re: #47 DaddyG

One of mine came over on the Mayflower (and promptly became on of the first to land on the poor rolls). Then another came with the Quakers (and promptly got kicked out of the church). Then another came to the midwest and amassed a great amount of farmland (which the family lost in the great depression).

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Dad’s side; Great grandfather was french, adopted by an Italian family and came over during the Ellis Island years, married my great grandmother, Scottish, in Connecticut and had a gaggle of kids there.

Mom’s side; German settlers who came over post civil war, Great great grandfather was a scout who married an indian woman, settled down in Texas, changed the family name from Braun to Brown during WWI.

Mom and Dad met in DC in the late 60s. Dad was bartending while going to school, Mom was taking anthropology courses.