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Did anyone ever get lost in Ancestry.com?
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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 612036" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>I ended up having an identity crisis in my 60s! I found out that my paternal grandfather was the product of a first marriage to a Protestant. I was so shocked I was reeling. Every one in my family was Catholic, then I find out that dad's dad was from Kentucky, rather than Ireland. I had to be the one to tell my newly found cousin (found through ancestry.com) that his grandmother had been hiding this fact. It's interesting that cousin had always wondered why his aunt and his uncle never could get along. It was a blended family.</p><p></p><p>I'm in a weird place when it comes to being an ancestor detective. My French Grandmother was a WWI bride, having met her US husband. I don't know her mother's family name, I once saw some letters of papal dispensation bearing a name starting with "de" which means they were nobility. I couldn't make note of the names. So sad that my interest in history didn't develop until I grew out of my youthful fog. I wish I could go back in time and interview all the old folks, what a treat that would be!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 612036, member: 6370"] I ended up having an identity crisis in my 60s! I found out that my paternal grandfather was the product of a first marriage to a Protestant. I was so shocked I was reeling. Every one in my family was Catholic, then I find out that dad's dad was from Kentucky, rather than Ireland. I had to be the one to tell my newly found cousin (found through ancestry.com) that his grandmother had been hiding this fact. It's interesting that cousin had always wondered why his aunt and his uncle never could get along. It was a blended family. I'm in a weird place when it comes to being an ancestor detective. My French Grandmother was a WWI bride, having met her US husband. I don't know her mother's family name, I once saw some letters of papal dispensation bearing a name starting with "de" which means they were nobility. I couldn't make note of the names. So sad that my interest in history didn't develop until I grew out of my youthful fog. I wish I could go back in time and interview all the old folks, what a treat that would be! [/QUOTE]
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