Geneology - What's yours?

[Matty Ross]

I know only one thing absolutely for sure, that is, I am Matty Ross.

I can trace my Ross Line back to about 1741 to William Ross, the son of James Ross, who lived on Northwest Fork Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. Also born in 1730 in New Castle Delaware was George Ross Who Signed the Declaration of Independence. No one has been able to connect our two Families.

My father’s mother’s side goes back to Jacques Raphael Findlay. The Son of James Findlay we know was born in Scotland. “Joco” as he was known was a trapper trader and Guide for the Northwest Fur trading company. He was noted as the guide who lead famed explorer David Thompson across the rocky Mountains and on to the Pacific ocean. Joco also established several Fur trading houses for the Northwest Company.

Just for the fun of it;
Once upon a time, before I turned into Santa Claus, I had bright red Hair. The mark of a true Celt? Anyway, My Grand Father Rollo Roy Hallenbeck had red Hair. His Grand mother Hannah Brownell was also known to have been a “Fiery Red Head” Her Grand mother was Nancy Harris. We do know Nancy daughter of William Harris was born in Kirkcubright, Dumfries Shire, Scotland.
So Here I have traced My Red Hair 5 generations back to Scotland

[Ryan Nielson]

I had really red hair when I was born but it turned more of a blonde after a few years. While my brother was born with blonde hair that turned all the way dark.

I wonder if that kind of thing is common. We've got some pictures from way to back to prove it.

[Cynthia]

I was born blond and the older I got it started changing.... by middle school, I think it was, my hair had darkened more to brownish shades.

Now, my hair is brown with the coppery highlights and I even have random black hairs (along with silver ) mixed in there.

[davedove]

I tell everyone my ancestry is a whole heap of English and German, with a handfull each of Scottish and Irish, plus a sprinkling of French and Welsh.

The Dove line is English, the best I can tell. I have traced it back to a Sanford Dove in Virginia in the late 1700's. Supposedly, the original Dove in the New World was an indentured servant who came in through Annapolis.

My dad's mother was a McKean. I have traced that line back to a Thomas McKean in the Maryland/Pennsylvania area about the time of the Revolutionary War. Much like Matty Ross, there was a Thomas McKean who signed the Declaration of Independence, but I don't seem to be related. It doesn't help that there were at least a dozen Thomas McKeans all living in the same area. This line appears to trace back to Northern Ireland.

I have also traced one of her lines back to a Robert Cahoon in North Carolina, who appears to be the son of a Samuel Cahoon who was born in Dunbarton, Scotland. I'm not sure of this link though.

My maternal grandmother, a Krummel, was 100% German extraction. All of her grandparents came over from Germany in the second half of the 1800's.

My maternal grandfather's line, Edwards, hasn't been traced back very far. I can get to his parents and it fizzles out.