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As far as I know, my family was probably about half farmers and half business owners.

Going back further, there were some rabbis and what not.

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From what I know and traced back, a lot of military, a couple commercial fisherman and farmers, and my great, great, great grandfather was a blacksmith that made weapons.

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Rural farming.

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I don't even know what my grandparents did

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Gotta say, this is a clever one

given the popularity of my last name, they FUCKED

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They were pimps

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When Chinese tanks rolled into North Korea, sparking the Korean War, my grandpa on my dad's side got up and ran to South Korea where he had to start all over. I wouldn't be an American if he hadn't done that. Hell, I might've never been born if he hadn't done that.
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My grandpa set up the business that I currently operate. But I know absolutely nothing about my great-grandparents or further back. Not even their names or anything.

Super interesting stories guys

JeanLucBrunel posted...

When Chinese tanks rolled into North Korea, sparking the Korean War, my grandpa on my dad's side got up and ran to South Korea where he had to start all over. I wouldn't be an American if he hadn't done that. Hell, I might've never been born if he hadn't done that.

Wow, so your dad would be in North Korea if he didn't escape?

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yemmy posted...

They were pimps

Were they really? XD

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I don't know tbh

My mom's side of the family was fishermen as long back as we know.

On my dad's side of the family, his father's family were farmers for generations. My grandmother is from Liverpool, her father was a firefighter. Beyond that, no idea.

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Hunted mammoths or something, idk.

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Slave'ing and slave owning prob. Still waiting on the DNA results on that lol.

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farmers.

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How would I even go about finding out?

I assume we all descended from the first humans, so my ancestors probably did the same thing everyone elses ancestors did

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Socrawheeze posted...

How would I even go about finding out?

Gotta get clever. For me, I found out some stuff through my grandparents, and was able to research more stuff online. For whatever reason, my family ended up being pretty well documented.

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How could I find out for free?

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SquirtleSkwad posted...

How could I find out for free?

The easiest way is to ask your eldest relatives. If they have any names or birth years you can go online and do more research using those names. If you're lucky, they'll be on geni (a database) or something similar. You gotta get clever

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most of my forefathers were in the British army at some point

Boer War, WW1, Korean War and probably more

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Grandad- drug dealer/laborer/soldier

Great Grandad: Barber, bootlegger,

GG Grandad: Farmer/ artillery officer for CSA

GGG and beyond: Plantation Owners til you reach England and they were your basic lords

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I remember my brother saying they were horse thieves. I don't know how true that is.

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My moms family were Midwestern farmers. Pretty incredible since Im around just 2 generations removed from that and have no connection to their lifestyle whatsoever.

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Hunted dragons.

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I looked up 100+ year old census data a few months ago.

My dad's side were a trolley/bus driver (they switched to bus in the 50s) and the other worked at a mattress factory. The women were homemakers.

My moms side were farmers going back to the mid 1800s. Emigrated from Scotland to Kansas and Nebraska and eventually settled in Canada.

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Hunter gatherers

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Apparently we helped out Billy the Kid

Unless grandpa was lyin

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Business, business, and more business.

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I know my great grandfather on my mom's side was a coal miner that had to deal with the company store and all that trash. My grandpa was a steel worker.

On my dad's side, my grandpa was a high up manager that worked for Heinz. Think they wanted him to be VP, but he refused since they never stuck around long. I don't know about what his dad did or anything, though.

TerraSeeker posted...

I remember my brother saying they were horse thieves. I don't know how true that is.

Lmao, my Grandma on my mom's side said something about having a horse thief somewhere in the family line.

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Tailors.

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I just found out there's a good chance one of my ancestors is Joseph Oppenheimer, who's family had a net worth of around $7 Billion (the equivalent) in the 1700s. He was the economic adviser to a prince at the time and passed radical economic legislation, as well as own salt and silk monopolies. He also founded the first bank in Southern Germany and started industrialization.

I really want to be related to him, I just have to find out if the Oppenheimer in my family (who was in Frankfurt in the 1700s) is from the same Oppenheimer family as theirs (who were also in Frankfurt in the 1700s). Not to mention, it was the Jewish Ghetto where families weren't allowed to come and go. That would mean there's a pretty good chance it's the same family? Right? Right??

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My grandfather was mayor.

My father was a Sargeant in the US Army.

As for myself, I like Pop Tarts.

They were Irish and Scottish so probably drank and bitched at the english

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Virtue signalling.
Hmm
Farming. Military. Banking.

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Having recently gone through my dad's side of the family on Ancestry:

Paternal: Teaching. There is a crazy amount of teachers in that side of the family tree for some reason, and both of my parents were as well.

Maternal: Poor tobacco farmers descended from merchants and politicians. The furthest I went back I found this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowdoin

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My worst ancestor was a diamond mine boss turned murderous bittereinder in South Africa that fled to New Orleans after the 2nd Boer War.

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<,< lol

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parents: computer engineering, engineering management, entrepreneurship, investing, finance, teaching
grandparents: (afaik) locomotive engineering, shopowning, military, janitorial work
great grandparents: (afaik) farming, homemaking, gambling, ministry
great great grandparents: (afaik) farming, possibly military
great great great grandparents: (afaik) slavery, farming

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ultimate reaver posted...

Having recently gone through my dad's side of the family on Ancestry:

Paternal: Teaching. There is a crazy amount of teachers in that side of the family tree for some reason, and both of my parents were as well.

Maternal: Poor tobacco farmers descended from merchants and politicians. The furthest I went back I found this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowdoin

interesting

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Farmers, but I'm also distantly related to John Donne.

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My grandpa on my moms side was a doctor in Egypt. He had the kindest heart though, he would serve poorer areas and often didnt even take payment if they couldnt pay. Hed trade for things like fruit or chickens. He married my grandma who was 15 years younger when she was 17 and a mostly arranged marriage. My grandma had no education but they grew to love one another a lot. He gave her control of the finances and she invested in a lot of properties, managed everything on her own and grew their wealth.

Grandpa on my dads side was a captain of the Suez Canal. Divorced my grandma very early on when my dad and his brother were toddlers, and had several marriages after. My grandma never really recovered.

Beyond that, my ancestors built pyramids and shit.

Stole kills from lions.

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Forestry and farming in Canada for the last 300 years. Before that, probably more farming in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams

I'm not directly related to him, but he's probably the only good person in my history :/

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