Pioneers of My People
Viewing comments for Chapter 8 "Martin Pioneers In America"Vignettes of my ancestors who made me who I am.
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Comment from Judy Lawless
With each of your posts, I'm more impressed with what you've discovered about your ancestors, Beth. This segment is especially interesting, with the native blood being mixed in on your husband's tree. Thanks again for sharing.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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With each of your posts, I'm more impressed with what you've discovered about your ancestors, Beth. This segment is especially interesting, with the native blood being mixed in on your husband's tree. Thanks again for sharing.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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Thank you so much Judy. I really appreciate you saying that. I always surprise myself at what there is out there to find if you keep looking.
Beth
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You are most welcome, Beth. I wish I had time to do more deep diving on my ancestors. :)
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Very interesting. Well written. Good work.
Yes, unless there an extremely dominant trait, the odds or predicting behavior, or looks, or anything else is pretty futile. And then you add in the environmental factors that influence people .
Best wishes.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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Very interesting. Well written. Good work.
Yes, unless there an extremely dominant trait, the odds or predicting behavior, or looks, or anything else is pretty futile. And then you add in the environmental factors that influence people .
Best wishes.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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Thank you Wayne, There are sites attempting to assign characteristics based on your DNA. I downloaded my DNA to one of them and every Tuesday they come up with personality trait I'm supposed to have. They been wrong over half of the time, so I don't trust that yet. Ancestry seems pretty accurate. However they keep changing percentages of my Scot, Irish, English, Eastern Europe heritage. I appreciate you continuing to review.
Beth
Comment from lyenochka
What an interesting genetic history! I want to know more about Evan's ancestor's part Cherokee wife. I know you want to cover all the families by each parent's heritage. But I hope you'll write short posts about the more interesting people that you've uncovered in your research.
Suggestions:
this man was my husband grandfather, (husband's)
She was a hard-working home maker (homemaker)
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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What an interesting genetic history! I want to know more about Evan's ancestor's part Cherokee wife. I know you want to cover all the families by each parent's heritage. But I hope you'll write short posts about the more interesting people that you've uncovered in your research.
Suggestions:
this man was my husband grandfather, (husband's)
She was a hard-working home maker (homemaker)
Comment Written 09-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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Thank you Helen, I'm so glad you find this interesting. I may write something later about Nancy Ward. She is buried not far from he and she was highly respected by her people.
Beth
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
In pioneers of your people, here you have expressed your good order of digging about tracing the maternal side of your husband's family; rightly, your expressed your true feeling that most of yours have no idea what traits you may have gained or from where the DNA in your cells may have originated; well said, well done, post god speed more, share post not 4 self-joy-pride but 4 God and readers worldwide sick Alcreator Litt Dear (DR)
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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In pioneers of your people, here you have expressed your good order of digging about tracing the maternal side of your husband's family; rightly, your expressed your true feeling that most of yours have no idea what traits you may have gained or from where the DNA in your cells may have originated; well said, well done, post god speed more, share post not 4 self-joy-pride but 4 God and readers worldwide sick Alcreator Litt Dear (DR)
Comment Written 09-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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Thank you so much for a great review. I really enjoyed reading your comments.
Beth
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this post with us. I find genealogy interesting and a month ago was all over it, but have been busy this month with family vacations, which will continue through the end of June. Maybe I can get back to it in July.
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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Thank you for sharing this post with us. I find genealogy interesting and a month ago was all over it, but have been busy this month with family vacations, which will continue through the end of June. Maybe I can get back to it in July.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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Thank you Barbara. Like everything else genealogy is very time consuming but I enjoy it. Keep enjoying the vacation.
Beth
Comment from Whitewave
An interesting, detailed, historical account of family lives and connections.
The photo of General Joseph Martin is most impressive. It is fun and fascinating today to be able to trace our DNA - and we never know what we might discover.
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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An interesting, detailed, historical account of family lives and connections.
The photo of General Joseph Martin is most impressive. It is fun and fascinating today to be able to trace our DNA - and we never know what we might discover.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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Thank you so much for reviewing this piece. I did have fun researching what I could find to discover new information about the family.
Beth
Comment from LisaMay
I am getting an intriguing mini-glimpse into American history through reading about your ancestors - shipping, plantations, politics, explorers, Cherokees, Baptists, education etc.
Your mother-in-law sounded like a gem.
I totally agree with the sentiments expressed in your last paragraph. We can be who we choose to be and create our own history... our dna will carry something of past histories.
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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I am getting an intriguing mini-glimpse into American history through reading about your ancestors - shipping, plantations, politics, explorers, Cherokees, Baptists, education etc.
Your mother-in-law sounded like a gem.
I totally agree with the sentiments expressed in your last paragraph. We can be who we choose to be and create our own history... our dna will carry something of past histories.
Comment Written 08-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2022
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Thank you so much for reviewing this. I'm so glad you are seeing the history in it. I would hope people would. I don't want it just to be about my family. All of our ancestors lived through the same history.
Beth
Comment from Sankey
This was most interesting. My sister has done a lot with DNA of our roots. Alex Hailey (sp?) author of the Roots books and movies) encourages us all to speak to the elders of our families to learn history. A few spags for you. There, he met [he met] the daughter of wealthy plantation
connections [which] would soon prove
He was able to [the] keep the Indians
my husband('s) grandfather
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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This was most interesting. My sister has done a lot with DNA of our roots. Alex Hailey (sp?) author of the Roots books and movies) encourages us all to speak to the elders of our families to learn history. A few spags for you. There, he met [he met] the daughter of wealthy plantation
connections [which] would soon prove
He was able to [the] keep the Indians
my husband('s) grandfather
Comment Written 08-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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Thank you so much for the review and six stars. I appreciate you finding the spags. I watched the Roots movie. The only problem with asking the elders is that we are the elders. I think the native Americans and the black people listened to their elders more that most. They didn't have a lot of stuff written down so the Elders were in charge of remembering.
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
You did a great job with this interesting chapter, Beth.
I enjoyed reading it and learning a little of your family's
history. You are right about how a little digging can
unearth some interesting info. You covered the timeline
well with interesting facts and people and how they were
related to you.
Thanks for sharing, Jan
Decending [Descending ] from weath, [wealth ] royalty, or poverty has no bearing on who we are today. the potancy [ potency ]of our DNA. .
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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You did a great job with this interesting chapter, Beth.
I enjoyed reading it and learning a little of your family's
history. You are right about how a little digging can
unearth some interesting info. You covered the timeline
well with interesting facts and people and how they were
related to you.
Thanks for sharing, Jan
Decending [Descending ] from weath, [wealth ] royalty, or poverty has no bearing on who we are today. the potancy [ potency ]of our DNA. .
Comment Written 08-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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Thank you Jan. I appreciate you insightful review. The one line I change always seems to have errors when I replace it. I took potency out because a scientist told me the potency of DNA didn't change.
Beth
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Comment from royowen
I've often wondered if I had an ancestor in my lineage that was a firm believer, but it seems we have only non Christian's to my knowledge, go figure. I think we came from peasant stock, and I'm a sort of Abrahamic production, heh heh, but yours sounds very classy Beth, well done, blessings Roy
Typo : Was my husband('s) grandfather 2 : Scotch is a drink, Scot is correct Beth
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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I've often wondered if I had an ancestor in my lineage that was a firm believer, but it seems we have only non Christian's to my knowledge, go figure. I think we came from peasant stock, and I'm a sort of Abrahamic production, heh heh, but yours sounds very classy Beth, well done, blessings Roy
Typo : Was my husband('s) grandfather 2 : Scotch is a drink, Scot is correct Beth
Comment Written 08-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 08-Jun-2022
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Thank you for the review and for the noting the spags. I hope I can say he was a Scottish fur trader. I've always thought the English people sounded snobby, so I don't really care for classy Englishmen. They seem to be more into social classes than we do in the U.S.
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Oh I think it?s a human thing, we would claim the same thing here, but underneath it all? I think of people that are educated at Harvard opposed to a less distinguished institution, flaunting it, the Germans are the worst, but I still think it?s a human propensity.