Carrie at Under the Nut Tree Genealogy participated in an ‘old’ Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted at Genea-Musings by Randy. The title is “Your 16 Great-Great-Grands.” I thought it sounded like a great activity, so I’m going to participate, too.
Here are the steps:
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- List your 16 great-great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places.
- Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each of them.
- Calculate your ancestral ethnicity or nationality by adding them up for the 16 – 6.25% for each (obviously, this is approximate).
- If you don’t know all 16 of your great-great-grandparents, then do it for the last full generation you have.
- Write your own blog post, or make a comment on Facebook or in this post.
My results:
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- Alexander STEWART (1852-1922) born in Pennsylvania – mixture of German/Irish/French
- Catharine Jane McCLINTOCK/McCLINTICK (1852-1929) born in Pennsylvania – some German
- Augustus L MERRILL (1848-1920) born in Pennsylvania – unknown
- Sarah Jane EASTWOOD (1848-1923) born in England – English
- Charles PETERS (1847-1910) born in Germany – German
- Guntherine Fredericka WERTHER (1847-1888) born in Germany – German
- Josiah Randolph COPPENBARGER (1844-1934) born in Illinois – primarily German
- Elizabeth BENNETT (1849-1914) born in Missouri – unknown
- Rheinhard KAECHLE (1844-1900) born in Germany – German
- Mary Magdalena “Lena” KARBACH/KOERBACH (1848-1938) born in Germany – German
- Francis “Frank” ADAM (1826-1902) born in Germany – German
- Francesca “Frances” HOLTHOEFER (1833-1907) born in Germany – German
- James B DICKSON (1840-1902) born in Tennessee – unknown
- Elizabeth Ann BOYERS (1842-1882) born in Mississippi – unknown
- Reuben Houston WARD (1859-1906) born in Tennessee – unknown
- Sallie Harried DICKSON (1860-1960) born in Tennessee – unknown
My “nationalities” from my great-great-grandparent are:
7 German
1 English
8 unknown (with a little more German, Irish & French thrown in).
My calculated percentages are:
44% German
6% English
50 % unknown (with a small portion of that being Irish & French)
Strangely, my DNA results show:
35% Scandinavian (which could include German)
30% Irish (which could include French & English)
20% Western European (which could include German & English)
10% Italy/Greece (which could include French)
Do we share common ancestors? I’d love to talk! Please email me at drleeds@sbcglobal.net.
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