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>dad's side is mostly Irish and French
>mom's side is Italian, English, Scottish, German, and French.
>great grandmother is descended from a bunch of colonists including the sister of the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop
>bunch of them fought Indians and their descendants fought in the revolution with the Continental army
>thought my great grandmother was always French.
>found out she was Scottish cause some guy from the Scottish Highlander's regminent was at the battle of Quebec during the seven years war and he decided to stay.
>distant cousins with a bunch of famous Americans
>earliest known ancestor was some Baron in England in the 1100's
>my dad went to school with his own nephew and never knew about it until after. My uncle never revealed the identities of his children so I have cousins out there who I've never met.
Interesting stuff that genealogy is. Always finding new things about my family.
