My 8X Great Grandfather came over from Ireland c. 1655, so I guess that makes me 11th generation.
Father’s side, I’m the fourth generation. One great-grandparent emigrated from Germany in 1859. Another sneaked in from Canada probably a little later (French-Canadian, anglicized his name and everything).
Mother’s side, I think there is data back 9 or 10 generations to the early 18th century.
My great grandfather moved here from Sweden, so that is what, fourth generation on my fathers side. On my mothers side, my grandfather left Northern Ireland during “The Troubles” and moved to London. My mom is the first generation on her side. She became a naturalized citizen in 77.
15 months.
Difficult to say really. If we go by the shortest route, it would be 2nd generation. If we go by the longest, I have no idea.
My paternal grandfather was born in Italy came to the U.S. when he was three. My paternal grandmother was born in the U.S., but she was the baby of the family and all of her siblings were born back in Italy.
My mother’s family has been the states for a long time, but no one has done any research to find out exactly how long.
That is an extraordinary feat!!! How many ancestors is that? It would have to be over 1,000 people that were all born here.
He must have known my ancestor who arrived a decade or so later. IIRC this ancestor is 11 generations removed from me, so that would be – what? – my 9th great grandfather? One or two other lines of ancestors go back to Colonial times, but I think most of the others arrived considerably later.
My father’s mother’s father came over from Denmark. Father’s father’s father and mother may have come from Scotland and Ireland. Or may have been second generation - I’d have to double check them. Everyone else was here longer. So 4th generation plus.
As it happens, I’ve just been researching this over the past couple of weeks.
On my mother’s side: her paternal grandparents were born in Germany and France, making me part of the 3rd generation to be born in America. On her mother’s side I’ve so far only been able to trace back to the late 1800s, here in California.
On my father’s side: again going up the paternal side my great-great grandfather came over from Germany some time in the early 1800s, making me part of the 4th generation of Americans in that line; but his wife was born in Pennsylvania, as was her father, so along that line I can go back 6 generations until we wind up back in Germany again. On the maternal side I’ve so far been unable to trace back farther than my grandmother, born in 1889.
I was born outside the U.S. as was my mom. My dad’s family was in the U.S. at least four generations before him.
Similar here. One set of maternal great great grandparents and one set of paternal great great grandparents came from Scandinavia in the late 19th Century but the others are basically unknown. Muddying the waters are Mom’s father just being a name her birth certificate and the oft-changing story of Dad’s mother, who may or may not have come from Native Americans.
All four of my grandparents were born in Ireland, and all came to America in the late 1920s.
My parents were both born in Poland. However, my paternal grandfather was born in the US and moved back to Poland when he was a child, maybe seven or right years old. He grew up there, raised his family, and moved back to the US in the 60s. I have never heard him speak a word of English.
My grandparents (Mom’s side) came over from Sweden. My mother was born here, they moved back to Sweden when she was small, then came back fairly quickly after that. My mom said she had to “relearn” english.
My grandparents (Dad’s side) were here (from Germany/England) for at least a generation before my mom’s parents and my mom came here.
My aunt traced my mother’s side back to Pre-Revolution colonists from England, complete with military pay records indicating one guy spent the winter at Valley Forge with Washington. IIRC, the first record for our family in America was 1600-something What’s that, 14 generations?
My father’s side is Lutheran German arriving mid 1800s. Maybe 10 generations or so.
I can only trace one ancestor back to the specific year he immigrated, which was in 1751, IIRC. Without having the family tree in front of me, I believe that’s eight generations from him to me. He came from a small town west of Stirling, Scotland.
Via my Paternal Grandmother it’s at least six generations; via Maternal Grandfather at least five.
Maternal Grandfather, Paternal Grandfather: information stops at them.
The most recent immigration was my great-grandfather in 1913.
The earliest… well, I could be in D.A.R. if I wanted, so quite a while.
On my father’s side, my family has been in Virginia since before the revolutionary war. On my mother’s side, it’s a little murkier. Her grandparents on her mother’s side came over from Germany in the late 1800s; and she never knew much about her father’s family.
I’m generation 14 from the Mayflower on my dad’s side.
On my mom’s, 6 or 7, I think.