Your family in history

Have you ever found anything related to one of your ancestors in a history book or any kind of archive?

I just found a reference to one of my ancestors, a Spanish Captain back in the 18 th century, who had to defend his son who was classified as Amerindian (because his mum was Amerindian, then you used to get the race of your mum and "mixes" were not used) and a group of Naborios (both Spaniards and Ladinos) tried to take away his land, claiming an Amerindian couldn't own so much land.

I know is my specific ancestor because of the name of his son and his name (which is very peculiar) and the place the events are happening. It was just a small reference but it caught me off guard and I think its pretty cool.

I'm related to Napoleon. He fucked my ancestor while he was on campaign and she gave birth to a son.

Based.

Thats what she said to her son. Provbably she got porked while inebriated by a filthy peasant and wanted her son be believe in WE WUZ stories.

I may be related to another spanish captain actually, Álvaro de Bazán since we share last names and my family is of spanish descent. But it's speculation I guess since I never took one of those ancestry studies or whatever you pay for online. By the way, are those a scam? is there a good way to get a proper family history going back centuries?

My Italian great-grandfather fought in the Battle of Caporetto, received gas attacks and all... he refused to talk about it for the rest of his life.

Another branch of the family fought in the Spanish Civil War. According to the story, the family was so divided that one brother ended up fighting for the Nationalists and another for the Republicans.

You're from the USA?

Was very common the last thing you said

No, why?

I literally looked at the archives of the Catholic church and checked the baptize, death and marriage acts with some help of a dude who works there. I couldn't "complete" the family tree, tho, sometimes you find someone with no previous record or someone who came from somewhere else. Sometimes its impossible to read the acts so I had to stop. There are also lots of "natural children" aka no father/not recognized and there is even a guy with an unknown mother.

Anyway, the guy Im talking about and his wife, who is Amerindian, are the oldest relatives I could find, they are from my dad's mom side. They had like 8 children and in each act his title changes, he goes from solider, to captain, to lieutenant and what not.

It was easy to look for my ancestors from my dad side because they all were born, lived and died on the same town or around it, so its not that hard to find stuff. From my mom side harder, they moved a lot, lots of non converted Amerindians and what not.

The maternal side of my family can accurately trace our roots to the house of Cocco of Venice

Can trace my family all the way back to Edward 1. And therefore a lot of famous medival royalty such as charlemagne, ragnar and Alfred to name a few.

In terms of more recent stuff I can trace back to an English lieutenant in Bermuda during the turn of the 19th century he pretended to be dead and left his wife and children so he could stay out there.

I mean Barbados not Bermuda.

My Great Grandfather fought in the Somme (West Yorkshire regiment, Bradford Pals) in a Pioneers battalion, where he was shot and sent home, only to become a historian in his later years

Earlier than that, one of my great great grandfathers was a founding member of the Labour Party

I also have roots going back to a Norman Knight who fought at Hastings and was granted land in North Wales (the Bartletts)

Some dud in my family was a barber and sliced the cacique's neck while he wa shaving him because he refused to pay him that day.. too.

My surname is an Irish royal name, but my father's line that gave me that line is Germanic. Normans invaded that part of Ireland.

I'm confused, maybe Normans came and took the last name when they took the throne.

My great-grandfather fought commies and monarchists in Ukraine, hiding in swamps and shit, and got away with it

The Lively family, tobacco barons from 1500s Virginia who had a centuries-long male line of wealthy freemasons, I come from a recent female line. I only know about a bit of the drama that led to the house's schism and fall from wealth, my grandmother disposed of the Lively family records/heirlooms so only oral history remains. My great-grandfather was a 33rd degree mason and high ranking police official who personally escorted Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Elvis, and the Beatles.

My last name is apparently derived from Lucius Mummius Achaicus so take for what is worth
>Lucius Mummius (2nd century BC), was a Roman statesman and general.
>He received the agnomen Achaicus for his victories while consul in 146 BC, when he conquered the Achaean League and destroyed the ancient city of Corinth, in the process bringing all of Greece under Roman control.
>In 154 BC Mummius was praetor in Hispania Ulterior and was the first Roman commander who dealt with the Lusitanian rebellion of 155-150 BC. He experienced reverses prior to restoring his image with a victorious battle, with 9,000 footsoldiers and 500 horsemen, killing about 15,000 rebellious Lusitanians and lifting their siege of the city of Ocile, after Mummius had returned to Rome. Mummius was awarded a triump.
>Mummius was elected consul for 146 BC. He was appointed to take command of the Achaean War, inheriting the command from Q. Metellus Macedonicus. Having obtained an easy victory over the incapable Achaean leader Diaeus, Mummius entered Corinth after a victory over the defending forces. All the men of Corinth were put to the sword, the women and children were sold into slavery, and the statues, paintings and works of art were seized and shipped to Rome. Corinth was then reduced to ashes.
>His indifference to works of art and ignorance of their value is shown by his well-known remark to those who contracted for the shipment of the treasures of Corinth to Rome, that "if they lost or damaged them, they would have to replace them." He was, in other words, so unaware that a "new-for-old-deal" was inappropriate for such valuable antiques.[4] Mummius plundered Corinth and sent home ship loads of its priceless art and rich furniture to Rome. He issued a dire warning to other Greeks by burning the venerable city to the ground and massacring the remaining inhabitants or selling them into slavery. The destruction of Corinth marked the end of free Greece.

1600s*

Civil wars are horrible in that way
My ancestors on my father’s side were in Virginia and my mum’s were in what became West Virginia
Both gave the eldest son of the family to the army, it’s entirely likely they fought in battle against each other

I had an ancestor who was a Hessian soldier during the American revolution on my father's side that was captured. Turned out that an ancestor on my mother's side was fighting for the Americans managing that same jail. Hessian dude would later run out west for fear of Anglos coming back at him.

In addition, I had ancestors at Kings mountain.
The only ancestor I have that fought for the south in the American civil war only did so because he tried to join the north but they took his horse away and gave it to an officer.
Also related to Rollo of Normandy and all that jazz.
One of my ancestors died the same day as the battle of new Orleans but it's unlikely he was involved

During our Civil War my Grandfather from my dad's side was the only one of his family who fought against the government. All his brothers were part of the National Army, two died fighting. His side, the rebels, won, and he never talked to his family again.

I know his dad, my greatgrandfather, is still alive (kind of) and I don't even know him. I saw him once, but not even my dad and his sisters know anything about that side of their family.

My ancestor is Horatio Gates. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your opinion of the man.

Fathers side: jews who smelled the holocaust coming and fled Poland in 1900 for America. Became bootleggers in Chicago.
Mothers side: Soldiers in Napoleons army who were rewarded with land in Algeria for their service. Everyone died of disease except one man, who settled in Kansas.

Nice quads btw

5 of my great-great uncle's fought in World War 1, one survived La Cateau and First Ypres, only to be killed by sniper fire on the 27th December 1915; he's mentioned by name in the regimental war diaries (2nd Suffolks). His brothers joined up to fight soon after. Two were killed on the first day of the Somme towards La Boiselle; one was blown away by artillery and is commemorated at Thiepval, the other killed by machine gun fire... the third of the five was wounded and witnessed it. The last, was wounded beforehand so missed it, but he was sent to the 13th and then the 12th Royal Irish Rifles, and was captured during the first day of the Kaiserschlacht, at St Quentin.

I had 4 great uncles in WW2. Two.survived, one was in a tank regiment that first tested amphibious tanks, and made it through when most of the others died. The other two were gunners on RAF Lancaster bombers, both were shot down and killed over France. We also have a VC winner, a Spitfire ace, via marriage... don't remember his name, he was shot down over Poland.

I also am a decendant of on old Circus family, with ties to Hollywood silent movies of the early 1900s, and a descendant of those of the now defunct clan Maxwell. There's a lot of interesting history in my family.

In fairness, they say most people can trace their ancestry to Charlemagne, we most white european stock are meant to be related to him, supposedly. That said, that's pretty darn, fucking awesome if you have closer ties than most... that and Edward Longshanks. Kudos