Reading the thick book a great aunt had published (mebbe before I was born) was intriguing ... family history, pics, stuff I had no idea about.... all researched through family Bibles, church documents (from Ger), the name change, etc. One ancestor was a prominent land owner (a land grant from before the Revolutionary War) and Inn Keeper .... no one knew this .... no trace of wealth in the family forever.... England lost
.... and I reckon he did too
. My grandfather went to CA as a teen (late 1800s) .... got homesick and moved back here to the family farm... not rich folks.
My dad's side .... a former co-worker's wife did the same lineage research (including DNA) prolly 30 -40 years ago .... well researched and documented.
My niece had her two mutt dawg's DNA work done .... 5 breed mixes in each ...
Me.... I know my family's history .... I don't need to know if I'm 10% Pitt Bull or Poodle....
We're all mutts anyways
Woof!