33
interesting. I'm going to do a competitor's product and see what the correlation is.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 17
#41
Thanks. It's hard when Dad's won't do simple things that would be soo meaningful for their children. I can relate
Evolve Dammit
Mar 19
#62
Lol. There was a family tree online that had one of my Scots Irish lines listed as Cavan P****
chowder66
Mar 17
#32