Posted on Mar 4, 2016
What is the most fascinating military fact you have discovered in your family tree?
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Ever do ancestry research? I have. Like most Americans, I have discovered ancestors who fought in all our nation's wars. Especially fighting against each other in the Civil War. I found several true patriots and revolutionary immigrants. One of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence (Lynch from South Carolina). But probably the most exciting thing of all was discovering a few high ranking commodores in the British Navy, and further back than that, the famous Bond of England who inspired Ian Fleming's 'James Bond.' My ancestors family crest is the famous "The World Is Not Enough." Sure, I found alot of goats to go with the heroes.
But what about you? Can you share some military connections in your family tree?
But what about you? Can you share some military connections in your family tree?
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I found a lot of noble, royal and knights in my family tree! Way too much history in mine to have summed it all up in one great deed or military fact.
My Fathers last name was Andrews, My moms last name is Jones. And everyone a long the way to the past has some kind of Knightlyhood, Lady or Lord. I'm also linked to the Bastard son of the first King Nil of Ireland. The story that's connected to it, during one of the battles if Ireland he came a cross a small boy in a wheat field. Seeing him orfand he took him in as his own son and gave him the name Wheat. To indicate the boys origin. All the crests with a bale of wheat are his direct line. So my family tree has a lot of interesting background to it. A lot of my family on my moms side still have what you would call wealthy blood lines, in DC.
So in short, I'm just a mixed up royal pup hahaha
My Fathers last name was Andrews, My moms last name is Jones. And everyone a long the way to the past has some kind of Knightlyhood, Lady or Lord. I'm also linked to the Bastard son of the first King Nil of Ireland. The story that's connected to it, during one of the battles if Ireland he came a cross a small boy in a wheat field. Seeing him orfand he took him in as his own son and gave him the name Wheat. To indicate the boys origin. All the crests with a bale of wheat are his direct line. So my family tree has a lot of interesting background to it. A lot of my family on my moms side still have what you would call wealthy blood lines, in DC.
So in short, I'm just a mixed up royal pup hahaha
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PFC (Join to see) it’s more of a historical legend because it’s the resting place of the first Asian in America.
http://www.arconservancy.org/wakamatsu
Japanese I think? I may have said Chinese earlier. I was a little girl when I saw her grave, it’s right next to the school I went to as a Child.
http://www.arconservancy.org/wakamatsu
Japanese I think? I may have said Chinese earlier. I was a little girl when I saw her grave, it’s right next to the school I went to as a Child.
Wakamatsu - American River Conservancy
A national and state historic landmarkin Placerville, California,Wakamatsu Farm is the original siteof the Wakamatsu Tea and SilkFarm Colonyestablished June 8, 1869.
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SSgt Marshall Franklin
I have Kings and knights and Indian chiefs in my tree. I even have a few pirates at that. The three that come to mind that means anything to me is my great great grandfather that flew in the army air cor before it became the Air Force in WW1. And my grand father that turned down a battle field Commission every other week in WW2. Every officer her served under was killed. He felt safer being a grunt in the Army. And my uncle my moms brother. He was killed in 69 in Vietnam. My family has a long military service in our tree dating back 1,000 years on both sides of the ocean. I am sure even farther.
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What else have you discovered about our ancestry, I too am of Irish decent, O'Grady.
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I too have a 5th Great Grandfather who signed the Declaration of Independence (Jon Witherspoon). The research my father did on our genealogy helped him discover that his grandson started a trust fund for all those who follow the Witherspoon line. This trust enables us to attend any public college in the state of North Carolina with tuition and fees covered. Several of my family members, including myself, have taken advantage of this scholarship. Just goes to show how looking into your genealogy can be quite valuable.
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That's awesome Sir, hope to find out more from my family history. Nothing so lucky as that on my side. My family seemed to be farmers, smiths, and the like until War broke out. Then they signed up, did their duty and went back to work once they got home.
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That's amazing Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin. I have a family trust dating back to 1712 that has a rather interesting history in Tennessee.
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My Great Grand Father was a draft dodger ..he tore up his draft notice during the Civil War and went back to Ireland rather than take up arms He also lost friends and family in this war because Irish were used as canon fodder by the Union's Generals. My uncle was aboard a sub that was sunk by a friendly ship in WWII and we were told his sub was sunk by a Japanese Sub But after years of investigation the Navy said it was a US Destroyer who sunk my uncle's sub. I'm the only one in my extended family who was in the Marines just about all the rest were in the Navy..must be something in the water in Boston ??
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My family is mostly Army, then we get a Sailor here and there. Unless you count my Grandfather in the Air Corps, though that was still the Army back then.
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SPC (Join to see) - We've been mostly Army too except for my cousin who was a Navy Seabee during Vietnam, my Swabee brother who retired as a Bosum's Mate and my Navy IT nephew who is close to retirement.
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