How recently did your family arrive?

[Spexxvet]

My father's family came from Stoke-on-Trent, England.

[squirell nutkin]

Mom's parents came from Scotland and England in the 19teens, Dad's parents came over during the Great Hunger. (fuck you England)

My wife's dad's family settled Belchertown, MA and a bunch of them were living in Fort Saybrook, CT before the revolutionary war.

Her mom came over from Chermany in the swinging 60's

[xoxoxoBruce]

Her mom came over from Chermany in the swinging 60's

Ahh, no wonder she's so cool. Pete too.

[Spexxvet]

My mother's side came from Sweden, through Germany.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

(fuck you England)

Sentiment returned SN

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Sentiment returned SN

I thought you are Irish

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

I thought you are Irish

BTW I missed the wink off the last post, it reads far more aggressively than I meant it to!

No, I'm 100 % British, and count myself English.
After all I have never lived in Ireland, neither has my mother and 3/4 of my Grandparents were English.

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

BTW I missed the wink off the last post, it reads far more aggressively than I meant it to!

No, I'm 100 % British, and count myself English.
After all I have never lived in Ireland, neither has my mother and 3/4 of my Grandparents were English.

OK then, Doyle. fuck you

[toranokaze]

My most resont ancester that I have found came over form Spain about 5 generations

My earliest must have crossed the ice bridge from present day Russia into present day Alaska

[Nirvana]

Sorry I helped ask for papers its in my blood [jk] sort of my parents came here in the '50s from Germany. But my grandmother married a gentile. No swastikas in my family tree.

[Tulip]

We were in Camp Pendleton for about a year then came to the mainland in '76.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Tulip

We were in Camp Pendleton for about a year then came to the mainland in '76.

I didn't know Camp Pendleton is an island.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I didn't know Camp Pendleton is an island.

Geez, could've just tell me straight. I was only 5 then, got no idea where that place was. All I could remember from the adults were the two words "Camp Pendleton." Thought it was an island. Felt desolated enough -- slept and ate in tents and used outhouses. I vaguely remember bushes in the lower lands and we were told not to stray to because there were snakes. Anyways, we settled in Santa Monica where it felt like civilization.

Because of your response, I googled Camp Pendleton. I had thought we stayed in Guam.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Tulip

Geez, could've just tell me straight. I was only 5 then, got no idea where that place was. All I could remember from the adults were the two words "Camp Pendleton." Thought it was an island. Felt desolated enough -- slept and ate in tents and used outhouses. I vaguely remember bushes in the lower lands and we were told not to stray to because there were snakes. Anyways, we settled in Santa Monica where it felt like civilization.

Because of your response, I googled Camp Pendleton. I had thought we stayed in Guam.

5, excuses, excuses.
A few years back I visited the neighborhood I lived in until 3. That huge backyard between the rows of houses, the one that was too far to walk to the neighbors... is about 50 feet.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

5, excuses, excuses.
A few years back I visited the neighborhood I lived in until 3. That huge backyard between the rows of houses, the one that was too far to walk to the neighbors... is about 50 feet.

Hey, being only 5 then is a damn good excuse! Seriously, I don't remember much from that age. I know someone who remembers stuff when he was 3. Impressive. As for childhood memories, ever remember something tasting really great but it just doesn't seem so good 20 something years later? ehehhehehe......I guess some things are best kept as memories.