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Post by Thomas Eversole on Oct 29, 2015 0:03:06 GMT -6
What do you guys know of your heritage? Is this something important to you or something you've even thought about?
My dad's side of the family originally came from Switzerland and that was centuries ago. There's a Eversole coat of arms at my parents house with a story about the origins of the name. I think it was originally spelled Ebersol and the etymology of the surname had something to do with farming... which ironically is what my dad did and my brother does.
I found out later in life that only 4 generations ago, my mom's family were in Germany. (my mom's mom's grandfather came over from Germany) Her maiden name was Bricker.
While I've got European blood from both sides, there's actually some Cherokee indian as well - from my great grandmother Juanita Bricker. I dodged the brown eye bullet, as my eyes are very blue... but definitely have my mom's, grandma's, great grandma's native american nose.
Anyone else?
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Post by Kerrick on Oct 30, 2015 14:36:43 GMT -6
Very cool! I don't know much, though I'm a total mutt. Mostly English, French, and Irish I believe. My grandfather (my dad's dad) knew nothing of his mother except that she was a Gypsy haha. So I'm 1/8 Gypsy, whatever that means!
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Post by Deepfriar on Oct 31, 2015 7:13:12 GMT -6
My main heritage is German on my father's side though I think I may have some Irish on my mother's side. Oh and throw in a dash of Cherokee Indian. Blue eyes/brown hair for me.
My wife is Irish all the way: red hair, freckles and all! And I love it!
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Oct 31, 2015 8:09:34 GMT -6
My wife has a decent amount of Cherokee Indian so, here we go again! (And I love it!) (Brown hair, brown eyes, darker skin)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 8:24:05 GMT -6
I'm of mostly mixed European heritage. As for specific countries, I don't really know. Probably mostly England, Ireland, and France.
For some reason, people think I look half-Asian. I have no idea why. I don't have any Asian family members. lol
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 1, 2015 8:50:33 GMT -6
For some reason, people think I look half-Asian. I have no idea why. Do you have a slender frame, dark hair and dark almond shaped eyes?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 9:09:26 GMT -6
...yes... Now it makes sense.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 1, 2015 11:30:03 GMT -6
HAHA!!! People mistaken me for an ogre I think. I'm only 5'9", but... 20" circumference at the bicep and 55" chest...
That's big on anyone.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 11:43:22 GMT -6
Whoa. I would not have guessed that you were only 5'9".
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Nov 1, 2015 12:40:08 GMT -6
[encourage] That was something that used to bug me til no tomorrow when I was in high school. Myself and my cousin are the only two men (on either mom or dad's side) that are under 6 foot. I could care less about that now. My wife likes it that I'm "her size" because she's 5'3" and still has to get on her tippy toes to kiss me. Besides, its not like I can change my height. I can change how large my muscles are though.
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Post by Borndead on May 25, 2018 20:01:41 GMT -6
That´s something that always interested me but it´s pretty hard to get some legit info.
As far as I know, my fathers side is coming from a small village in Bosnia & Herzegovina, where my name "Bekić" originated from. And from my mothers site a lot of them are from the West part of Croatia and some parts of Bosnia. Being that the history of Slavic migration is not really clear it´s hard to conclude where my line might originate from. What I do know is that both families were hard working and well respected farmers; on my mothers site there were even some nobelman.
Interesting fact(or not lol): when I was little I had blonde hair and blue eyes but as I got older both changed to brown (I´m also pale as they come and 182cm = 5.97 feet high)
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on May 25, 2018 21:32:09 GMT -6
It was more important to me before I was born again. I don't care at all about my physical heritage anymore, though I never knew much to begin with, oddly enough. I know what country my family claims my ancestry comes from. That's it, basically. No coat of arms; no tracing my ancestors back to some famous person; no stuff like "1/4 hispanic, 2/5 white"; kind of odd since it seems people tend to place so much importance on that stuff, but eh, doesn't really matter now.
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Post by jazzhead on May 26, 2018 15:36:39 GMT -6
It was more important to me before I was born again. Interesting ~ I'd never really thought about it, but it's the same for me. I went through a period when my kids were little where I was super-interested in my heritage. Not as much now. I know enough to give my kids something to go on should they be interested one day. I'm Swedish and British on my mom's side, and the typical Anglo/Scotch/Irish and French on my dad's. My maternal grandmother's ancestors were on the Mayflower, and someone on my father's side traveled with the Lewis & Clark expedition to explore the western territories before they became part of the US. Those are the only semi-cool stories I know. At this point, I really like learning about different ethnic cultures and such, but I don't see differences so much anymore. We're all humans, fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of our Creator.
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Post by anfauglith on Nov 8, 2018 11:03:08 GMT -6
Beeing adopted in my first year on earth, I started with knowing almost nothing about my heritage. As I`m getting older, this topic starts to gain relevance for me. I think it's easier to say you don't care about your heritage when you at least could know or find out everything about it. I`m starting to research the facts that are available, which is at the one hand not so much (everybody I know at least knows his biological grandparents and had the opportunity to ask them about family history. I didn't.), at the other hand I can't tell how happy I was being able to trace my maternal roots back until my grand-grandparents. So know I know that I`m leastwise the third generation of my family born in this city. I hope to trace the family roots back even more. Some time ago I visited my grandmothers house of birth (which now is a tourist site for being one of the last old houses here which stood through the allied bombing raids in ww2), which was quite amazing for me. (Maybe that sounds stupid. In the end I just stood before the house and looked at it...)
Of course there is also the history of the family I was raised in (which is in fact my family and which I value high!). But getting to know more about my biologic heritage really helped me.
But it is also important that I belong to a heavenly family as well, by water, spirit and blood. The blood of Christ.
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