Tracing Family roots

[arrogcow]

And just cause someone else says that you have a connection, doesn't make it so. My mother has been doing our family tree for years, and doesn't believe it unless she has authentic documents in her hand. She has found many errors in other people's reconing. To date my earliest verifiable ancestor is 1664, but some of the fanciful ones get me back to Longshanks (which now gets me kicked off of X-marks)

Adam

[gilmore]

And just cause someone else says that you have a connection, doesn't make it so. My mother has been doing our family tree for years, and doesn't believe it unless she has authentic documents in her hand. She has found many errors in other people's reconing. To date my earliest verifiable ancestor is 1664, but some of the fanciful ones get me back to Longshanks (which now gets me kicked off of X-marks)

Adam

It's an unfortunate fact that the further back you go genealogically, the more time you spend sorting out other people's errors rather than doing original resarch, but that's just the way it is.

As to Longshanks, many if not most people now living in Scotland are probably also his descendants. His grandson's, Edward III's, are certainly well into the millions. A genealogical wit once called him "the father of the British middle classes."

[Livingston]

And just cause someone else says that you have a connection, doesn't make it so. My mother has been doing our family tree for years, and doesn't believe it unless she has authentic documents in her hand. She has found many errors in other people's reconing. To date my earliest verifiable ancestor is 1664, but some of the fanciful ones get me back to Longshanks (which now gets me kicked off of X-marks)

Adam

And mine shows the same along with about 18 different Kings of Scotland and the Picts. So, I have one tree for fun and one that I'm sure of...just doesn't go back as far.

[Kilted KT]

And just cause someone else says that you have a connection, doesn't make it so. My mother has been doing our family tree for years, and doesn't believe it unless she has authentic documents in her hand. She has found many errors in other people's reconing. To date my earliest verifiable ancestor is 1664, but some of the fanciful ones get me back to Longshanks (which now gets me kicked off of X-marks)

Adam

don't worry, I'll be with you in exile.

I've managed to validate my liniage back to Fergus MacErca, who died around 404 AD.

Oh, and BMakay, here is your Trump. One of Fergus's decendants in my line was Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Picts. here is his wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_I_of_Scotland

[NewKilt]

I'm really just in the beginning stages of tracing back my roots. On my mother's side my great, great, great, great grandfather, John Kennedy Sr. was born in Scotland around 1730. Immigrated to northern Ireland as a youth because of religious persecution. Then immigrated to New Jersey while the US was still colonies. Captured during the French-Indian War, and sent to prison in France. Released in a prisoner exchange, went to England, married an English lady and returned to New Jersey. His son, John Kennedy Jr., was a British loyalist and moved to Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. A move back to the US (Ohio) eventually took place with my great grandfather, George Benjamin Kennedy.

All I know about my birth father's side at this point is it's German ancestory. It's indeed addicting tracing back your roots.

Darrell