DU Americans - What generation are you?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

I'm a 4rth generation on my Maternal Grandmother's, 2nd on my Father's side (both grandparents immigrated from Lithiuania) and on my Maternal Grandfather's side we are directly related to Samuel Adams (pre-Revolutionary war English)

You?

[eyesroll]

1. Hm...

My maternal grandfather emigrated from Russia; the rest of my grandparents were born here. However, all of my great-grandparents on both sides were immigrants (Russia, Poland, England).

Do we count the immigrant as Generation One or Zero? I'm either second or third on my maternal grandfather's side, and then either third or fourth on the rest.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. Immigrants are generation zero

[stellanoir]

10. 13th on my maternal side (Dutch & English)

4th on my Dad's (Swedish, Scottish, & Irish)

[JHB]

2. Generation Jones

http://www.jonathanpontell.com/aboutgenjones.htm

[nickinSTL]

3. generation

My mom's side, I'm 4th generation from Norway. My dad's side, I'm about 9th generation German. My ancestor on that side came over in 1751.

[Misunderestimator]

5. I'm Gen 1 Paternal, Gen Mayflower Maternal.

Dutch Paternal, way, way back Scottish/English Maternal.

[pagerbear]

6. Generation vex

Born between the Baby Boom and Generation X. I'm a man without a marketing niche.

In answer to your real question, both sides of the family have been in the US for hundreds of years, so it's hard to say.

[Lavender Brown]

7. I'm first generation

My parents :loveya: came as teenagers in the sixties. They're Italian.

[markus]

8. My kids always get to win this on in North Dakota

when they do the geneology thing around 3-5 grade, as most North Dakotans are only third generation at most.

It's far enough back I need the helpful binder which my sister and brother-in-law (converts to the CoJCoLDS) have provided.

But (Jean Jacques) Jacob Folse got off the boat in Louisiana as in young child in the very early 1700s. That takes us back quite a few.

[amber dog democrat]

9. 5th Generation Texian

with roots going back to the Texas Revolution on my maternal side.
Also related to William Penn and have family that fought in the Confederacy in GA and MS at Vicksburg.

On my father's side - past my grandfather not much is known.
Related to Conway Twitty. I did not know that his father was the captain of a Mississippi R. stern wheeler, the J.T. James. but I know my paternal great grandfather was a professional riverboat gambler - murdured on a riverboat
under an assumed name. We will never know who his parents were.
Happened around 1915.

[JohnKleeb]

11. lemme do math

Mom's mom side- 3rd generation Slovak, family came here early last century
Mom's dad side- 3rd generation Slovene, came here around the same time as my mom's mom.
Dad's mom side- not sure but I think its 3rd, 4th, or 5th because I dont think my nana's father was from Ireland actually
Dad's dad side- I believe its 5th because a relative on my dad's side was a union soldier who worked as a blacksmith too, btw this side is German and its how I get my last name which I am told isnt that German sounding, I told someone here on the boards it was Irish once and they believed me.

[Mizmoon]

12. Descended from Thomas Boylston-1st Doctor in the colonies

I don't know what generation that makes me, tho.

[Mara Steele]

13. 3rd generation Russian on my Dad's side,

His grandparents were immigrants, so would that be right? So his parents were 1st, he was 2nd, and I am 3rd, yes?

4th generation Swedish on me madre's side.

[JohnKleeb]

14. yes Mara

I have the same situation on my mom's side. Did your grandparents grow up speaking Russian btw?

[Mara Steele]

17. Yes, they did

My dad even spoke some when he was a kid, it was spoken in the home.

But he's since forgotten it, unfortunately!

Yours?

[JohnKleeb]

19. yeah my grandparents spoke Slovak and Slovene

Slovak for my Grandma who I actually, dont ask me why but I called her baba as a kid, and my grandfather spoke Slovene, they've long forgotten it, sucks, I got a Slovene dictionary though and Ive been trying to learn.

[Terran]

15. Hard to say

On my paternal grandmother's side, there are some Revolutionary War veterans, and I don't know how long they were in America before that. On my maternal grandfather's side, it would be about 5th or 6th generation, since sailing from Le Havre to San Francisco around 1860.

[slackmaster]

16. About half 4th, the rest more

My father's grandparents arrived in 1871. AFAIK all of my other ancestors were here for generations before that, literally going back as far as the Mayflower.

(edited twice due to math impairment)

[Mara Steele]

18. Love this kind of question, Chavez!!

The past,and my ancestry completely fascinates me.

Love the stories of the immigrants, love reading about the "Old Country"...

[JohnKleeb]

20. yeah it fascinates me too

You know I still have some family in old country, fuckin nazis killed my grandfather's cousin who was my age during the war I think, so according to my grandfather, they became partisans, this was like his mother's brother's family.

[Mara Steele]

23. wow, that's interesting, and very sad...

my great-great grandfather was a general in the pre-revolution Russian Army....

[JohnKleeb]

25. yeah it is but at least they fought back

You know what on a side note about Russia, its not confirmed but I am rumored to have some Russian blood, its not for certain but it could be possible, I also have heard that before they came to america, my great grandfathers on my mom's side worked in Russia on the railroads, and my grandma's dad by the end of his life spoke English, Russian, Slovak, Polish, and many other languages, not bad for a mere miner.

[Mara Steele]

26. Maybe our ancestors knew each other!

Who knows, right?
Wouldn't that be cool?

:hi:

[JohnKleeb]

28. that'd be something

I know a DUer who through her Irish blood has the same last name as my great grandmother did, the name btw is Joyce which means heh I could be related to James Joyce, the famed Irish writer. I dont know honestly, you said your ancestor was a general Mara, my family was pretty poor on my mom's side, and I know pre revolution Russia was an oligarchy basically, you had the few but the wealthy ruling hte poor. I would love to know my total family history really bad, but that wealth of info is something I'll never see.

[Mara Steele]

30. Well, maybe my great, great, grandfather

gave alms to you great, great, grandmother ;)

j/k!!

[JohnKleeb]

31. hah

I am not even sure we're Russian, its just heresay and I know Russians are Eastern Orthodox, and my family is Catholic, then again my grandma grew up "Greek Catholic" which is like Eastern Orthodoxy.

[Cheswick2.0]

21. Mayflower on my mothers

Fourth generation german on one side of my fathers. My paternal grandmother I do not know about.

[CO Liberal]

22. Second Generation On My Father's Side

My grandparents came here from Lithuania around 1915. My father was born in Philadelphia in 1920.

Not sure what generation I am on my mother's side - she had ancestors who came here as Hessian soldiers duringthe American Revolution, and decided to stay.

[FunBobbyMucha]

24. Paternal side are Welch mutts that came in the early 1800s

And I'm also a man without a demographic niche (40). I missed the sixties and was too young for the aspects of the 70's that made them the 70's. Conversely, I was already out of high school when MTV really exploded and was perpetually a few years older than the John Hughes characters.

Maternal side pure Appalachia, with some Cherokee.

[Downtown Hound]

27. Tail end of Gen X

Santa Rosa High School class of '94.

[name not needed]

29. 4th Generation

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. Baby Boomer

and 3rd generation on my mother's side (German & Czech) and don't know on my father's side except that my great great grandmother was a Cherokee. Since she was from Oklahoma, I figure she was either a young survivor of the Trail of Tears, or her parents were.

[SarahB]

33. We've been here a llooonnnnggg time

On my mom's side, I'm 5th generation (most of that side came from Sweden) and my dad's side is primarily English going all the way back to pre-Revolutionary war times, including a Mayflower person. I guess I'm an old timer basically.

[UrbScotty]

34. Third on my mom's side, fifth on my paternal grandmother's side

I don't know about my paternal grandpa, though.

[Spider Jerusalem]

35. On my father's side, 11th generation.

That's in the direct male line; if you include female lines, 15th (1st ancestor in the colonies arrived in Jamestown in 1608). My father's side of the family mostly goes back to the 17th century in America, with the most recent arrivals, to my knowledge, getting here in the mid-1700's. Dad's side of the family is all British Isles, as far as I know...English, Irish, and Scots.

On my mother's side, eighth generation (or twelfth, depending on how you trace it). 18th century immigrants to Maryland, 17th century New Englanders, mid-18th century German immigrants (early Pennsylvania Dutch) and a great-great-grandfather came over from Ireland in 1849.

[Jokerman]

36. Descended from a Hessian Mercenary

Did his tour with the British army during the revolutionary war then stayed behind to settle in Virginia.

[CBHagman]

37. Here come the Hungarians.

On the maternal side, my grandparents landed on Ellis Island in the first decade of the 20th century. Grandpa was from Transylvania, which my nieces think is extremely cool, and one of my aunts swears that her aunt used to hang out with Bela Lugosi before he was famous. The relatives spoke Hungarian in front of the kids and spouses, which drove us all crazy with curiosity.

Now, on the paternal side of things, I'm third-generation Swedish and fourth-generation Irish (rats, no chance of emigrating). Family lore has it that there were some English-born relatives, probably as far back as the Irish, but the documentation is inconsistent and inconclusive, and the surnames point towards Ireland.

[skygazer]

38. Mixed bag

Second generation Italian on my mother's side.

Not sure of the number on dad's side - his ancestors came over from England in 1630 except for the Irishman who snuck in. He came in the early 1800's.

[mrboba1]

39. 3rd on mother's side

many, many on fathers side.
They came on the 3rd voyage of the Mayflower.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

40. Let's see...

Paternal grandmother's side - 10th generation (England to North Carolina about 1680)
Mother's side - 13th generation (Ireland to Virginia about 1690)

[bobthedrummer]

41. Have European ancestors at least back to The Mayflower

also circa 920 A.D. Norwegian Viking-I guess I'm a seventh or so generation American--but I left out the possibility of a NA component (that isn't talked about or acknowledged much).

I'm also a Baby Boomer generation member, born in 1949.

[dancing kali]

42. First generation Chinese on paternal side.

High enough social status that my grandmother had bound feet. Due to animosity in the family, I was never able to get to know her very well. Didn't find out about the feet until she passed away about 10 years ago. My great-great-grandfather (my grandfather's grandfather) was supposedly a warlord but there's no way to confirm this. My father's family immigrated to the US in the 30's when he was about 5 years old.

Third generation Irish on maternal side. My grandfather's family immigrated to the US during the famine (so I've been told). A genealogy search by an uncle turned up some info on one of my grandmother's ancestors who was a prisoner at Andersonville. So on her side the line goes back at least five generations.

Both sides of my husbands family are of German/Pennsylvania Dutch extraction with at least two of the lines dating back to pre-colonial US. There are records of an ancestor who fought in one of the Revolutionary War militias. That puts him around sixth generation.

[CarolynEC]

43. Second generation on both sides

My grandparents came from Italy and Germany. Their names are on the immigrant memorial at Ellis Island. BTW, what an AMAZING experience to go there and stand in the Great Hall!

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. Well, I had some relatives who could have met the Mayflower,,,

had it sailed into Iroquois territory.

French-Canadian -- ??? -- pre Revolutionary War.

German and Swiss -- 5th generation.

Irish -- 4th generation.

Luxembourgisch -- 3rd generation.