January 24, 2010

• Genealogy

  Ok, so I've been really delving into my genealogy lately, and I know historical record keeping is not 100%.

  However . . .

  I found a line on my (maternal) grandmother's side that goes back to 1500.  Not only that, but I found this dude:

  Thomas Tronsgård
  Birth 1500
  Biyang, Yixian, Anhui, China
  Death in Biyang, Yixian, Anhui, China

  Daughter:
  Guri Thomasdatter Tronsgård
  Birth 1520
  Biyang, Yixian, Anhui, China
  Death 1585
  Nes, Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands

  I've been trying to get into Chinese history to see what this is.  The guy was born in China and died in China. H e had a daughter that he named Guri who was also born in China then died in the Netherlands (and so continues the line down).

  So, I'm really curious about this.  Most of my family (on both sides) are really heavy culturally.  On my mom's side, I found (maybe) 8 ancestors out of 100's that were NOT from Norway.  Most were nearby (i.e. Netherlands, etc).

  On my father's side, my great grandfather was born in Russia and I cannot find any ancestors (going back to the 1600's) there were NOT Russian.  So, not a lot of traveling I think.  Except for this Thomas dude. 

  Just some interesting weirdness.  Maybe I have a smidge of Chinese in me, eh?  Would be kind of interesting!

  Edit: Found German on my father's side and learned that apparently during Catherine the Great's rule, they had some Russians go to Germany and some Germans go to Russia to mix things up.
  
  Also, my husband's tree is SO different than mine.  His can be traced back to a lot of Americans who were here in the 1600's, etc.  Lots of English/Irish, names like Prettyman, Wolfe and Trainer/Traynor.  He has a few barons and some family crests too.  Hehehehe.

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