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Post by misaki on Apr 11, 2009 20:57:30 GMT -5
@diu: It's one of my applications on FB, but I'm pretty sure the whole Obama thing was an April Fools. None of those people have the same last names as any of my relatives.
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Post by Diuleur on Apr 11, 2009 21:13:01 GMT -5
Ah....*headdesk*...man, I've got to think these things through . Seriously, though, I've been wanting to find out more about my family tree.....
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Post by misaki on Apr 12, 2009 11:52:43 GMT -5
I'd say ask your relatives, then. My grandmother has two large binders, one for her side of the family, and one for my grandfather's side of the family, full of research that she's done. I was able to take it even further by searching my great-great grandmother's name on the web and finding records of the exact date and ship that she and my great-great uncle took from Finland.
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Post by Diuleur on Apr 12, 2009 12:25:44 GMT -5
I've tried that, but I'm going to have to wait until my great-Aunt dies to get anywhere, and even then I may not get the necessary paperwork from her. I have the misfortune of being in a family of people with bad memories...
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Post by acilf on Apr 13, 2009 12:30:15 GMT -5
my granddad on my dad's side was so into family history. I Love it! because I am too. We have a family bible from 1805 that has all the names of my family on that side. It's amazing and in between the pages there's little notes and picture and stuff. Then on my mom's side we're S.O.L. due to the fact her granddad was found on the door step of the salvation army. But there's definitely cool stories on her side.
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Post by misaki on Apr 13, 2009 22:12:34 GMT -5
On the front steps of Salvation Army, huh? At least that's a kind of interesting story! My dad's dad refused to tell anyone about his side of the family. All that we know is that he was French Canadian.
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Post by bottine on Apr 13, 2009 22:16:40 GMT -5
... then I can understand why he doesn't want the darker aspects to spread about.
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Post by Trey on Apr 13, 2009 23:08:45 GMT -5
Bah, agreed. French Canadians are lame. LAAMMEEEE.
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Post by misaki on Apr 13, 2009 23:09:55 GMT -5
Part of "le Famille," possibly!
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Post by bottine on Apr 14, 2009 0:10:08 GMT -5
I bet you guys all secretly want frenchies. The accent is terribly charming.
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Post by acilf on Apr 14, 2009 1:14:12 GMT -5
my ancestors got kicked out of france. so we ran away and split up half to england(my half) and half to irland.
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Post by Trey on Apr 14, 2009 1:31:50 GMT -5
Actually bottine, from what I've heard they sound awkward and arrogant, when they've really got nothing to be arrogant about.
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Post by alba on Apr 14, 2009 3:32:58 GMT -5
I've never liked French accents. When speaking French, yes (but then I prefer a French-French accent). When speaking English, not so much. I prefer English-speaking accents for speaking English, though I'm a bit hypocritical in that my favourites are all very heavily reliant on an older language that isn't English.
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Post by Diuleur on Apr 14, 2009 8:19:51 GMT -5
Well, better than a German accent, right? Although I always found it easier to understand their English when Germans speak English...I don't get why, but yeah...
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Post by Trey on Apr 14, 2009 11:47:42 GMT -5
Oh no Diu, I LOVE German. One of the only languages I want to learn.
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