"Do You Know Where You Come From"

A member of my father's family, second cousin I believe, put a book together, had it printed and bound. It goes back to the 1600's. My mother's family has a tiny duotang with info not going back very far. I have been watching this show and find it fascinating. I am not a history buff at all but to find that your family was a part of some historic event is amazing. I would like to search further back, especially on my mother's side, but can't afford to pay the fee to sign up for ancestry.com. May some day when I can afford it I will.

I don't go back too far. My mother is from Canada; her father was a carpenter and electrician born in Tyrone, Northern Ireland of Scottish ancestry, her mother was from Glasgow, Scotland. My father's mother was a Londoner I believe, but he (my dad) was born in Australia, and his father was (possibly) a Dane. My grandmother's ancestry allegedly goes back to an English coachman, who inherited some money. There is a purported aristocratic connection too, with the Peerage of Ireland, but this has never been corroborated. I'm a mixture, but ethnically British, with a possible Danish admixture.

lol i watched the first episode but havent gotten around to the last one yet.. my mom loves to do the whole family tree thing and we found out that one of our descendants was from italy and ran away and changed his name and identity when he came to america so they couldnt find him (2 theories on why.. one was that his mother wanted him to be a priest and i cant remember the other one) and so i thought that was cool.. to know some one back then not only left their country but their identity to get away even though it had made a roadblock in getting more info =( my best friend is related to president obama lol

Hi lelin1123! I plan to do a genealogy on my family one these days. I just haven't done it yet because I know it takes a lot of time and I'm involved in so many other things that take time. Another thing I'm concerned about is being disappointed. I've been told that there is some Indian in my family history and I'm just concerned about not being able to find out anything in this regard. I'm very much interested in Indian folklore. People tell me all the time that I look Indian, though. What is so strange about this is when I was a child, nobody thought I looked Indian. I've been told that your features change the older you get. Plus, I wear Indian stuff a lot and I think this tends to bring out the Indian in me. Getting back to your discussion, yes, family history is very interesting. Kathy.

I was watching this show along with my grandmother, cousin and brother. I enjoyed this show. I think it would be interesting to know where I came from as well and knowing who are our ancestors. I really enjoyed the first episode though.

I've always thought about it, but I have never actually explored my ancestry. I bet there are lots of unexpected surprises that I don't know about my previous generations who all contributed to my existence that remain a mystery to me.

I have been curious about my ancestry and would love to find out my roots. My mother has begun the process. Soon I plan to join her in the effort to dig up our past.

Well I certainly have no clue lol I do not know my Dad not even his Name my Mum never told me and will not, which somehow makes me think she does not know lol Both my Brothers have different Dads to but they know their Dads It has never bothered me as such I have accepted it, but I will say I know who I am I am me and nothing can or no one can or will change that

I have my family roots going back to the 1700's on both sides and would love to go back even further, but I don't think it is possible, because it was my cousin who found our history through ancestry.com and that is as far as it went.. Did find some really interesting people in my family though, a revolutionary war hero that a county in Ohio is named after..:)

I have caught the show once & they had emmit smith on there who is my all time fave from dancing w/the stars. It was interesting but i haven't seen it again. I didn't really know what night it was on but now i do thanks to u. I really have never been interested in tracing my family tree. Guess i should be. Happy sunday yo u.

Hubby and I are genealogist and have been for over twenty years. You are coming into this hobby at a wonderful time. Now all you really need is the Internet. When we started we had to do all our own research and contacted the Morman Church for what they had. It's really fun and full of surprises. You will enjoy what you find if you can be objective, nothing that was done in the past can be changed and you are not responsible for whatever happened. It helps to remember if you are in the USA, that most of our people came here to run away from whatever was happening in their country of orgin. Enjoy

When I was little I heard from my grandpa said our great-grandpa is from Peru. My grandpa when to China when he was only 5 and because the war he couldn't go back. And since then he started the family there, and lost other connection with other familes in Peru. We tried to located our ancestry it is too hard to trace all the way back 1908.

Yes, I was curious to know where I come from, where my parents and grandparents came. It is interesting to know your roots, so as you can, even several generations, and because my parents were curious too, I get to know ancestors, I am 100% Romanian, with parents Romans settled on this place for many years . We found the church, which keeps all data in the cache, data on grandparents and great-grandparents.

I don't know exactly yet where I came from. I am interested but I think it's a tough thing to do.

I know a little about my ancestry but not near as much as I would like to. I think that it would be amazing to learn about the history of my family. I have looked up a few things here and there but I have never dedicated myself to really searching.

Yeah, I have seen that show and it got me into thinking too. I'd really love to trace our family root but I know this would take up a lot of time and effort and could be something impossible. I do not know of any group that does this as a sort of service.