i found a family link back to Elizabeth Anne Boleyn, 1440-1510, Aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn.
because there is royalty involved, more records were kept, these records go back into the 800’s before ending. that’s a long way back.
some records are in France and Flanders-Belgium. this might be a clue about the Scandinavian DNA.
this is through my father’s mother’s side.
until this year, we knew nothing of his ancestry, did not expect to know.
now i wonder how long these memories were kept? people are very good at forgetting. even when vows are made to the contrary. “we will never forget.” is this the most broken promise of all?
a lot of history was deliberately forgotten, when people migrated to the Colonies, then to the U.S.
many wanted a fresh start, without the “baggage” of the Old World. this was a big part of the new culture. i empathize. lots happened in the Old World that was wrong, and tragic.
i’m pretty sure my parents would be “speechless” to learn of French connections.
neither had any regard for the French. or, Irish, or Italians, et al.
my father knew his family came, at least in part, from Germany. he had the well-known German stoicism about him. he didn’t care for Germans, either.
he was hopeful for the U.S.he was not guilty of making false gods out of peoples/cultures.
“Anne, with an “e.”
Anne of Green Gables
and become less arboreal, and more web-like.