Anyone a descendent of someone on the Mayflower?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is cool --- my own family all came over around World War I or a bit later, and their families in Europe were wiped out during the Holocaust. So other than knowing country of origin, our family tree starts and ends in the US and barely goes back 100 years. It's fascinating to me that others can trace their ancestors back 300 years and more. But the US is so determinedly anti-class, and the rags-to-riches immigrant story so ingrained, that I can understand why people might feel strange about being one of those.

PP, my family tree probably looks much like yours. If you wished to do some digging for earlier records (or have a researcher do it for you), chances are decent you'd find a bit, at least in municipal records.

[Anonymous]

I'm descended from Chad Brown, who came over with Roger Williams. Several other ancestors came over in the early 1630's but none on the Mayflower. Many of these were exiles from England in Leiden before coming to Plymouth. Someone has even done the geneology of one ancestor back to the 1300's in Wales, to Morgan ap Griffith, the right hand to the last independent Prince of Wales. Geneology is cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any PP's actually have proof? I feel like its an urban legend in most families. I mean there are a lot of ppl saying their family was on here and it seems like a lot.

I only have proof that one side was here in 1630s.

I posted that my DH is descended from a few people, and the births and marriages of everyone down through his grandmother are documented in published genealogies of various Massachusetts families.

I do think that unless communities are completely insular, the odds are still high that people married across ethnicities. I know that's true in DH's family, where he has this grandmother and his father's father was 2nd generation.

[Anonymous]

Considering that the world hates us, I'm proud of the fact that I can trace my US roots back to 1947.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering that the world hates us, I'm proud of the fact that I can trace my US roots back to 1947.

Does that make me cooler that I have no US roots at all? We all live here now and are responsible for the meanings we continue to give these events and history, good and/or bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my grandmother always always tells us we could be part of the DAR too. As if we care! It's neat to be able to trace back that far but nothing more than that. On my dads side we have an annoying aunt who always tells us we have a great uncle or something buried at congressional cemetery too, whatever that means

At least DAR is better than being Daughter of the Confederacy, which my mother so desperately wants to join.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering that the world hates us, I'm proud of the fact that I can trace my US roots back to 1947.

those in the world that hate us are probably those that we are glad do not like us. meanwhile, another eastern european country puts a statue of Reagan up in thanks of providing them their freedom. I'm very proud to have ancestors who fought in the revolution war, and started the greatest ongoing experiment in democracy in world history.

[Anonymous]

I am a potato famine decendent

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How would DAR and those other orgs feel about a multiracial member?

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No. Dad's side of the family are all Scandinavian immigrants that arrived at the turn of the 20th century. Mom's side has a Burmese prince in there somewhere but everyone else is merchant class Chinese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would DAR and those other orgs feel about a multiracial member?

Any direct descendent of someone who fought in or served in government during the revolution would be welcome as a member. Its worth doing if you qualify. There are quite a few scholarships for college available for your children through the DAR.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure I can trace my roots back to the bible, maybe somewhere in Mesopotamia. Not sure I have proper documentation, but from what my record keeping relatives tell me our DNA proves we are descended from someone named Abraham or something like that.

[Anonymous]

22:52, Abraham? Not Adam and Eve?

[Anonymous]

Hugh Hefner
Sarah Palin
Dan Quayle

So much for the prestige factor...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would DAR and those other orgs feel about a multiracial member?

Any direct descendent of someone who fought in or served in government during the revolution would be welcome as a member. Its worth doing if you qualify. There are quite a few scholarships for college available for your children through the DAR.

Our biracial 5 yo DD and 3 yo DS are members of the DAR and SAR (respectively) thanks to the efforts of my mother. We are traced to the Mayflower, I saw the work she did and try to appreciate it more because genealogy can a lot of effort. I think the scholarships are nominal but we will definitely apply when the time come.