Were you born in your country or did you move over?

[ShyAndFun]

[AMS700CX4u2]

My Heritage is Quaker on one side and the lack of genealogical information on the other side leads me to believe that mom was from a family that were remnants of Oglethorpe's penal colony in southern Georgia.

[ShyAndFun]

It sounds interesting but sorry I don't understand those words! Quaker? and Oglethorpe?

[AMS700CX4u2]

Quakers were a sect of protestants who formed in England when Catholicism declare war on those who objected to worshiping a Pope. My people were from Normandy, North Coastal France, and simple crossed the English Channel to escape persecution. Quakers, Amish, and Mennonites have similar beliefs. Shunning is one key difference. When English society became very aristocratic and the general populace was starving, Debtor's Prisons started to fill up. Not people of bad character but struggling to survive. Oglethorpe offered Debtor's a chance to absolve their debt by colonizing the malaria infested South of the North American continent. Few survived.

[ShyAndFun]

Oh I'm sorry to hear that happened. You sound very smart :)

[AMS700CX4u2]

The part concerning Mom's roots is all; speculation. It may or may not be true.

[OlderAndWiser]

My family came to North America on the Mayflower.

[ShyAndFun]

Mayflower?

[OlderAndWiser]

English ship Mayflower, 1620, brought a group of religious pilgrims to North America to escape religious persecution in England. They were the second group of Europeans to inhabit North America.

[AMS700CX4u2]

My family was on the second load and settled Long Island.

[4ngelic]

also had an ancestor on the mayflower

[OlderAndWiser]

@4ngelic It was a cool discovery, right?

[4ngelic]

i've known that since i was a kid (my family is really into genealogy & history) always thought it was a bit cool, like i have some og American blood in me

[OlderAndWiser]

@4ngelic My mom's family goes back into the 1600's in Virginia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Eleven ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War. An ancestor who once saved Daniel Boone's life. One who participated in the Boston Tea Party. It feels good having such deep American roots!

[4ngelic]

damnnn.
I also had some ancestors who fought in the revolutionary war (on the side of independence)

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[4ngelic]

i'm not living in my birth country, but i'm not living in a foreign country either (i'm binational)

[NordicInScandinavia]

Migrated at 13

[DryGermanGuy]

Me and my parents born here, but my grandparents had moved from German settlements in the North and East of Europe back to Germany.

[Berethor]

I moved at the age of 5, and it was to my ancestral homeland, so I don't feel stranger here.

[Levin]

I was born in England. But apparently ethnically I'm 96% Croatian, weirdly enough.

[zagor]

Yes I was, and I currently live about 30 miles from where I was born. My parents were both born on the other side of the country, but two of my grandparents were born in other countries.

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

I was born in the USA having lived in Illinois from 1990 to 2016 and Colorado from 2016 to 2023. But then I moved to Australia (Melbourne region).

[FunkyMonkee]

My family was born here for at least the past 3 or 4 generations so, well over 100 years.

[exitseven]

I was born here because I wanted to be near my mother.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Born and always lived in Windsor, Ont., Can.

[ohsheeT]

I was born here in usa

[Miristheiss]

I was born here.

[DrPepper12]

Born n raised USA America

[BarryLiverstone]

Both and raised here in Florida

[BarryLiverstone]

Born *

[Anonymous]

Born here.

[jazzy34]

The former.

[Anonymous]

Born here.

[dudeinohio]

Born here in USA

[noohair]

Born in NYC

[seeyounexttuesday]

Born.

[seeyounexttuesday]

My family has been here since at least the 1740s.