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lizl_genealogy
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A2 Anyone who says they're 100% certain of their ancestry is lying to you or deluding themselves. My research is as good as I can get it so far with the tools, time, and money available to me, and the accessible extant records & available DNA tests. #CultureTrav
marteenlane
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A4: My great-great grandfather was a trapeze artist, he moved to Ireland and travelled around with a cinema. He set up a cinema in Co. Limerick that was a family run business until 1972. It isn’t in the family anymore 😔 1/2 #CultureTrav
ChinaMatt
A3 I have a great-grandmother from England. I studied in London for a semester. Does that count? #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @PrairieStylFile: A3: I've been to a few places my ancestors came from, including England and Ireland. But I didn't know I had Dutch anc…
RyanTravelsEats
replying to @CourseCharted @CourseCharted @Nicolette_O Well I'm certainly not going to try to live up to that. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
replying to @PrairieStylFile @PrairieStylFile Wooohoo! :) How did you discover the Dutch ancestry? #CultureTrav
The_ChrisBryant
replying to @Nicolette_O
@Nicolette_O @brianmayroam Oh man, all kinds of things.
Found most of my great great grandparents on both sides all arrived to the US from their native countries between 1870-1874. Ireland, Sweden, Germany and France. Still digging though! =D 📚
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Nicolette_O
RT @foodguruchannel: I haven't & don't have much of an interest at this time #CultureTrav -- in regions where I don't agree with their poli…
mehulgohil
replying to @Nicolette_O
@Nicolette_O 5: Of course. These days on good ol WhatsApp!
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Nicolette_O
RT @OTourists: #CultureTrav A3. My dad’s from Jamaica and I’ve visited there a few times. But we also have German and Polish blood in us.
DanaHFreeman
replying to @brianmayroam @brianmayroam A5. Yes - the email/contact form on @Ancestry has allowed me to connect with so many long lost family members. It is awesome. I love hearing stories about family members that I haven't heard before #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @Adventuringgal: A5. And A3 oh I have been to France and I am part French! Forgot! Lol #CultureTrav https://t.co/jCylFDcLKw
brianmayroam
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A5 it seems like every 5-10 years, I reconnect with relatives from Italy 🇮🇹 haven’t visited since 2006 though #Culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @t_jh2009: @Nicolette_O A4) That on one side of my family dates back to pre American Revolution and the other side has a Nobel Prize win…
Nicolette_O
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 Ahhhh! You have such interesting ancestors! #CultureTrav
ChinaMatt
A2 I only know my ancestry back a few generations. Honestly, I don't really care about finding out anything more. #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @bigfatheadz: A3 only 3 countries - Portugal, Ireland and England. Still got South Africa, India and Bahrain to go #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @VoyagerVicki: A4: Not really anything. I was hoping for a surprise of something a bit exotic rather than *just* English and German (the…
marteenlane
replying to @marteenlane @Nicolette_O A4: My grandmother told me stories of her and her twin sister as ushers in the cinema bringing people to their seats and selling snacks. Here’s a pic of the cinema #CultureTrav 2/2
hijinksandhalos
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O I don't think I could ever afford going to all the places! However, I've already lived or visited a few places in the western hemisphere. #CultureTrav
chrisncharlies
replying to @ChinaMatt @ChinaMatt If you haven't visited the UK countryside, you should definitely come back! #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
replying to @VoyagerVicki @VoyagerVicki Hahah! I like your attitude on the latter 😎💙😉#CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
A6: I think knowing your roots gives you another layer of understanding about your personal history, culture and more. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
Q6: Canada and the USA are considered to be two of the great melting pots. How important do you think it is to know your roots? #CultureTrav
bigfatheadz
A5 My father connected with a few when he was tracing current descendants a few years ago a couple of pleasant exchanges and then strong hints about money. I'm therefore not interested! #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @chrisncharlies: Finding out that I could have Jewish blood was a surprise. Although I don't really believe in religions being passed th…
Nicolette_O
RT @brianmayroam: @Nicolette_O A3 I’ve visited Italy 🇮🇹 twice France 🇫🇷 3x and England 🏴 twice - want to see the small villages my gr…
Nicolette_O
RT @CaitlinKellyNYC: @Nicolette_O A4: terrible generalization — and after five visits to Ireland — they seem to enjoy my 3 favorite activit…
brianmayroam
Q6: Canada and the USA are considered to be two of the great melting pots. How important do you think it is to know your roots? #CultureTrav
t_jh2009
replying to @NYCapricorn @NYCapricorn @Nicolette_O And a bit scary at the same time. #CultureTrav
PrairieStylFile
replying to @CourseCharted @CourseCharted The craziest part was, the house is now a museum. I went there and wondered aloud about the lives of the people that worked there. Then I read this couple's story for the first time and realized I'd been wondering about my own family. It gave me goosebumps. #CultureTrav
The_ChrisBryant
replying to @CourseCharted
@CourseCharted @brianmayroam Ha ha! My French is limited to buying train tickets, ordering coffee and saying please, thank you and excuse me. Although I do try and say “croissant” with a French accent. =D 🥐🥖
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Nicolette_O
RT @chrisncharlies: @ChinaMatt If you haven't visited the UK countryside, you should definitely come back! #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @marteenlane: @Nicolette_O A4: My grandmother told me stories of her and her twin sister as ushers in the cinema bringing people to thei…
Turtlestravel
A5 I got to meet my 2nd cousin 1x removed in Ireland last year. She showed me the cottage near Portglenone where my great grandfather was born. #culturetrav
lizl_genealogy
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A3 Yes and I have gone as far as visiting the ruins of a farmstead my great-great-great-grandmother and her second husband farmed in Fife, Scotland. She was the person who fully hooked me on family history research through her amazing story. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @ChinaMatt: A2 I only know my ancestry back a few generations. Honestly, I don't really care about finding out anything more. #culturetr…
LisaAnnTravel
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A2. I always estimated that I am 75% Irish and 25% German. My last name is Bavarian. But my dad’s 23andme came back nearly 100% Irish. 🙀🍀 #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @brianmayroam: @Nicolette_O A5 it seems like every 5-10 years, I reconnect with relatives from Italy 🇮🇹 haven’t visited since 2006 thoug…
Nicolette_O
RT @DanaHFreeman: @brianmayroam A5. Yes - the email/contact form on @Ancestry has allowed me to connect with so many long lost family membe…
Nicolette_O
RT @mehulgohil: @Nicolette_O 5: Of course. These days on good ol WhatsApp!
#CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @The_ChrisBryant: @Nicolette_O @brianmayroam Oh man, all kinds of things.
Found most of my great great grandparents on both sides all ar…
RyanTravelsEats
replying to @The_ChrisBryant @The_ChrisBryant @CourseCharted @brianmayroam I think it's a requirement to only say "croissant" with the heaviest French accent you can muster. #CultureTrav
chrisncharlies
replying to @OTourists @OTourists Oh wow! We love trips to battlefields. Ypres in Belgium and is great for WW1 trenches. I also really loved my trip to Arras in France to have tours of the WW1 tunnels. They're pretty terrifying! #culturetrav
hijinksandhalos
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A4...That there is Scandinavian ancestry, which explains my love of seafood and perhaps why I don't eat meat because of digestion issues. #CultureTrav
CaitlinKellyNYC
replying to @marteenlane @marteenlane @Nicolette_O What a great story! I have a late cousin who was an archeologist and another who — being American (!?) — was a bullfighter. #culturetrav