Awesome @lizelle! I'm looking forward to reading your entry! I bet you were so sad to have lost that notebook. I bet you'd like the DNA testing company, 23andMe. My brother and I had ours done about 5 years ago and they match you with genetic cousins who've also taken the test as well as tell you a lot about your genetic heritage. It's so interesting!
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I was very sad to lose all that info, it had names and places that none of the current older generation can remember. I would love to have the DNA testing done, the results must be fascinating! I have cousins that I've never met, believe it or not, who are also trying to delve into the family tree. My mother's family were very close but not my Dad's, they all live in the Eastern Cape where I was born; we do keep in touch now via email, but it's like a lost thread, have to make a plan to meet them!
Look forward to writing this week, have been in the cooking pots this weekend :)
Have a great Sunday further.
This test is very interesting to have done. We had quite a few family traditions shattered by the results. My father was always told he was of Shawnee Indian heritage but we discovered he is from an Ashkenazi Jewish (j2) genetic haplogroup. I hope you enjoyed your weekend!
That's fascinating, must have been quite something to discover!
I'm very curious, we come from such a mixed group - great grandfather was Scottish, married an Afrikaans lady, apparently when they met he could not speak Afrikaans & she could not speak English, so there must have quite a spark there, and they apparently had a long happy marriage :) Then we have German and English as well as Dutch, a real mixed bag :):)
I'm digging into the archives of memories, going to start with holidays, quite a change from childhood to now, will start with childhood :)
It really was something! It's strange but it gave me a bit of a new identity to realize my true heritage. We all have an olive complexion and dark hair so the Native American made sense until we found out the truth. Oh wow, you do come from a diverse background! What an amazing story of your great grandparents. Love always finds a way. : )
Wow! Amazing love story, love does find a way.
Wow!
For sure @gifty-e :)