tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post2009468036442637697..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Where Pilgrimage Takes MeAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-79145379154949741632010-07-03T08:42:48.363-04:002010-07-03T08:42:48.363-04:00Intense Guy - if you go to the National Geographic...Intense Guy - if you go to the National Geographic site, for a mere (ha!) $99, you can buy a dna kit, follow the instructions, send it in, and you will be able to, after 6 weeks or so, look up the path of your y chromosone(s) from Africa. It's called the Human Genographic program. They want to get as much dna data as possible to track human movement. It's anonymous in the data base as I recall. This might give you an idea - at least on the male side of your line where you come from. <br /><br />I'm not sure about my spiritual home as I'm Swedish, English and German with Irish, Scots and French so far back they probably don't count. A number of my father's ancestors came to Massachusetts in 1600 whatever, so..........? My maternal grandfather was 2 when the family came from Sweden, and my maternal grandmother was the only one of her immediate family born here. hmmm.Kathrynhttp://www.kathrynsamuelson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-28207422062316463122010-07-02T21:06:04.954-04:002010-07-02T21:06:04.954-04:00My ancesters were English, Irish and Scottish (Sco...My ancesters were English, Irish and Scottish (Scotch?) - and before they were English they were from the Normandy area in France (which was "English" for a while).<br /><br />One side of the family came to Phildadelphia and stayed there - nary a move... They were bell founders and then brass items of types founders. Stodgy and respectable.<br /><br />The otherside of the family went to Boston and some of them went on to Kentucky and then Oklahoma were they emigrated a few moments too soon (Sooners). Several of them were traveling protestant preachers. Most of them just worked simple jobs day in and day out and enjoyed cheering any one of Boston's many baseball teams.<br /><br />Knowing all this doesn't connect me to "them" though. I don't actually feel "connected" to...anyone tonight.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-77169703792107487752010-07-02T19:17:21.107-04:002010-07-02T19:17:21.107-04:00I envy you, Anne. I have no roots....I have no id...I envy you, Anne. I have no roots....I have no idea where I came from, and nowadays seriously ignorant of where I'm going. Pendragon Hold is a place, but it was never truly a home. I'm not sure where home really is. I once swore it was Alaska, but that was more of heart than ancestry. I guess home is wherever I carry it, and I guess it will have to do.Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-67331850586593152482010-07-02T17:35:10.876-04:002010-07-02T17:35:10.876-04:00Funny, the opposite sort of happened to me in the ...Funny, the opposite sort of happened to me in the last few years. I expected to most connect with my Native American heritage, because I'm 1/4 Native American. But no, I connect more to my Celtic heritage, which is like 5, 6, or 7 generations back. Not that I would say that I'm actually FROM there...<br /><br />I guess it just depends on the individual as to what part of their heritage they identify with.<br /><br />Yellowdog Granny -- My Scottish ancestor (the guy 5, 6, or 7 generations back) wound up settling in Texas. I think all my relatives on my mom's side still live there.Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20302934270123067722010-07-02T15:44:28.842-04:002010-07-02T15:44:28.842-04:00I think my relatives would have stayed in once pla...I think my relatives would have stayed in once place if given the opportunity but they kept getting kicked out of every place they lived. till they came to texas..and no one kicked them out..which says something about texas ..hayellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com