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I have an ancestor that supposedly fought in the Revolutionary War. According to research done by one of my dad's cousins I think

On my mom's side, I don't know much on my grandpa, but I know my maternal grandma's parents moved from Germany in the late 1800s or early 1900s. So they were much much more recent

Mom's side supposedly like the third ship after the Mayflower.

Dad's side I always assumed was swamp cajuns via Nova Scotia but turns out they came from one French guy who moved straight to Louisiana in the 1700s.

my dad came to the US in the 60s

80s, I'm the first member born here.

Though, we hypothesize that one of my great great grandfathers was possibly an American though we don't know much beyond he had European ancestry.

I think the earliest were sometime around 1650, or maybe a bit more toward the end of the century, but I'm really not sure.

my dads side goes back to the late 18th century and immigrated from england. my mom's side goes back to the mid 19th century and immigrated from germany

My family arrived in 1975.

My mom's side of the family could be traced back to the oldest standing timber-frame house in the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House_(Dedham,_Massachusetts)

Between that and a lot of Mormonism in the 1800s/early 1900s there's a lot of info about that side of the family. Not as knowledgeable about my dad's side.

I believe I'm fourth generation American. Ancestors on both sides of my family came from Europe I think in the early 1900s but I could be wrong.

Pretty much since California changed from being in Mexico to being a US state.

Civil War is the furthest we've been able to trace it back. Sometime before that we immigrated from Germany but we think our name was "Americanized" so we can't go back any further.

We had family that sided with king George during what I'm assuming they called "the unpleasantness" and lived in Canada til my great-grand parents came to the U.S. Sometime before my G-ma was born in the 1930s then.

My great grandpa on my dad's side emigrated here, so that was probably back in the 1910s.

iirc mom found she's related to one of the people on the mayflower.

Someone with my last name is on the Declaration of Independence.

That said, I have no real idea, because my last name is also on the top ten list of most common Irish surnames, but I know my father's side pre-dates the Civil War.

My father's parents moved to the US from Canada in the 1950's. My mother's ancestors came here over a course of about 180 years from Germany, Scotland and Ireland.

My great-grandparents were born in Canada, and their parents were from France.

It really sucks that not even one of the four were born in Canada before they moved, too, because I believe I'd be able to get an easy Canadian citizenship if they were.

Around the 1880s on my moms side and the 1890s on my dads. My dads side had a one generation stop over in Quebec before settling into the UP of Michigan/northeastern Wisconsin.

since the early to mid 1970s

Everywhere from close to the founding of Hartford in the 1630's to my grandmother's grandparents in the late 1800's.

Since the mayflower

I remember my mom saying she had an ancestor that came over before the Pilgrims as an indentured servant. Dutch I think.

My dad's family, no idea.

My dad came from Trinidad around 1980. My mom came from Puerto Rico after college sometime in the early/mid 90s.

Before the Civil war, not sure how long before though.

Mom's side, late 1700/early 1800's

Dad's side, 1951

Looking into it, apparently 3rd generation. Crazy.

It's our spawn point

Cousin traced us back to the mayflower

On my dad's side my great grandfather came to America from Norway in 1923.

On my mom's side it has been said we cane over in the 1600s on the 2nd Mayflower ship. Though some point in time the family moved to Canada not moving back to America until the late 1800s

Grandparents arrived in the early 20th.

Great great grand parents came to ellis island from ireland in 1912

My mom's family has been here since the mid 1800s, I believe.

My dad came here from Mexico in 1980, one of the first in his family to do so.

Mid to late 1800s. I think I'm 3rd or 4th gen to be born in the States.

My mother's side of the family entered this country as indentured servants in the 1700s. I know virtually nothing about my father's side of the family except that my grandfather was abusive and his father was supposedly even more abusive. I know that they were in this country during the Great Depression. That's about it.

Since the very beginning

Hard to say. Both sides of my family were slaves for generations.

Since we were brought here as slaves

My mom traced her side back to a family on one of the mayflower ships. My dad only like 3 generations.

One part of my family tree is Cherokee, so a very long time. Another large part of it fled over from Germany because of WW2.

Couldnt tell you. A lot of ship manifests were destroyed in an effort to stop us of our humanity.

It's possible that my dad's side of the family is descended from a Catawba chief. That's what I've been told, anyway. Our last name is the same as this chief so perhaps. Or could be someone just noticed we share the name and started bullshitting. I really should look into it more.

I've loosely followed my dad's line back to the early 1700s, and until his dad they were primarily located in Tennessee. I believe my mom's grandparents were primarily European so they may have immigrated over sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s. I need to research her side more.

Idk about my father's side. But I'm allegedly a descendant of Francis Scott Key and Houma natives on my mom's side.

My dad and grandpa arrived here in 1983. But they have uncles here since the 20s.