How far back can you trace your family tree?

[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]

[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.