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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:16 PM Original message |
My ancestry is undeniably "peasant". What's your's? |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hindu priests and lawyers |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. That actually sounds kind of interesting! |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
103. Yeah |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Sniff...mine is too peasant to be pure... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
141. There's a love-hate thing going on for me |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Shady characters on my dad's side and respectable but still shady |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. That actually could be interesting! |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Well lets see dad |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Don't beat yourself up too much over Pickett |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. If you're a writer--you should make Dad's side a novel... |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Um, you and I must be cousins, Lenidog!!! |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. His brother moved North after the war to the Chamberburg area |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Much the same |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Hey, at least we're in the majority! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. The earliest ancestors I know of are... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I would be interested in knowing if there's any way of knowing how |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I'm sure it's quite a large number... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
120. I have two--my mother's maternal grandparents from Germany. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I am descended from King Duncan of MacBeth fame |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I always confuse MacBeth with Hamlet--both went nuts, right? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
78. MacBeth kills Duncan and ascends to the throne of Scotland |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Thanks! I knew there was vengenace somehow, oh, and madness... |
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RogueTrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #78 |
184. That 's just English propaganda |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
200. Didn't Siward |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
119. Cousin! |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Irish peasants and English dissidents |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That certainly goes back a loooooooooooooong way! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. got kicked out of RI by Roger Williams |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Don't you mean Ro-Dielin? lol. Born and raised there. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
80. Actually ended up in the Mohawk Valley |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Verrrry distant relative of Abe Lincoln. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Irish peasants and Jewish peasants |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. A friend who comes from a similar background as yours said her |
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chaumont58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. I read once that my surname meant 'Servant' |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yeah, I'd think that would be a dead give-away! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
213. Not necessarily. |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Irish peasants, and German peasants. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. I said it before--we peasants are certainly in the majority! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bohemia & Ireland on the maternal side.. Aristocratic Cuban on Paternal |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Love that baby--anyone you know? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Nope.. just a cute pic I found online a long time ago |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Cherokee Scottish English Melungeon |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That does go a long way back... |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. Irish farmers. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Any still down in Florida? Always helps to have relatives in warm |
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sportndandy (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. My ancestors were Royal Pains in the Ass! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Oh, I'm impressed! I've always had a fascination for royalty! |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm descended from the Jukes and the Kallikaks. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Ain't we all!?! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Polish Peasants - both sides. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
191. "Distant" usually means it was some randy nobleman |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. mother's side = serfs |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
203. I love the word "serf"--reminds me of the serfs in Monty |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Peasant on my Italian Dad's side |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. Religious dissidents from Sweden, immigrants from Ireland |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Irish assasins on my Mom's side, fleeing criminals on my Dad's side |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. Always nice to have something interesting like that in your background! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's weird, my aunt is really into the family history thing.. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. In sheer numbers of people, or her prying you for info or telling you? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. No, I just thought it was funny that they were assassins |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
157. Reminds me of something my brother said. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Bog-trotting Irish peasant, low as low. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Could be an Irish thing--my firend has a similar background, yet her |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
211. I'm sure there are others, |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Mixed. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. What did they do? you mean? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Yeah, how they lived, etc.... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I wish I knew more |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Yeah, I'd like to know more also...but you can't when nothing is |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. One line of my family is Dutch. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Any still over there? If so, introduce me--I'd love to get back to |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Possible. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Good! That way I won't be a bore, staying at one place for too |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Eastern European peasant |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. Pirates |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. English Catholic Aristos |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Grandmother was Italian aristocracy who |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. That would make a great movie. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. On My Father's Side |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. wow, thats what my Dutch family did, hm.... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
92. 100 Years Ago |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #92 |
109. Dutch ancestors |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. more Bogardus |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
212. I believe there was |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. Dirt poor |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. Descended from the De Burgos, doncha know? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. Piscine |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. The Norwegian and Latvian ancestors were peasants |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. Farmers and fishermen. |
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luvLLB (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hillbilly....plain and simple. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
68. Western European... |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
69. Alcoholics, Bar Owners, the first Sheriff of New Jersey |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. I think I'd like to learn about the sheriff.... |
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hippiepunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. My fuckup rich great-great-great-great grandfather |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
72. English, Swedish, German |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. That goes back pretty damn far! Wish I could trace mine that far back! |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
130. I have a great-aunt.... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
77. You know, joeybee12, those |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. That is very, very, very true......... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
198. It could well be |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #198 |
202. True, the desire to believe in a royal linkage is strong, and |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. Nope, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:51 AM Response to Reply #204 |
205. What am I thinking? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #205 |
208. That *was* what I thought you'd be thinking. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #208 |
209. You're mosre optimistic than I am...the history of man |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #209 |
210. Your summation is so pessimistic, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #210 |
215. It was brief because I had to leave to catch a flight back home...now |
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redsoxliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
82. peasent in england, middle class in egypt |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
83. My mom says we're realted to Queen Isabella |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
84. Peasants on my dad's side; French royalty on my mom's |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
85. family sent from Ireland |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
86. My father's family escaped Cromwell in Ireland in the 1600's.... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
199. A friend of mine who toured Ireland |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
87. Rather diverse |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
89. Vanity kick, because I want this to reach 100! Dobrou noc! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
90. Oh yes - my mom has done a lot of genealogy work |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
91. In old country Norway |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
93. Upper-class Catholic Belgian bourgeois all the way. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:44 AM Response to Reply #93 |
170. Hey--I was just in Belgium--first time there and I |
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sharonking21 (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
94. A mixed but interesting bag |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #94 |
214. I was saying to a |
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susu369 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #214 |
216. Fascinating story, KCabotDullesMarxIII |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #216 |
218. Yeah, they guy knows his stuff! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #216 |
219. De nada, susu! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #219 |
220. Thank you, joey, but it [b]is[/b] all |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
95. Farmers and fishermen. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
96. Jeez, there sure are a lot of peasants around here |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #96 |
112. Damn right! And we're the majority! Always have been... |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
97. Why the fuck should I care? |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
98. Descended from a Revolutionary War vet... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #98 |
108. That's interesting...wish I coud trace mine farther back! |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
99. I'm Irish |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
100. I have some suspicious ancestors |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #100 |
201. Jst got around to reading yours--talk about detail! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
101. High preists during the Temple |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
102. serfs in Russia |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #102 |
180. Hey--we could be related! |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
104. Half aristocracy, half peasant |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
105. Irish and Scilian peasants. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
106. Wanderlust Drifters... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
110. Family settled the Mass. Bay Colonies in the mid 1600's |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 09:06 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I'm jealous--wish I could trace mine that far back! |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #111 |
113. I can trace it back even further than that |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
115. My adoptive mom's lineage goes back to Edward Teach |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Yeah--be proud of being a peasant! We're in the majority! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
117. Puritans on my dad's side |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Yeah--they could be living in Tuscany--what a great place to visit! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
121. Farmers, farmers, and more farmers. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. I'll take a gander...I'll also have to take a trip to the "old country" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. I want to.... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. My last name is very uncommon here in the US...I dares ya to find |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #131 |
142. Yep, me too. |
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susu369 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #121 |
217. Thank you - did not know about the genealogy forum on DU |
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DawnneOBTS (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
123. Arr Arr Where Be The Gold? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Hey, try to find a treasure map somewhere! |
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Mass_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
125. same |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. I think that's neat! |
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Mass_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #128 |
135. thanks |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
126. Fishermen, merchants & explorers |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
127. Po folks and vigilantes |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
132. cut throats and robbers...some of them |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Sounds like you've got quite the mixture going there! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I'm a mutt |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Most of us are...gotta be something thrown in, even for those of us |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
137. yes I have |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Hey--keep us posted when you find out! |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
139. Descendent of a Bastard of the King of Sweden |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. I think there's a lot of royal bastards running around out there... |
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Shopaholic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
140. Royalty on one side, Irish bootleggers on the other |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
144. My ancestry is undeniably gullible |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. I'd be willing to bet they married mormons... |
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carpetbagger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
146. More blue collar than peasant. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
147. Kings and serfs, Slaves and slave holders |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. Very interesting...probably a lot of people who can trace their heritage |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
148. Nothing extraordinary in my lineage except for a few German... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Germans who robbed banks, or robbers who robbed German banks... |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. Definitely Germans who robbed banks. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. That's what I thought--I was sort of kidding... |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
150. Ancient, ancient, ancient Celtic. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Interesting...where is Roman Trier. I was in Cologne recently and |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Yeah, they did. :) |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. I have been there several times in the past couple of years..... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. Very easy to get around, too..I didn't get lost and it was my first time.. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #155 |
159. There's even Roman ruins in the Czech Republic.... |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
158. Anglo Saxon white trash Southern boy here.No old country grandparents. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
161. I am the great-granddaughter of a Roman Catholic Priest |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Hey, maybe he knew my grandfather!!!!!!! |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:52 AM Response to Reply #161 |
172. cool. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
163. My mother's descendents are farmers and my father's were gvmt officials. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. How long ago was that--sounds relatively recent! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
165. Vanity kick! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
166. Lots of people did the wibble-wobble. And I eventually arrived. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Define wibble-wobble! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Definitions: |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Now, I get it! |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
171. Aaron Burr and Jonathan Edwards |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:58 AM Response to Reply #171 |
174. We probably all have ancestors who are shady... |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:30 AM Response to Reply #174 |
178. in the 19th Century, better Republicans than Democrats |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #178 |
179. You know, in some ways the Repukes were more progressive than the |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
173. very poor. one side came to texas from TN on a covered wagon. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:01 AM Response to Reply #173 |
175. I'm going to assume that's because he just sampled one of his |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:03 AM Response to Reply #175 |
176. I assume so! It makes me laugh when I see it. I will have to try and get |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:08 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Will do! |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
181. Ditto. The only part I've traced is to to pig farmers in Alsace, France |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Interesting--I think someone else here said their name actually |
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jukes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
183. def NOT aristos: |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
185. I am descended from Kings and Nobles |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
186. Galician peasants as far as the eyes can see. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Join the crowd--most of us are peasants! |
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pagandem4justice (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
188. Happy peasant here too! |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
189. A German Bastard. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Schicklgruber, huh? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
192. Pretty middle class and working class. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Where did they do all this? Here, or in the "Old Country"? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Depends on which branch. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. That definitely would be cool...I'm looking into dual |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
194. Bohemian farmers ... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Well, I gotta tell you...Bohemian is one of my favorite words! |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
206. Dirt poor all the way back |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #206 |
207. You're more educated than my family... |
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