SC>> Is there a lot of that over there? My ex's family would have a
 SC>> heart attack if they found out English blood was mixed with their
 SC>> Irish blood, or any other blood in fact. They pride themselves on
 SC>> being pure Irish. I'm gonna havta start doing their family
 SC>> history again. hehehe

 NB> Yup.  Nothing like having the facts to puncture the family stories and
 NB> to deflate family pride...   I must say though, that Granma took it
 NB> well when I had to break it to her that her Dedericks were German not
 NB> Dutch...  :)  There had always been that edge of pride when she'd tell
 NB> us that they were Dutch, not German, although she had married a
 NB> German. She did, of course, have some* Dutch heritage there, in that
 NB> line... just not the main line.  :)

If my uncle wouldn't have found the French (very small amount) in our family I
would have never known. I found out some other things from that history he did
too. I didn't know my grandfather was once a politician. He was a councilman in
the borough I live in now. There were some other things too that I was
surprised about. I found out that most of the rest of the family didn't even
read this history which would upset my uncle very much. He spent a lot of time
and money getting it together. I know that I appreciate it and told him so. He
sends us updates on births and deaths in the family to add to the books.

Sharon

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