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paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 03:40 AM
Basically everyone on my dad's direct line have been blacksmiths as far back as I can trace. My mom's side were Winemakers/grape farmers?

Shah-Jehan
12-30-2013, 03:41 AM
Zamindars (land lords)

A zamindar or zaminder or zemindar on the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and held control over his peasants, from whom the zamindars reserved the right to collect tax (often for military purposes). Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja (Great King), Raja (King), Nawab (Lord), Mirza (Prince), Chowdhury (Lord), "Reddy", "Naidu," "Gounder," and many others. The word zamindar is derived ultimately from the Persian زمین Zamīn, "earth/land", and the common suffix دار -dār, "-holder" (also found in many of the terms above).[5] The term means, in Persian, 'land owner.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamindar

Sikeliot
12-30-2013, 03:44 AM
Drug dealer, bank teller, secretary, baker, accountant, and administrator.

StonyArabia
12-30-2013, 03:44 AM
paternal side Farmers, Maternal side Sliversmiths, Horse breeders, and Camel herders

Shah-Jehan
12-30-2013, 03:44 AM
Drug dealer, bank teller, secretary, baker, accountant, and administrator.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGLcejp1rkNwBXVQrn2wTVzJIs5AjiM pt3WVMSgcsSA5CIMq5-bA

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 03:45 AM
Drug dealer, bank teller, secretary, baker, accountant, and administrator.
Mafia boss

Sikeliot
12-30-2013, 03:46 AM
Mafia boss

My grandfather at least temporarily sold drugs as his main source of income, because he gambled the rest of his money away. I don't know what he did before that, but he did have a real job.

Weedman
12-30-2013, 03:47 AM
had one great uncle who was a local pro-Wrestler like back in the 1950's/60's and shit.

my great-grandfather actually made moonshine, no bullshit.
He never did it as a big source of income however, and he just mainly sold it to his friends and stuff.

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 03:48 AM
My grandfather at least temporarily sold drugs as his main source of income, because he gambled the rest of his money away. I don't know what he did before that, but he did have a real job.

Where was he from?

Sikeliot
12-30-2013, 03:51 AM
Where was he from?

Messina.

MINARDOWICZ
12-30-2013, 03:53 AM
Special Ed Teacher, Chemical Engineer, Musician, Laborer, Coal Miner, Farmer, Mill Owner, Corn Farmer, Businessman, etc.

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 03:57 AM
Banker, Rancher, Farmer, Healthcare....nursing and medicine, Denture designer, Seamstress, Chiropractic, Electrical/Computer Engineer, Lawyer, Businessperson, Masseuse

KidMulat
12-30-2013, 03:57 AM
Dad's side: Pharmacists, businessmen, foremen, intergrationist representatives, artists, dancers, professors, authors, teachers

Mom's side: subsistence farmers, ranchers, hunters, mechanics, carpenters, nannies

Weedman
12-30-2013, 03:57 AM
Zamindars (land lords)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamindar

so is your family's noble status still passed on today? or did they lose it at some point? like during British rule or something?

Shah-Jehan
12-30-2013, 03:59 AM
My paternal grandfather (Persian) was actually a politician who took up local politics against Pakistan while my maternal grandfather (Bengali) is a doctor. My dad an accountant and my mom, a banker formerly but, they are all historically land owners; "Zamindars"

Shah-Jehan
12-30-2013, 04:01 AM
so is your family's noble status still passed on today? or did they lose it at some point? like during British rule or something?

They were a old brahmin family (maternal side) who converted to Islam during British rule, they had to give up some of their estates but, they retained most of it because of this act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengal_State_Acquisition_and_Tenancy_Act_of_1 950.
They were Zamindars of this city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong

Neanderthal
12-30-2013, 04:01 AM
Almost everything. Right now just to name a few: Teachers, priests, chemists, chefs, hunters, truck drivers, cops, etc.

Weedman
12-30-2013, 04:01 AM
Banker, Rancher, Farmer, Healthcare....nursing and medicine, Denture designer, Seamstress, Chiropractic, Electrical/Computer Engineer, Lawyer, Businessperson, Masseuse

are you the Masseuse?-:naughty2:

Tacitus
12-30-2013, 04:03 AM
Some of the more interesting ones: tailor, cobbler, jeweler, loanshark, butcher (me, for a time being), chauffeur, priest, carabinieri officer. The rest are either white-collar or teaching jobs.

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 04:04 AM
are you the Masseuse?-:naughty2:LOL. No. I'm in healthcare :) My mom and stepmom have both done massage work though.

Oh and adding my husband's family to the fray......both he and his father are airline pilots.

Incal
12-30-2013, 04:08 AM
The Army mostly.

Weedman
12-30-2013, 04:11 AM
LOL. No. I'm in healthcare :)
so you're a sexy nurse/doctor then huh?-:icon_wink:

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 04:24 AM
so you're a sexy nurse/doctor then huh?-:icon_wink:

No that's me you're thinking of.

randomguy1235
12-30-2013, 04:31 AM
Before 70 years ago, my ancestors from both my maternal and paternal sides were orange farmers. After the 1948 Palestinian coercion, many family members on my paternal side became medical doctors. On my maternal side, it's quite varied since my mother has 11 brothers and sisters.

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 04:40 AM
so you're a sexy nurse/doctor then huh?-:icon_wink:It's a rather unsexy profession in the real world.

Too many gross things to deal with to be considered any semblance sexy LOL

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 04:42 AM
It's a rather unsexy profession in the real world.

Too many gross things to deal with to be considered any semblance sexy LOL

I deliver babies. Trust me I definitely know gross lol

Weedman
12-30-2013, 04:44 AM
It's a rather unsexy profession in the real world.

Too many gross things to deal with to be considered any semblance sexy LOL

but you wear the sexy scrubs, right?-:thumb001:

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 04:45 AM
but you wear the sexy scrubs, right?-:thumb001:Yeah I kind of like the cute scrubs in pretty colors lol

Prisoner Of Ice
12-30-2013, 04:46 AM
Fighting a lot of unwinnable wars, mostly.

But also oilcatter, bootlegger, nurse, doctor, ghostwriter, farmer, electrician, pilot, hospital administrator and "death, destroyer of worlds".

Aurora
12-30-2013, 04:46 AM
My father's side have always been farmers/ranchers but my father strayed away from farming and became an engineer. On my mother's side there have been farmers, shop owners, artists, accountants, and nurses.

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 04:46 AM
but you wear the sexy scrubs, right?-:thumb001:

Yea this is actually our uniform
http://worldoffancydress.com/images/Nurse%20Fever%20Sexy%20Costume.jpg

Smeagol
12-30-2013, 04:46 AM
Peasants and soldiers.

Weedman
12-30-2013, 04:47 AM
Yeah I kind of like the cute scrubs in pretty colors lol

most sexy female nurses/doctors do!-:D

Weedman
12-30-2013, 04:49 AM
Yea this is actually our uniform
http://worldoffancydress.com/images/Nurse%20Fever%20Sexy%20Costume.jpg

damn! I think you just gave me a heart attack, but lucky for me, you're a sexy nurse!

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 04:54 AM
I deliver babies. Trust me I definitely know gross lolThey used to follow certain practices that are no longer employed....among them was giving enemas during labor to prevent defecation during delivery. At least that was the norm when my daughter was born in the mid-late 80s. Now they just let the poor mom poop away. I dunno....not sure I'd want that to happen to me lol. Though I had my son some 20 yrs later, he was born via csection so I never had to experience pooping on the table in front of everyone lol.

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 04:59 AM
My father's side have always been farmers/ranchers but my father strayed away from farming and became an engineer. On my mother's side there have been farmers, shop owners, artists, accountants, and nurses.Same for my dad's family. They followed the California trail back in the 1840s and settled in the San Joaquin Valley....Modesto specifically. His were one of the founding families in that region. They were all ranchers mostly...few bankers thrown in. My dad bailed out, attended Stanford University as an Electrical Engineering major and later went on to do that along with computer engineering.....which was much later followed by sales of all things.

Myth
12-30-2013, 04:59 AM
Farmers (fathers and mothers), tailors (fathers), merchants (fathers), military (fathers and mothers), investors (fathers), engineers (fathers), doctors (fathers), judges (mothers)

To sum it up, my dads family had a farm in Wisconsin and agriculture in Romania as well, my mothers family also has a history of farming in Wisconsin.

Fathers family, some became tailors in the United States

Fathers father was a merchant, ran a lot of businesses and was a HAM Radio operator, some family were also involved in the diamond trade

Both mother and fathers family have a history of military duty to modern day, i've had 2 cousins serve in the military, fathers family apparently shows a history of military duty in Romania as well as in Vietnam

Fathers family also were investors for companies

Fathers family were involved in engineering, my dad worked as a network engineer, stepdad was avionics specialist, my grandpa designed ham radio communications from what I remember and did so as a hobby.

My father was a programmer and designed software for companies and worked on mainframes.

Fathers family we had a doctor in our family from Romania

Mothers family descended from Judges apparently from Hamburg, Germany.

I think some of our family fit the stereotypes when they came to this country, mothers family retained farming and working the land in Wisconsin with their German roots, grandpa is still a avid hunter, fisher and did a lot of manual work. He was a hard worker. My dads family while doing some things outside the normal stereotype of a Jewish family was primarily involved in businesses, investing, and making it big when they came to the US, the other stuff was more a hobby.

Aurora
12-30-2013, 05:04 AM
My father worked for Aerojet and worked on Project Gemini. He got my two brothers jobs at Aerojet, and on of them got blown up out on the test field. He survived but has had years of surgery. My father has blamed himself for the accident and it's been very tough on him. Thankfully he did not die.

paksaltopam
12-30-2013, 05:07 AM
They used to follow certain practices that are no longer employed....among them was giving enemas during labor to prevent defecation during delivery. At least that was the norm when my daughter was born in the mid-late 80s. Now they just let the poor mom poop away. I dunno....not sure I'd want that to happen to me lol. Though I had my son some 20 yrs later, he was born via csection so I never had to experience pooping on the table in front of everyone lol.
Most people don't even know they pooped. I just clean it up very discreetly and they are none the wiser. There's so much pressure down there you're not sure what's coming out

portusaus
12-30-2013, 05:08 AM
Lame desk job, lame high paying desk job at a bank, bull teasing w/ moonshine sale on the side, maintenance work for a school, and historically farriers

Myth
12-30-2013, 05:10 AM
Lame desk job, lame high paying desk job at a bank, bull teasing w/ moonshine sale on the side, maintenance work for a school, and historically farriers


nothing wrong with farmers, they are hard working people and put food on our tables. A lot of the traditional farmers are disappearing which is a shame.

portusaus
12-30-2013, 05:16 AM
nothing wrong with farmers, they are hard working people and put food on our tables. A lot of the traditional farmers are disappearing which is a shame.

I do have farmers as well, but before I wrote farriers. A farrier is a sort of blend between blacksmith and vet- they manufacture horseshoes, fit them to horses hooves, and in general take care of horses.

Leadchucker
12-30-2013, 05:17 AM
Father's side including me up to the point I got laid off (1974) were all railroad men back at least 6 generations. Gramps was killed on railroad. Grams worked for the railroad too. Add Operating Engineer (me now),Mum was housewife and a part time reception in a doctors office.
Mother's maternal side was first generation Welsh in US and I have no idea, Mum's father was a bridge operator and I don't know any farther back in that line.

Black Wolf
12-30-2013, 05:41 AM
Paternal side: Machinist, truck driver (hauled slag), and various other jobs in the steel industry. Do not know this side that far back though really. Also some loggers on my paternal grandmother's side.

Maternal side: Farmers and mechanic.

1stLightHorse
12-30-2013, 06:35 AM
Paternal: soldiers, police chief, farmers, rail workers

Maternal: dental radiology professor, facial reconstructive surgeon, town mayor, theology professor, portfolio manager/ equities trader, small time private lender

rhiannon
12-30-2013, 07:02 AM
Oh yeah....there are loggers in the family as well....mom's Canadian side.

Celxon
12-30-2013, 07:42 AM
My dad went from coal-miner to businessman, from poverty to wealth. Both of my grandfathers were coal-miners. All of my great-grandfathers were too, as were some of my cousins and uncles. Before that, there were farmers, hunters, preachers, teachers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, sailors, soldiers, masons, railroad workers, sawmill operators, etc. The railroad worker was a huge man with roots in Norfolk, England. He worked with the Chinese and Irish workers in the building of the railroads. He witnessed the driving of the Golden Spike. That story always stuck with me.

Celxon
12-30-2013, 07:45 AM
Oh yeah....there are loggers in the family as well....mom's Canadian side.

Thanks for reminding me. Add this to the list.

Styrian Mujo
12-30-2013, 07:48 AM
One of my ancestors (on my fathers side) who was a Hungarian convert was a market inspector of some kind in the Ottoman empire.

Celxon
12-30-2013, 08:02 AM
LOL. No. I'm in healthcare :) My mom and stepmom have both done massage work though.

Oh and adding my husband's family to the fray......both he and his father are airline pilots.

Thank you once again! I have a few cousins who are pilots, Air Force and commercial. Others fly planes for hobbies. I refuse to fly with them.:rolleyes:

sonofthedutch
03-10-2014, 08:07 AM
Farmers and Soldiers

Now, real estate, and social workers

Cail
03-10-2014, 08:27 AM
All four of my great-grandfathers were warriors of some sort (including a fighter pilot and a military intelligence officer). One of my grandfathers was a physicist, the other an economist/professional union organizer. One grandmother was a programmist/mathematician, the other an engineer (aviation engines). My father was a medical doctor and my mother died young, before that she studied mathematics.

Seraph of the End
03-10-2014, 08:36 AM
Paternal side: soldiers, farmers and loggers...my father is electrician.
Maternal side:craftsmans, soldiers, my grandfather was professional driver and hunter, and my grandmother was banker. My mother is hairdresser. My grandmother wanted her to be a banker and she forced her to study economy, but my mother hated it and after two years she left the college. After that she wanted to start studying medicine, but my grandmother didn't want to hear about that and she sent her to study law. My mother didn't want to study that either so she left the college again and became hairdresser :loco:

Hong Key
03-10-2014, 09:00 AM
farmer, farmers wife, film industry, sea captain, restauranteur, fashion, construction, small business owners

Caismeachd
03-10-2014, 09:36 AM
One of my grandfathers was a math professor. The other was in the air force. My dad was a ceo in the travel industry. Not sure on my great grandfathers.

Rædwald
03-31-2014, 07:29 PM
Soldiers, Fisherman, Farmers, Forestry, Construction, School Officials, Business Owners.

Atlantean
03-31-2014, 07:32 PM
Farmers, car-mechanics, teachers and bankers.

Lohn
05-02-2014, 04:01 PM
My paternal ancestors have mostly been farmers. My great grandfather was a Rittmeister (equivalent of captain in the cavalry) in the Deutsches Heer (Imperial German Army) and a farmer/miller. His father was also a successful farmer and served in the Bavarian military. Elsewhere notable, my great-grandfather on my maternal side was a Oberst (colonel) in the Deutches Heer and a blacksmith/craftsman.

My grandfathers were silversmiths and doctors, respectively (as well as being soldiers in WWII). My father is an architect and my mother is a writer/journalist.

Lurker
05-02-2014, 04:05 PM
Dad - doctor
Mom - biologist
Paternal grandfather - rural laborer and later owner of a clothing store
Maternal grandfather - rural laborer and later used to sell fruits in the fair (feirante)

My grandmothers and other female ancestors were all housewives.

Jackson
05-02-2014, 04:15 PM
Blacksmiths, farriers, farmers, soldiers, fishermen (i think), barge-workers, coachmen, boot-makers, gardeners, one pharmacist, two bailiffs, servants, paint-mixers ("colourman"). Probably a couple of the other common professions i haven't come across yet are clothiers & textile workers, and miners for example.

Some of those i've said in plural, but i'm just referring to the profession, for example 'gardeners' I've only found one of.

Vast majority were ordinary working people, but a couple had a bit of money. On my Dad's side, one family was quite well off on the back of a farrier's business, and one other branch of the family were fairly well off too, father was a baliff. Not talking major wealth, but they could afford to dress fairly well and did not seem to come into any serious financial difficulty. Although some of my ancestors (not that many though) were pretty much destitute.

PetiteParisienne
06-11-2014, 04:05 PM
On my mother's side, mainly tailors and seamstresses. On my father's side, there have been a long line of advocats/lawyers and also teachers (my grandfather was an astronomer and biology teacher, and my grandmother was a musician. She taught violin and piano.)

Stefan_Dusan
06-11-2014, 04:17 PM
owned cattle, primarily sheep but some owned cows, we raised horses, some were mercenaries and then professional soldiers or policemen, entrepreneurs ( a lot of men in my family have mini small businesses), salesmen (though often tied to the previous). On my mother's side there was farmers but even here we were different, for example her father was a veterinarian who basically took care of other people's horses, cows.

Äijä
06-11-2014, 04:31 PM
Landowning farmers, soldiers/officers, priests, traders.

Dellingr
06-11-2014, 04:34 PM
Mostly farmers and merchants, but also gunsmiths, soldiers, doctors and lawyers.

LightHouse89
06-11-2014, 04:38 PM
officer american navy, ship builder, marine industry work. [dad's side]

meat salesman, electrician, carpenter- mother's side were mostly laborers except the german ancestors [which were bakers and meat salesmen].

LightHouse89
06-11-2014, 04:40 PM
Paternal side: soldiers, farmers and loggers...my father is electrician.
Maternal side:craftsmans, soldiers, my grandfather was professional driver and hunter, and my grandmother was banker. My mother is hairdresser. My grandmother wanted her to be a banker and she forced her to study economy, but my mother hated it and after two years she left the college. After that she wanted to start studying medicine, but my grandmother didn't want to hear about that and she sent her to study law. My mother didn't want to study that either so she left the college again and became hairdresser :loco:

LOL sounds like me but the only difference is I wish I listened to my dad and went to marine time school....I would rich right now.

Queen B
06-11-2014, 04:41 PM
Ηm ~ Let me remember some of my family members
Farmers, Fishermen, sailors, Captain, Dentist, Restaurant owner, Shop owner, Janitor, Priest,Customs officer, Bank clerk, driver, musician, Automation Engineer (myself:cool:), lawyer, teacher, biologists,social worker,etc...

xajapa
06-11-2014, 04:41 PM
Stone mason, coal miners, steel workers, electricians and plumbers. And farmers going back over 100 years ago.

LightHouse89
06-11-2014, 04:44 PM
Ηm ~ Let me remember some of my family members
Farmers, Fishermen, sailors, Captain, Dentist, Restaurant owner, Shop owner, Janitor, Priest,Customs officer, Bank clerk, driver, musician, Automation Engineer (myself:cool:), lawyer, teacher, biologists,social worker,etc...

can you fix my car for me? :p

Empecinado
06-11-2014, 04:49 PM
My paternal side lived for 250 years in the border with Moorish lands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_of_Granada), which was wild and almost depopulated because was extremely dangerous to live there (high changes of being kidnapped and enslaved) and almost only people with military related jobs wanted to move there, so at first they were mercenaries, border guards and looters. When the Moors and thus the border was gone, this land turned into a very rich one due the agriculture and they were traders and especially farmers.

My maternal side in a very isolated mountains of Galicia, and they were mostly poor with labour jobs, livestock and self-sufficiency. More recently, railway workers.

Queen B
06-11-2014, 04:50 PM
can you fix my car for me? :p
No, I'm not an Automotive engineer, but an Automation one. (http://education-portal.com/articles/Automation_Engineer_Job_Description_and_Requiremen ts_for_Starting_a_Career_in_Automation_Engineering .html)
I can program you an automated line in a factory, or make a study of your application to tell you which automated products to use, etc, even make a mini robot for ya, but no cars :lol:
At the moment, I'm working on factory automation, so mostly industrial applications :thumb001:

LightHouse89
06-11-2014, 04:54 PM
No, I'm not an Automotive engineer, but an Automation one. (http://education-portal.com/articles/Automation_Engineer_Job_Description_and_Requiremen ts_for_Starting_a_Career_in_Automation_Engineering .html)
I can program you an automated line in a factory, or make a study of your application to tell you which automated products to use, etc, even make a mini robot for ya, but no cars :lol:
At the moment, I'm working on factory automation, so mostly industrial applications :thumb001:

that sounds even better than automotive....I thought you meant cars at first LOL.

Graham
06-11-2014, 04:56 PM
Gran - Nurse/ House Wife
Grandad - Farmer/ Lorry Driver

Nana - Foster parent
Grandad - Hotel Waiter

SardiniaAtlantis
06-11-2014, 04:57 PM
Winemakers, Mining, before that sheep herding.

Icel
06-15-2014, 02:08 PM
My family has been in shipping and port maintenance on the North Sea coastline of England for five centuries. They've also been involved in barley and oats farming and brewing during peacetime. In times of war they've generally been cavalrymen and operators of military vessels (both in WWI and WWII).

Yehiel
06-15-2014, 02:16 PM
merchants are the only that i know of

Iloko
06-15-2014, 02:23 PM
civil engineer, chem tech, warehouse, court judge, politician, social-worker/psychology, mechanical engineer, call center

The Lawspeaker
06-15-2014, 02:26 PM
From my father's side my father, uncles and grandfather all worked for the Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (PTT) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPN#History) before (and in the case of my father also after) its privatisation.

firemonkey
12-18-2014, 03:13 AM
Father-Diplomat, army officer
grandfather- GPO clerk
Gt grandfather- Telephone engineer
2 gt grandfather- Coach builder , newsagent
3gt grandfather - Joiner, cabinet maker, patten maker, mechanic, inn keeper

Katariina
12-18-2014, 03:20 AM
Military professions. In Finland and America.

JoeyGee8688
12-18-2014, 03:22 AM
There were some farmers, engineers, my mom's grandfather (I think) owned a grocery store in the old country, and a few Navy men as well.

zhaoyun
12-18-2014, 03:34 AM
As I can trace our family back to the Tang Dynasty (1400 years ago), there's been quite a few. Just some examples:

Pharmacist
Trader
Farmer
General
Astronomist
Craftsman

Kamal900
12-18-2014, 03:39 AM
My father's family can be traced back to the village of Al-Kwikat which was a Druze village from Acre. My father's family were originally a family of farmers and merchants. My mother's family are from the village of Az-Zeeb which can be traced back to Phoenician times.

StonyArabia
12-18-2014, 03:39 AM
paternal side Farmers, Maternal side Sliversmiths, Horse breeders, and Camel herders

This was in the past, but now paternal side are usually professors males in Zoology/Agriculture/Biology , females are often nurses, well maternal side are often engineers both males and females, and some are pharmacist and such. I myself enjoy sliversmithing.

Pipi
12-19-2014, 11:30 PM
Mostly farmers, blacksmiths, builders.

Trogdor
12-19-2014, 11:40 PM
On my mom's side of the family we have a lot of people who work in schools and education. An art teacher, a school psychologist and my mother also works at a school as a teacher's assistant. My dad's side has a lot of barbers (my uncle owns a shop). My dad himself works as an auto mechanic.

Vasconcelos
12-19-2014, 11:46 PM
Farmers, politicians, carpenters, miners, army officers, self-employed salesmen, postmen, nobles-who-did-nothing-very-productive are the first to come to mind.

Aviator
12-19-2014, 11:47 PM
Military (Officer not enlisted) and law enforcement (federal agencies.) That's about it for the most part.

askra
12-19-2014, 11:56 PM
several different jobs:
bricklayer, carpenter, army personnel, forestry corp personnel, architect, fruit seller, hairdresser, owner of supermarket, pharmacist, kindergarten teacher, high school teacher, elementary school teacher, bar owner, farmer, psychiatrist, metalworker, sculptor, musician, waiter, mechanic.

Goujian
12-20-2014, 04:47 PM
My father's family were traditionally gentry who were part of the scholar-official 'class'. Education sort of runs in my father's bloodline. My grandfather later owned a business, my father was a banker and owned a small business but later became a civil servant. My great-grandfather was a headmaster of a school. I think my mother's side of the family were probably all traders or craftsmen. I'm probably going to have an education related career even though I do have penchant for selling and trading things and wanting to own a business.

Jana
12-20-2014, 05:01 PM
My father's Croatian side of family were traditionally carpenters and cobblers, huble by origin but excellent craftsmen. His Bosniak side were soldiers, they earned Agha title. Mother side of family were doctors, priests, book translators, musicians ,millitary officers and traders. Mother side was much wealthier and of higher status than my father's family, but I am much closer to and prouder of my dad's side.

Bobby Martnen
02-08-2018, 02:44 AM
I can trace our family back to the Tang Dynasty (1400 years ago)

How are you able to trace it back so far? My paternal family came here about 300 years ago, and we lose track of it before that.

CertifiedCracker
02-08-2018, 02:58 AM
Both parents were farmers. All my grandparents are farmers and cowboys. My great grandfather was a soldier and an author and the rest of my great-grandparents were sharecroppers, cowboys, soldiers, and farmers.

JohnSmith
02-08-2018, 03:00 AM
Technical repairmen, union laborer, cosmetologist and just sales. Also, had secretaries and teachers.

zhaoyun
02-08-2018, 04:14 AM
How are you able to trace it back so far? My paternal family came here about 300 years ago, and we lose track of it before that.

Good record keeping. Chinese are obsessed with these things.

Bobby Martnen
02-08-2018, 04:16 AM
Innkeepers, landowners, shoemakers, farmers, blacksmiths, distillers, journalists, newspaper editors, engineers, computer programmers, salesmen, secretaries, construction workers, factory workers, streetcar conductors, coal miners, restaurant owners, knife makers and sellers, basket makers

Some of my ancestors were involved in local politics in the mid 19th century as well.

Mortimer
02-08-2018, 04:19 AM
Mason farm workers (but not owners) plumber transportation (with horse carts) musician manual laborouresrs

Mortimer
02-08-2018, 04:21 AM
My father's Croatian side of family were traditionally carpenters and cobblers, huble by origin but excellent craftsmen. His Bosniak side were soldiers, they earned Agha title. Mother side of family were doctors, priests, book translators, musicians ,millitary officers and traders. Mother side was much wealthier and of higher status than my father's family, but I am much closer to and prouder of my dad's side.

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Mikula
02-27-2018, 07:19 PM
20th century: farmers, joiners, foresters, cooks, painters, factory workers, clerks
Before 20th century: mostly farmers, cottagers, millers, coopers, etc.

Bogdan
08-19-2018, 01:43 AM
Agriculture, visual art (for money and hobby,) mechanics, and factory work as a way to make a means.

nittionia
01-25-2019, 11:15 AM
My fourth great grandfather Alonzo was a professional dancer/entertainer here in New York

Zzzzz
01-25-2019, 11:28 AM
From mom side: a military lieutenant-colonel, primary teachers, a vet, a farmer and silk producer.
From dad side: a small merchant and inn-owner,a farmer and producer of essential oils.

JohnSmith
01-26-2019, 06:55 PM
Had a lot of Barbers.

Colonel Frank Grimes
01-26-2019, 08:19 PM
If speaking of more than just immediate family I can say almost everything from farmer, musician, professional athelete, business owners, military officer, televison soap opera star, and author. My great-great grandparents bought a count's estate.

Ülev
03-21-2019, 09:51 PM
top secret

Moje ime
03-21-2019, 09:55 PM
top secret

+1

Selurong
03-21-2019, 10:01 PM
My Father's side:

Farmers, Scientists, Doctors, Psychologists, Lawyers and Businessman.

On my Mother's side:

Astrophysicists, Computer Engineers, Military Officers and local Aristocracy.

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RenaRyuguu
07-26-2019, 11:40 AM
Scientists, diplomats, business owners, land owners and miners

Daco Celtic
02-19-2021, 11:58 PM
Vlach shoemaking

https://i.imgur.com/dcyX2Y7.jpg

Alexandro
02-20-2021, 12:12 AM
Well, off the top of my head there have been doctors, pilots, soldiers, plantation owners (mainly sugarcane based on Gran Canaria), musicians, engineers, lumberjacks, stone and resin makers, priests, sailors.

Luso
02-20-2021, 12:16 AM
Great grandparents + further back: Gamblers, barbers, fishermen, soldiers, farmers

Grandparents: Musician, police, barber, soldiers, farmers

My dads, dad family was extremely poor... no shoes nothing. But grandpa overcame and he worked hard and became chief of police. Moms side, a little wealthier, normal lives, farmers, and more.

Moms side: moms dad was poor, he was a musician and a barber. Her mom side was quite wealthier and were gambler, bankers.

Celestia
02-20-2021, 12:17 AM
Mothers side: Teachers, Nurses, Sales
Fathers side: Banking, Mortgage Brokers

Tooting Carmen
02-20-2021, 12:18 AM
Teachers, lawyers, doctors, secretaries, shop managers, businessmen, meterologists.

Westbrook
02-20-2021, 12:48 AM
Mother is in real estate

Grandfather, father, and I are/were engineers

InfamousAngel99
02-20-2021, 12:58 AM
Artists, architects, engineers, HR representatives, teachers, tailors, police officers, firemen, etc.

krystalsuns
04-08-2021, 10:38 PM
Housekeeping ranging back to the 1900s. "Arabbers" or men who use horses, wagons and trucks to sell produce and seafood in Philly and Baltimore, carpenters, poultry farming. My dad is a carpenter and my mom does housekeeping. My grandmother has worked as a hairdresser, house keeper, tarot card reader and cook through her life.
Ive mostly worked as a housekeeper, German immersion day care instructor and for the last 10 years I've worked in pain management clinics.

Ellethwyn
11-23-2021, 07:46 AM
Father's side; farmers and engineers
Mother's side; business owners, accountants, artists

Perunovsin
11-23-2021, 08:58 AM
Farmers, landowners, policemen, accounting business owners, military policemen, teachers , fishermen..