who do you think you are

[Fent]

I don't know what it is but that show seems to have inspired a few people I've been told over the last few days that my family origins on one side have come from Norway across to Huddersfield and eventuially onto Oldham where my Dad was born, and all my mums lost relatives are in fact all Man City fans :(, there used to be Coal mines underneath Manchester, and 365 Cotton Mills in Oldham where ancestors worked

what about other people? does anyone know where they come from?

[Jo]

Yorkshire

[Madipswichfan]

My whole family are cockneys :eek: Not me though Ipswich born and Bred :D

[itfcangel]

My mums dads side are scottish
my mums mums side is english
All my dads side are english (his mums side in Ipswich)
Which means i am 1/4 scottish

[El-Gocho]

so the mojority of the members are english cool mate! lol

[Athers]

I think I've moved about a mile down the road from the town called Atherton. ;)

It's a fairly common name round here, there used to be a rich family called Atherton I believe and we're descended from them probably.

[QPRW12]

im the only person i know with no foreign blood in me.

ive had the spunk of many nationalities tho

[bindu]

Well all my family orginate from Scotland. My fathers side is the one I know most about - we first of all came from the village Thornhill near Stirling but then we married someone from a wrong clan and were thrown out so seeked refuge from another branch of the family down at Thornhill in Dumfries. However, that also ended badly as my great great grandparents were hung for sheep stealing.

[Fent]

Originally posted by QPRW12
im the only person i know with no foreign blood in me.

ive had the spunk of many nationalities tho

The English all have foreign blood from somewhere along the line with all the people who have invaded, The Romans, The Celts, The Vikings, The Normans etc

[Claret & Blue]

My family are from Ireland and my name REEVES comes from my ansestors old trade the reeve (exicutionar *spelling*)

[James_F]

Originally posted by bindu
Well all my family orginate from Scotland. My fathers side is the one I know most about - we first of all came from the village Thornhill near Stirling but then we married someone from a wrong clan and were thrown out so seeked refuge from another branch of the family down at Thornhill in Dumfries. However, that also ended badly as my great great grandparents were hung for sheep stealing.

When driving south from Scotland I always see the sign for Thornhill from the M74, I will now always think of you and hanging due to sheep stealing.

[DV85]

My mums, mums side are Russian if you go back about 6 generations

My mums, dads side are Mancs

My dads, mums side are Swindon born and bred

My dads, dads side are all Swindon born and bred as well

[Kelly_Owls]

All mine are Yorkshire except my grandad who is from Shropshire and that's about it really.

[SirLampard]

All from Eire...100%

As for you Englanders, basically you're all Roman offspring or Saxon.

[swfc_babe85]

Yorkshire as far as I know

[Gunner_Girl]

my recent family history is Welsh on both sides, my maiden name is french comes from ancestors on my mothers side dating back to the 12th century, from Picardy,SW France.
Its ironic that my married name (now divorced) is also french, ex's family originated from Brittany in France & apparently the name is still highly regarded over there today as they were aristocracy! (dunno how far back)
But I was always reminded by the out-laws that i HAD to put the hyphen in when writting the surname. :rolleyes:

[DV85]

Originally posted by Gunner_Girl
my recent family history is Welsh on both sides, my maiden name is french comes from ancestors on my mothers side dating back to the 12th century, from Picardy,SW France.
Its ironic that my married name (now divorced) is also french, ex's family originated from Brittany in France & apparently the name is still highly regarded over there today as they were aristocracy! (dunno how far back)
But I was always reminded by the out-laws that i HAD to put the hyphen in when writting the surname. :rolleyes:

Thats interesting my mothers fathers side are all 'french'

Probably came from the same place all those years ago...

Hyphen in your surname french-french??!? or have I lost the plot somewhere

[Gunner_Girl]

Originally posted by DV85
Thats interesting my mothers fathers side are all 'french'

Probably came from the same place all those years ago...

Hyphen in your surname french-french??!? or have I lost the plot somewhere

Lol lost the plot! :laugh:
Not double barrel name from maiden & married name, married name is hyphenated ie: Le-Boss ;)

[great white]

Le Pen?......:eek: :eek:

[DV85]

Originally posted by Gunner_Girl
Lol lost the plot! :laugh:
Not double barrel name from maiden & married name, married name is hyphenated ie: Le-Boss ;)

Ah I see now, my mistake....

I thought you meant your name was french....not as in from france

my mistake:dunce:

[bluemanx]

mums from london

dads from cork

brother from southend

sister from islington

im from burnley.

yes we traveled a bit.

:)

[POSH and PROUD]

Whole of dads dads family is from Peterborough, and has been since.... not sure, long time though ill try and find that out now, im curious.

Dads mums Scottish

Mums dad from Liverpool (Lot of family there)

Mums mum from Dundalk, Ireland

And my mum was actually born in Germany, as my grandfather was based there in the RAF.

[CAFC Matt]

I am from Kent so what does that make me???

[Tomposh]

I'm from inbetween P'boro and Cambridge, the biggest rivalry in the east!

[red_army]

A pikey ;)

As for you Englanders, basically you're all Roman offspring or Saxon.

nah the Romans didn't settle in Britain in meaningful numbers, those that did mixed with Celts who were then pushed back into Cornwall, Wales and Brittany,France by the invading Anglo-Saxons.

Apparently the surnames of my grandparents are half Anglo-Saxon and half Norman.

[gary_fletcher]

Mums Mum side is swindon, bath and then Wales (yes I know gutting hopefully that's just a blip ;) )
Mums Dad side only know of Wiltshire roots, could be from anywhere though

Dads Dad side only know it's London/Kent area
Dads Mum side no nothing at all.

[QPRW12]

my dads side is from St charles square, ladbroke grove ,notting hill w10, and my mums side is from... St charles square, ladbroke grove, notting hill w10.... but 6 doors down! what a sweet story eh!

[Fairwater]

Mainly Welsh

1 Danish Grandmother and 1 English Grandmother:cry:

[PhilJack]

WELSH through and through, and proud -

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Tros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, Gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r heniaith barhau.

Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad dan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.

[ProudOwl]

Family originally comes from Ireland, could actually play football for them if I wanted ;)

Most of my immediate family are from the Nottingham/Derby/Ilkeston area although theres one or two from Manchester.

I was born in Sheffield :clap:

[Mansfield bloke]

Family from Lincs,London,Norfolk and Notts where i was born.

My Lincs and Norfolk relatives were descendants of Vikings from Denmark.

[Swansea Til I die]

All Welsh, as far back as the eye can see :eyemouth:

[Swansea Til I die]

Originally posted by PhilJack
WELSH through and through, and proud -


Nice to be part of the master race, innit?

[POSH and PROUD]

If were talking very deep down, my family name is saxon.

[AB2002]

Dad's side from Gomersall, before moving to Bradford, then Leeds.

Mums side from Doncaster before my Grandad moved to Leeds and met my Grandma.

I moved to Newcastle for uni and decided to stay up here.