tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post5092748672936312192..comments2024-03-27T01:07:03.944-04:00Comments on The Roses of Prose: Happy to be a mutt...by Leah St. JamesAlison Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-64613816209551574442016-11-26T10:53:18.138-05:002016-11-26T10:53:18.138-05:00Ha, very interesting. I've always wanted to do...Ha, very interesting. I've always wanted to do this. I have am at least 1/16 Cherokee, and maybe more. I think I am also part Black Dutch. Great post...thanks for sharing!Alicia Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003539473772776004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-29104287980151846642016-11-24T09:50:28.751-05:002016-11-24T09:50:28.751-05:00I've though about being tested and hesitate fo...I've though about being tested and hesitate for the same reason. I know I'm not royalty so what's tha point. Interesting ostBarbara Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379534828904059584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-52728321620161880792016-11-23T13:12:30.902-05:002016-11-23T13:12:30.902-05:00Great post, Leah. Have a happy Thanksgiving with y...Great post, Leah. Have a happy Thanksgiving with your mostly-Welsh-mutt crew!Elizabeth Alsobrookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239143833626955490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-22877604444245750072016-11-23T09:57:54.265-05:002016-11-23T09:57:54.265-05:00Right, Marisa?! I mean, think of all the DNA swapp...Right, Marisa?! I mean, think of all the DNA swapping that could be going on for all sorts of nefarious reasons!! :-)Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-17863232065118879172016-11-23T09:55:06.284-05:002016-11-23T09:55:06.284-05:00Very cool, Alison and Margo, that you can trace yo...Very cool, Alison and Margo, that you can trace your family back so far. I don't have any of those neat family stories, but that must be fun to think of them!Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-4006275018545847032016-11-23T00:49:54.624-05:002016-11-23T00:49:54.624-05:00Very interesting post. My mother says her ancestor...Very interesting post. My mother says her ancestors came from the UK but has no real documentation. My paternal grandparents immigrated from Czechoslovakia, when there was such a country. I'm with you on not having my DNA floating around in some lab. Who knows what could happen?<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-27668367850571960322016-11-22T18:22:00.056-05:002016-11-22T18:22:00.056-05:00Unofficially, I'm English and German with a li...Unofficially, I'm English and German with a little French thrown in. My husband is Dutch, Finnish and, maybe, a little American Indian. My grandson is the family member who's big into genealogical research. Some of things he's found are fascinating. Apparently, we do date back to the Mayflower on my father's side. Somewhere in there I've been told a something, something grandfather was the Mayor of Munich. As I said, unofficial, all of it, but fun to consider.Margo Hoornstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036077481652050799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-22796149331028163292016-11-22T17:38:08.667-05:002016-11-22T17:38:08.667-05:00Genealogy is so fascinating! My sister spent hours...Genealogy is so fascinating! My sister spent hours and hours doing one for our family that went back centuries. I strongly doubt the accuracy of some of those alleged medieval ancestors, but I was interested to learn that one side of the family has been on this side of the pond since the 1600's. OG has never known much about his family because their accounts were so confused, so last year I did the same for him. He now understands all the true connections and was also surprised to find he had some colonial ancestors. I've wondered about doing the DNA test, but I have a pretty good idea of what I'd get--a hodgepodge of northern Europeans, mostly German, English, and Swedish.Alison Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-62361735565605239792016-11-22T14:44:17.470-05:002016-11-22T14:44:17.470-05:00Hi, Pam and Maureen - It is fun to see what we'...Hi, Pam and Maureen - It is fun to see what we're made of, isn't it?? :-) Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-3177782157957451872016-11-22T14:43:03.760-05:002016-11-22T14:43:03.760-05:00Thanks, Susan, for stopping by. I think most Ameri...Thanks, Susan, for stopping by. I think most Americans are proud of the complexity of our national make-up, and with each generation, we see more and more "mixing." My husband's first serious girlfriend broke up with him because of religion, compelled by her parents who didn't like the brand of Christianity his family followed, versus theirs (both mainstream denominations). My father-in-law used to tell me not to "admit to" being Polish! So as much as we have room to grow, I think we've come a long way. I'm hopeful for our future.Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-60759720781734883202016-11-22T14:29:37.356-05:002016-11-22T14:29:37.356-05:00What a great post! I've thought about getting ...What a great post! I've thought about getting something like this as a gift for christmas. Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785560971517152290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-76401104032380025252016-11-22T13:41:50.748-05:002016-11-22T13:41:50.748-05:00What a cute post, Leah!
I imagine my children'...What a cute post, Leah!<br /><br />I imagine my children's percentages would be as varied...we have German, French and Native American in our blood LOL!<br /><br />Hope your (and everyone's) Thanksgiving is Blessed.<br />PamTPamela S Thibodeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951038997223264816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-19921404237031021992016-11-22T13:33:32.853-05:002016-11-22T13:33:32.853-05:00Love this--especially in light of recent election ...Love this--especially in light of recent election where school kids, in great sad numbers, worry about being deported or losing their families because they are not American. So, so sad. We are all mutts and should be welcoming of other human mixtures. Thankful for those who agree. Nice post!Susan Coryellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700818086229953333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-59122516750151806562016-11-22T13:10:56.557-05:002016-11-22T13:10:56.557-05:00That's so neat about your great-great-(etc.)-g...That's so neat about your great-great-(etc.)-grandma being one of the early settlers, Jannine. That would be the one reason I'd want to do research on my family, to find out where they lived during which periods of history. That, to me, would be fascinating.Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-23749621485724795982016-11-22T13:08:57.654-05:002016-11-22T13:08:57.654-05:00Too funny, Brenda, about your friend who KNEW he h...Too funny, Brenda, about your friend who KNEW he had Native American ancestry! I hope he wasn't too crushed! I'm with you on the cost of the test being a drawback. I couldn't believe it when my husband went for it (especially since he never got anything back!).Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-19147495856690148962016-11-22T13:07:11.382-05:002016-11-22T13:07:11.382-05:00I'll bet that was a fun discovery, Andi! I hav...I'll bet that was a fun discovery, Andi! I have a feeling each generation becomes more and more mixed, especially in the more modern cultures where there's a lot of movement of people, and it will be rare to find people whose ancestries are purely from one area or another. Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-9116793485428566402016-11-22T10:18:34.765-05:002016-11-22T10:18:34.765-05:00I did a ton of genealogy research back before writ...I did a ton of genealogy research back before writing became a full-time occupation. It really is fascinating. I'm a quarter Swedish from my dad with a hint of French and German and Danish from my maternal grandma, but the vast majority is English from everyone else, I'd guess close to 65%, but I've never been tested. My maternal grandma's ancestors came here way back in the early 1600's. Not the Mayflower, but darn close, about 10 generations ago. Once you get back to colonial times, there's a lot of info because you share the same gene pool with so many others who have done the research! Great topic, Leah, and happy turkey day to you!Jannine Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047728297429025804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-25910919921724698162016-11-22T10:12:38.585-05:002016-11-22T10:12:38.585-05:00Loved your post. I'm dying to do this but won&...Loved your post. I'm dying to do this but won't let go of the money yet. FDW likes to say he's British Isles but mostly Welsh. He refuses to acknowledge the bit of German his mother found when she did the family tree years ago. A friend had this done and totally blew his mind. He'd always KNOWN he had Native American blood but found out there's not a drop. Pretty funny.Brenda Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162555468154752820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-9045322381170441662016-11-22T10:10:16.826-05:002016-11-22T10:10:16.826-05:00Leah, I've done the spit test for Ancestry--on...Leah, I've done the spit test for Ancestry--only one surprise. I knew my father's family came from Austria and Romania and my mother's from Russia but, despite having lived in the UK for years, I never knew that we also had English! My daughter is the true mutt; she has all that but her father is Scots-Irish and English. Now she is marrying a Colombian whose father's family came from France and his mother's from Spain, so my grandchildren should be very interesting!!<br /> But whatever your ancestry, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Andrea Downinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553961600937196102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-16293158503628547492016-11-22T09:32:08.646-05:002016-11-22T09:32:08.646-05:00See, that's what I'm talking about, Rolynn...See, that's what I'm talking about, Rolynn--lab rats mixing up spit and seeing what fun/havoc they can create! I'm happy with my decision to steer clear! :-)Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-79937840195593958282016-11-22T09:31:15.947-05:002016-11-22T09:31:15.947-05:00Genealogy is extremely time-consuming, Diane. My h...Genealogy is extremely time-consuming, Diane. My husband has spent hours searching ship records, cemetery records, and things like that to get as far as he got with his family. While I find it interesting, I don't have the same drive he does. Maybe because with an adopted mother, I've grown used to having a void in my genetic information. That must have been a bit of a blow, though, to find out your family legend is fiction! (I'm imagining your ancestors sitting around a campfire, spinning tales, when one of the kids hears and takes it for fact, and a legend is born!) :-) That is really neat that you can go so far back, either way.Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-74121504477334403252016-11-22T09:25:53.918-05:002016-11-22T09:25:53.918-05:00Leah, I enjoyed your post. I keep hearing about t...Leah, I enjoyed your post. I keep hearing about these surprises (I wonder if some spit examiner is having fun by mixing up the saliva). What amazes me is how our ancestors got around without cars. I know land bridges helped, but these fellas roamed the world...versions of Johnny and the appleseed. <br />Different seed :-) I'm happy we're all mutts...makes it easier to avoid the 'pure' race poppycock. Happy Thanksgiving!Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-7747382065921555662016-11-22T09:23:38.953-05:002016-11-22T09:23:38.953-05:00Happy Thanksgiving to all the Roses. Safe travels....Happy Thanksgiving to all the Roses. Safe travels.Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-77533274791640540322016-11-22T09:23:08.828-05:002016-11-22T09:23:08.828-05:00Funny that you should write on this topic. Yesterd...Funny that you should write on this topic. Yesterday, one of my cousins asked about our history because I'm the only one who's done any genealogy. I just wrote him back right before reading your post. Our family legend was that we are related to Anneke Jans (a real person who came to the US in 1630) who was the daughter of the king of the Netherlands and was disinherited for 7 generations. My grandmother's generation was the 7th so her cousins hired a professional to research. I think my grandfather was right about the pro just wanting money. Anyway, the upshot is there was no Netherlands in the 1600s-it was part of Norway so no king, no inheritance. But it is a good story. LOL I've used the info from the pro to trace back that far and make the connection. It's a lot of work (which I haven't done in a while because I'm too busy writing) but interesting to know your roots. Like you, I'm a mutt. Dutch on both sides (along with lots more). Ironic that I now live in Holland (Michigan).Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-25931399139733836222016-11-22T08:35:51.570-05:002016-11-22T08:35:51.570-05:00That's so cool, Vonnie, that you can trace you...That's so cool, Vonnie, that you can trace your family back that far. Every so often I get the urge to hunt down my mother's adoption records, but I never have. Happy book release day!!Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.com