Lesa McMahon-Lowe

Lesa, I am Irish, too (well, my ancestors were). (hey, other Lesa
*rhavensunflower* -the one moving to FL- what's your lineage?)

Has anyone gotten so into their surname that they traced their heritage back
a ways? Have any of you decided to learn your ancestors native tongue?

Lesa McMahon
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"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."
-John F. Kennedy

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From: Lesa ODaniel
Date: 06/09/06 01:06:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Anyone in Florida?

Oh, that's funny, I thought that you were the one in Arkansas moving to FL!
I'm out in Los Angeles - used to live in Ohio and then NY City for several
years. Looks like 3 Lesas with Es so far... How strange... are you all
Irish, too?



Lesa O'Daniel, AAHCC
Instructor, Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth
323-541-5515
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Melissa

My dad did....relatively easy since he's only third generation, he
went back to about 1750. But Swedish is harder than it looks...my
friend has a CD learning set she's going to give me after *she*
learns it (her son emigrated there, married a nice swede, and just
had baby number 2, she figures she'd better learn the language fast
so she can talk to the grandkids!)
There is also French and Welsh, but I like to say I'm honorary Irish
since I'm born on St Patricks day, and I love pretty much all things
Irish.
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose

share our lives at
http://360.yahoo.com/multimomma



On Jun 11, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Lesa McMahon-Lowe wrote:

Michelle/Melbrigða

On 6/11/06, Lesa McMahon-Lowe <lesajm@...> wrote:
>

> Has anyone gotten so into their surname that they traced their heritage back
> a ways? Have any of you decided to learn your ancestors native tongue?

On my dad's side is very easy because he comes from a very long line
of Icelanders. His parents came here with his grandparents when they
were newly married. My dad went back to Iceland to visit about 20
years ago and "met the cousins." Everyone knew his lineage as soon as
he would say that his grandfather was Sigurd Geisleifurson. Oh, well,
Sigurd was married to Alfhid and her father was ......." and it would
go on all night. My dad's family is Icelandic back to when Eric and
Leifur were exploring it! People there know their lineage.

On my mother's side, I know about the American part of her father's
side because one of the cousins wrote a book. Being the
Americancentric jerk that he is he didn't feel that anything prior to
their arrival to America in the late 1700's was important. So not
important he doesn't even mention where they came from! On her
mother's side that also is fairly easy as my greatgrandmoter was 100%
Cherokee. She was the first in her family to marry a European. And
my grandfather was a Weaver and his father was from Scotland.


--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist

Maisha Khalfani

Alas....I have not yet been able to trace back my family roots due to the slave trade. One day I hope to be able to do that and find out which countries in Africa my family came from. I think it's wonderful if you can trace your family history back. I know that many Asians keep a long family tree that can go back thousands of years. That's awesome to me.


Maisha Khalfani
Khalfani Family Adventures
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EarthSpirit Readings
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