Emigrants / Immigrants

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Surnames suggest that my father's lot ame over in 1066, and my mother's lot had been here since the end of the Roman Empire.

However, although it is within the UK, and my parents were moving 'home', it was quite an experience to move from 1970's Belfast to 1980's Leicester (we moved in '79). No great linguistic challenges (apart from working out what a cob* was), but a heck of a culture shock!


*a bread roll.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 2735809, member: 1314"]Wouldn't be surprised to find out you have fisherwomen in your background. That would account for it all...[/quote]

 

[ColinJ]

Grandparents on father's side - Kenilworth and Nottingham; dad, and me from Kenilworth. On mother's side, all from the Oban area of the west coast of Scotland, and further back, from Mull.

 

[Venod]

Dads family Yorkshire going back Generations, Mothers Yorkshire on Grandmothers side (Oldroyd a good old Yorkshire name) only blacksheep is Grandads family on mothers side who we think was from Northamptonshire, probably never said e by gum in his life.

 

[Saluki]

Father was Polish apparently and Mother is a Scot (and really really short). I was either born in Kensington or Scotland depending on what my biological mother feels is the truth at the time.

Adopted by WASPs who have been here since the Magna Carta was signed.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Yes, from somewhere in Scandinavia, they came over in a huge rowing boat thingy and they all wore helmets with big horns that stuck out the sides!

Seriously though, other than my Mum being born in En*land, no, not as far as I'm aware.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

As I've mentioned earlier, my father's family came from Scotland......it's scary to think that I could be related to @Mad Doug Biker

YOU'RE SCARED??

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Mother: German - Grandmother and Grandfather: German - Great Grandmother and husband : German
Father: not so sure
Born in Germany, brought up in Italy came to Scotland looking for work and adventure in my early 20's, almost 30 years ago.
Here I fell in love with a Greek Cypriot, assimilated his culture, he passed many years ago leaving me an honorary Cypriot in the mix. Ela!

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Some with a plane..

Mother: German - Grandmother and Grandfather: German - Great Grandmother and husband : German
Father: not so sure
Born in Germany, brought up in Italy came to Scotland looking for work and adventure in my early 20's, almost 30 years ago.
Here I fell in love with a Greek Cypriot, assimilated his culture, he passed many years ago leaving me an honorary Cypriot in the mix. Ela!

 

[Kies]

Grandparents (maternal & paternal) Indian.
Dad came to London in 1958.
Mum migrated in 1962.


Me and my siblings are british indian .....

The term British Indian (also Indian British or Indian Britons) refers to citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in India.

 

[PeteXXX]

My father was born in the Salford/Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, the second youngest ( I think) of thirteen siblings of Irish descent, though the family name has Lancashire origins. My paternal grandfather would appear to have been a poacher around Nantwich, Cheshire.
Mother was Cockney by birth, (being born of a dalliance between a solicitor and a Victorian dancing girl), but was moved to Newcastle aged 3 or 4 so had a Geordie accent.
Mum and Dad met at a dance during World War 2 where he was on the Anti Aircraft batteries on Blackheath and she was a Theatre Sister at the Southern Hospital, Dartford.

I can get back to the 1700's on my mum's side and family members are working of dad's family tree.

I would appear to from British Isles for a lot of generations.

 

[classic33]

My father's family came from Scotland.....so that sort of counts as an immigrant to England. My mother is from Yorkshire....that's not just a different country, it's a different world.

Less of that about Gods County, if you don't mind!

Parents from Ireland, but I was born over here, Yorkshire.

Odd thing is both sides of the family tree have been traced back to Yorkshire, even having towns/regions named after them. One side has been traced back as far as 12th century, the other the 14th century.

 

[slowmotion]

One pair of grandparents were from Yorkshire, the other from Wales.
I am seeking legal redress in the courts.

 

[Slim]

Cypriot on mum and dad's side. Met and married over here in the fifties. Raised 4 kids and have retired to spend most days on the beach in Larnaca.

 

[MontyVeda]

... I was either born in Kensington or Scotland depending on what my biological mother feels is the truth at the time.

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according my dad, my granddad was Irish, according to my dads eldest brother, he was born in Manchester... I wouldn't be surprised if i got another four birthplaces from dad's other four siblings. My dad and his siblings also believed their great grandfather on their mother's side was one Charles Chivers, founder of the famous Chivers Jam company, so much they always insisted we bought Chivers and not the Robinson's rubbish... turned out the Chivers connection was a family myth. Grown ups cannot be trusted.