Anyone Have Ancient UK Ancestry?

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#1  Edited By spudtastic

I'm looking for peeps that can go back 175+ years (with paperwork) Derry, Northern Ireland, Truro-Torquay-Plymouth,Birmingham, Lancaster are the places that would really 'float my boat'.I have enuf that the pay-for websites wouldn't do me much good.

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#2  Edited By crusader8463

No clue. My last name is Totton on my fathers side and Hodgin on my mothers. I think they go back to a combination of Ireland, Scotland and the surrounding area. Maybe even a bit of German. I have never looked into it or cared enough to pay one of the ridiculous sites to look though.

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#3  Edited By MysteriousBob

Probably. Because I'm English. Well- half.

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#4  Edited By CRAzYKiLL3R93

I'm English so I would probably say so. I havent really traced my family back though, just back to the 1800's. 
 
I'm from Chester which was a Roman fortress back in the day (Used to be called Deva, maybe people who have played Rome total war would recognise it, it was one of the 3 British cities) so maybe I have some ancient roman in me.... idk  

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As far back as my family tree goes, it doesn't trace much further than a century back, I think 5 generations on my fathers side. My last name is common on both sides of my family. I'm 1/8 Scottish, meaning one of my great grandparents were Scottish, but apart from that all of my family as far back as it is traceable were English. 
 
Also, username with spud represent.

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#6  Edited By Doctorchimp

My dad's side is from southern ireland...
 
and my mom's mexican... 
 
So no...

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#7  Edited By alternate
@Doctorchimp said:
" My dad's side is from southern ireland... and my mom's mexican...  So no... "
I bet you ate a lot of chilli jacket potatoes growing up. :D
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#8  Edited By David

My dad is from London even though I was born in Finland so I'm Finnish as well as English. He traced the Abbott family back in England to the Macnab clan in Scotland. I don't know much more though.
 
Wikipedia:

Septs of Clan Macnab include:

  • Abbot
  • Abbott
  • Abbotson
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#9  Edited By joeybagad0nutz

Got Irish ancestry, but I'm also Italian and German.
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#10  Edited By JP_Russell

Probably.  I don't really know what my ancestry is.  The extent of my knowledge about my ethnic makeup is pretty much just "American white dude."  I think I've heard of Irish being up my family line somewhere.  And I remember hearing one of my great grandparents or something was of some obscure European ethnicity that I'd never even heard of.  I'd be surprised, really, if I didn't have ancestors from the UK region somewhere a couple hundred years back or something.

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#11  Edited By Hitchenson

Just Cornish. Seriously, grandparents, upon grandparents, upon grandparents etc. back. People in my family were miners! Miners! I was born in Truro like most people down here as well, if that "floats your boat".

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#12  Edited By JBird

yeah i do. My uncle spent a year or 2 doing a family tree. Its intersting enough but i think he's been a bit picky and choosy on it. Although saying that is totally useless seeing as i have no copy of it. But, yes, as far as i believe i do.
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#13  Edited By Gizmo

I know enough about my grandfathers side of the family to know that his family originates from a small town in East Anglia, U.K, and was very likely, related to Abraham Lincoln. 
 
I'm a British citizen by the way.