re: #127 thedopefishlives

Yeah, the same is true of my father’s side. I thought it was pretty much straight Irish, but my grandmother disclosed, shortly before she died, that there was some German on her side. Not that I’m entirely surprised, but it was a bit of a shock.

Yeah we always assumed my grandmother was fully Irish too since she identified with it so much. Hell, she’s why I got interested in my Irish heritage and why I was so happy to be able to study there and in the part of the country where her dad’s folks came from.Another shocker I found was looking at my paternal grandfather’s census records and seeing that they used a different name than the name that was my mom’s maiden name. I really would love to find out more. What I’m really interested in is finding out about their stories but I think sadly that much of that is lost to history and time.