S10mainly Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I can rather easily trace back my family to 1600 or soo in this area; on the other (better) side I can do the same to Gloucestershire / Herefordshire.. Does that not make me able to comment more on "English" issues than other people who may not have been here for so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 No it makes you a thrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I can rather easily trace back my family to 1600 or soo in this area; on the other (better) side I can do the same to Gloucestershire / Herefordshire.. Does that not make me able to comment more on "English" issues than other people who may not have been here for so long? Nope. Anyone who lives here permanently has a stake in the country. F'rinstance, I've lived (and paid taxes) in England for 40+ years now, and its not so different to Scotland anyway. I can trace my ancestors on my dad's side back to the 1700s in a Scottish village, one married an Englishwoman in the 1800s, and produced my grandfather, who in turn married an Irishwoman, and produced my father. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter where one starts out, its how we behave when we arrive that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I can rather easily trace back my family to 1600 or soo in this area; on the other (better) side I can do the same to Gloucestershire / Herefordshire.. Does that not make me able to comment more on "English" issues than other people who may not have been here for so long? At 25 years per generation, 400 years = 16 generations. Given each of your ancestors will have had two parents, that means 65536 ancestors in 1600. Have you traced them all back or just the ones from this area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Not sure how 1800s are same as 1600s or Jocko is the same as England but hey ho.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 At 25 years per generation, 400 years = 16 generations. Given each of your ancestors will have had two parents, that means 65536 ancestors in 1600. Have you traced them all back or just the ones from this area? yep thanks Luckily for me I dont have the same genes over and over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 There is some Welsh in ther though grrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My ancestors were in the army of Queen Boadicea, fighting the Romans. This was back when Britain's population was just over a million. It was a far better country to live in back in those days. Not like today with all the PC bull**** and multiculturalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I can rather easily trace back my family to 1600 or soo in this area; on the other (better) side I can do the same to Gloucestershire / Herefordshire.. Does that not make me able to comment more on "English" issues than other people who may not have been here for so long? No, of course it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My ancestors were in the army of Queen Boadicea, fighting the Romans. This was back when Britain's population was just over a million. It was a far better country to live in back in those days. Not like today with all the PC bull**** and multiculturalism. but you was more likely to get a spear in the face and die? much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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