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RT @BCpostergirl: @Nicolette_O I did a test from Ancestry and I'm still learning about myself.
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A1: I have! As a surprise for my Grandparent's 50th anniversary I did a 100 page scrapbook, and worked to trace our lines. I was able to gift my grandmother with history she never had before thanks to https://t.co/0eywVoDg3a #culturetrav
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RT @Turtlestravel: @Nicolette_O Hope so! Supposedly Zinzinnati is the second largest Oktoberfest in the world, behind only Munich, Germany.…
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I would if I didn't have to pay for it. So, no. I mostly know there's interesting stuff there from mentions of things, but by the time this stuff got to me, all my grandparents who'd tell me that shit were dead. So. #culturetrav Either way it would be largely local tho. https://t.co/qHWV1SFXtd
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O No we have not fully tried! Just asked grandparents and parents, have always wanted to though! #CultureTrav
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RT @marteenlane: @Nicolette_O I’ve always wanted to do one of those tests 😊 #CultureTrav
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RT @RTWBarefoot: #CultureTrav A1: my uncle has, over the last 30 years, spent a while tracing his family tree. He's finding it much easier…
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Those Vikings sowed their wild oats every damn where! 😆 #culturetrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A.2 Sadly I haven’t made progress 😒 #CultureTrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A1) Yes, recently when I was at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska I used their account to look up a few family records. #CultureTrav
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RT @RyanTravelsEats: @brianmayroam A1: I haven't personally tried, but a friend of my aunt's did some digging with one of the websites and…
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replying to @RyanTravelsEats @RyanTravelsEats @brianmayroam Ah, interesting! That's cool, too, to have info shared with you! #CultureTrav
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A1: I have considered it many times, but not with too much determination. Living in a former colony such as South Africa with so much cultural diversity it should be interesting. #culturetrav
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RT @NYCapricorn: @Nicolette_O Those Vikings sowed their wild oats every damn where! 😆 #culturetrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O He wants to find out more about his family involvement in the world wars because he has a lot of family that were in the Navy and RAF, but I'm more interested in the history and ancestry stuff than he tends to be #culturetrav
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replying to @CourseCharted @CourseCharted It's really quite interesting....a bit of a rabbit hole though. #CultureTrav
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RT @TouringTastebud: @Nicolette_O No we have not fully tried! Just asked grandparents and parents, have always wanted to though! #CultureTr…
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replying to @TouringTastebud @TouringTastebud That's definitely good - love the stories that come from asking grandparents and parents! #CultureTrav
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A2: Pretty certain. Ancestry results confirmed research results (based on surname origins as well as census records). #CultureTrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Would be an interesting thing to do. #culturetrav
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replying to @brianmayroam @brianmayroam A2. Mine was as I expected although I found tons of cousins, etc. that I didn't know. I have a pretty big family :) #CultureTrav
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RT @LixHewett: I would if I didn't have to pay for it. So, no. I mostly know there's interesting stuff there from mentions of things, but b…
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A1 No I haven't but I have a general idea and my father has traces his side #culturetrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A1...I've used Ancestry, but thankfully, I still have one living grandparent at 97 years young (!), and an uncle (now deceased) who were a wealth of knowledge. #culturetrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Get some amazing ones! So true! #CultureTrav
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RT @Adventuringgal: A1. My dad did quite a bit of research into my paternal ancestry. #CultureTrav https://t.co/1uF4BhBX1y
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A2: I knew I was Swedish and Norwegian, but thanks to the help of a stranger-circa-distant-relative also on the site, I was able to learn exactly what town my ancestor came from, foods, traditions, clothes....it was unreal! #culturetrav
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RT @CharlesMcCool: @Nicolette_O A1 i have used many resources but my best information has been offline. Books, libraries, cemeteries. #trav…
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RT @Nicolette_O: @VoyagerVicki @travelcricket8 @brianmayroam Fun times! Would love to visit Arizona! Friends @RoadtripC are in Arizona, as…
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RT @hijinksandhalos: @Nicolette_O A1...I've used Ancestry, but thankfully, I still have one living grandparent at 97 years young (!), and a…
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O @brianmayroam Yep! And it turned out my great-grandfather changed his last name when he came to America, which was so crazy to me that my last name isn't the real one. #CultureTrav
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replying to @hijinksandhalos @hijinksandhalos Very cool! :) Family often shares the best stories! #CultureTrav
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RT @bigfatheadz: A1 No I haven't but I have a general idea and my father has traces his side #culturetrav
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A2: Tracing ancestry on my mom's side is much easier as they are from Cape Town and both her grandparents parents were immigrants. #culturetrav
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RT @DanaHFreeman: @brianmayroam A2. Mine was as I expected although I found tons of cousins, etc. that I didn't know. I have a pretty big f…
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RT @VoyagerVicki: A2: Pretty certain. Ancestry results confirmed research results (based on surname origins as well as census records). #Cu…
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replying to @hijinksandhalos @hijinksandhalos @Nicolette_O I started my research when I was in 8th grade with a required project. Luckily my grandfather had a lot of info I could learn from him then when he was still alive. #CultureTrav
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replying to @RyanTravelsEats @RyanTravelsEats @Nicolette_O @brianmayroam Oh yea, mine too. Makes it tougher to trace. We had a bunch of name changes #CultureTrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Pretty accurate! Although a few surprises. I knew I was Italian, Sicilian, and German. However, found out also Greek (I believe 15-20%) and the German part has a little Polish in it too. #culturetrav
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RT @chrisncharlies: @Nicolette_O He wants to find out more about his family involvement in the world wars because he has a lot of family th…
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A2) I'm pretty sure, both my parents sides kept written family histories. #CultureTrav
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replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A2 the results confirmed what I already thought for the most part #CultureTrav
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RT @MeBee12: A1: I have considered it many times, but not with too much determination. Living in a former colony such as South Africa with…