How far back can you trace your family tree?

[Richmondbread]

On my mother's side, I can go all the way back to the Plantagenet family, the Native American Indians, and some the earliest English settlers in Virginia. The earliest ancestors I can find are ones in England in the 12th Century. My dad's side is elusive past the 2nd great-grandparents, as they were all in the Old World until around 1890. I trace them back to 19th Century Germany and 19th Century Lithuania.

[Westbrook]

What about your totally white African ancestors

[Kaspias]

1880s

[Not a Cop]

Roman Emperors.

[Leto]

Luckily I knew my grandparents, my parents knew most of their grandparents (at least where they were born and lived) but I would say I know very little beyond great-grandparents.

[itilvolga]

1820s.

[Ford]

Mid-late 1700s on my father's side.

[Richmondbread]

What about your totally white African ancestors

They were from France and stopped in Zimbabwe in the early 19th Century before heading to Virginia. They probably had distant relatives over here. Not sure why they chose to stop there . It could be there were land surveyors.

[Moje ime]

To one generation before great grandparents (end of 19th century/beginning of 20th century) but don't know full names of all of them, just places of living.

[Ülev]

the untold truth about our past ---> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=great+mud+floods

[Jackson78]

On father's side, it is probably on the beginning of the second half of 18th century (around 1750s).

On mother's side, it is around 1850s.

[Kostej]

On paternal side to 16 century. Didnt check for every branch that would be crazy amount of work.

[Roy]

Mid-late 1700s on my father's side.

Here 1770, part of this is the memory transmitted from generation to generation, but confirmed in the records.

[Rædwald]

https://i.postimg.cc/2SYHnCZK/algirdas.png

[Seya]

5 generations with names and surnames

[Drusilla]

12th century.

[Óttar]

I already contributed to the thread that asked this exact question. There are more complete records for my maternal side because we landed in New England in 1620 at the earliest, my maternal side is recorded in encyclopedias in New England libraries and my aunt is a prolific genealogist. The first batch came on the Mayflower in 1620, others arrived in 1631 in Boston and Braintree MA. My great uncle, who unfortunately died childless in 2011, was the 13th in a long line of Thomas Meekins (he signed his name Thomas Meekins XIII).

The earliest ancestor that my aunt has found was a man named Peter the Roman (Pietro Il Romano) from Firmino Italy in the 12th century. It was customary for anyone who had studied in Rome to adopt the title "The Roman" as an honorific. His line later migrated to France where they became Huguenots, and fled to the Netherlands, England, and America having been persecuted for their Protestantism. Their name morphed from Romano --> Romaine.

On my father's side, the earliest I know is that I had ancestors from Laois (Queen's County) in the Catholic part of Ulster and from Galway in Connaught on the west coast of Ireland, a 'traditionally' Gaelic area. Germans on my paternal side migrated to western Pennsylvania from either Elsass or Lothringen (now Alsace or Lorraine, France) in the 19th century.

[Vojnik]

On my paternal side i can go back 4 generations after my Grandfather only. Including me, that's 7 generations down the male linage. So from 1800-1850. I'd love to go back further but don't think it's possible.

[Black Panther]

Late 19th century on my mother's side. Mid 17th century on my father's side.

[Richmondbread]

I already contributed to the thread that asked this exact question. There are more complete records for my maternal side because we landed in New England in 1620 at the earliest, my maternal side is recorded in encyclopedias in New England libraries and my aunt is a prolific genealogist. The first batch came on the Mayflower in 1620, others arrived in 1631 in Boston and Braintree MA. My great uncle, who unfortunately died childless in 2011, was the 13th in a long line of Thomas Meekins (he signed his name Thomas Meekins XIII).

The earliest ancestor that my aunt has found was a man named Peter the Roman (Pietro Il Romano) from Firmino Italy in the 12th century. It was customary for anyone who had studied in Rome to adopt the title "The Roman" as an honorific. His line later migrated to France where they became Huguenots, and fled to the Netherlands, England, and America having been persecuted for their Protestantism. Their name morphed from Romano --> Romaine.

On my father's side, the earliest I know is that I had ancestors from Laois (Queen's County) in the Catholic part of Ulster and from Galway in Connaught on the west coast of Ireland, a 'traditionally' Gaelic area. Germans on my paternal side migrated to western Pennsylvania from either Elsass or Lothringen (now Alsace or Lorraine, France) in the 19th century.


The New Englanders pride themselves on being the best, but they got lost and landed in the wrong place, lol.

[Mopi The Dire Wolf]

i have extensive ancestry from my paternal grandmother's family going back to the 1400s.....extensive branching, not just linear

[Ayetooey]

I don't know each individual name, but I know migration patterns roughly for my paternal side from 1700s. On my mums side I can go back to great great grandparents.

[Richmondbread]

My mother's family was mostly Aristocratic, and my father's family were mostly plain folk. I think it's good not to be too blue blooded. You need some peasant blood to even things out. Otherwise you can be prone to neuroticism.

[Maintenance]

Paternal grandpa > mid 1500's

Rest of family

> 1900

[Rgvgjhvv]

Not very far back at all. It's sad. I gotta figure it out

[Grace O'Malley]

I can go back to the late 1700s early 1800s on both sides but could most likely could go back further if I put more time and effort into it. I've got some pretty good shared Ancestry hints which I'll follow up in the future.