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Just decided to question.
Myself.
Dad's mother's mother's side - 42 generations traced back, old nobility so the Church & scribes kept excellent records. And yes I have hit dead ends, this is not just one year of research nor by myself alone.
Dad's mother's father's side - 2nd century AD, proven by lineage & DNA profiling. About 50-55 generations.
Dad's father's side of the family - 8 generations, I curse the start of taxes and censuses when people were just spelling whatever they heard & were hardly accurate. There's been indication his family is quite old, the surname is not common [either spelling] but trying to draw a line between his version & the other version is like hitting a brick wall with an egg.
Dad's mother's side - 6 generations. Dutch surname, the English version is so so different from the original version that you might as well call them alien. Until we verify via DNA a relation with a potential Dutch relative, can't go further.
Mum's mother's mother's side - about 32 generations, again upper class so good records.
Mum's mother's father's side - about 24 generations, they came from one guy [who near as we figure was some king's bastard son but that's as far as we go] who did extremely well for himself
Mum's father's side - 17 generations, again higher society.
I know most of this is likely accurate because a) money has always been in the family, b) my father's parents own a farm in Picardy [France] that has been in the family for generations & a distant relative owns what remains of a farm elsewhere in France, c) grandma used to "hobnob" with the sort of class of people that you'd see sitting at the local pub only when hell froze over, and d) a relative is married to the British royal family.
That and our DNA profiles are far older [the Y SNPS for example, the HVR1/R2 mutations than most people, finding DNA relations is extremely hard.
Alas no claim to the British throne, not that I would want it. Seeing as my relation is through the House of Bourbon and the most "recent" the House of Orleans.
Myself.
Dad's mother's mother's side - 42 generations traced back, old nobility so the Church & scribes kept excellent records. And yes I have hit dead ends, this is not just one year of research nor by myself alone.
Dad's mother's father's side - 2nd century AD, proven by lineage & DNA profiling. About 50-55 generations.
Dad's father's side of the family - 8 generations, I curse the start of taxes and censuses when people were just spelling whatever they heard & were hardly accurate. There's been indication his family is quite old, the surname is not common [either spelling] but trying to draw a line between his version & the other version is like hitting a brick wall with an egg.
Dad's mother's side - 6 generations. Dutch surname, the English version is so so different from the original version that you might as well call them alien. Until we verify via DNA a relation with a potential Dutch relative, can't go further.
Mum's mother's mother's side - about 32 generations, again upper class so good records.
Mum's mother's father's side - about 24 generations, they came from one guy [who near as we figure was some king's bastard son but that's as far as we go] who did extremely well for himself
Mum's father's side - 17 generations, again higher society.
I know most of this is likely accurate because a) money has always been in the family, b) my father's parents own a farm in Picardy [France] that has been in the family for generations & a distant relative owns what remains of a farm elsewhere in France, c) grandma used to "hobnob" with the sort of class of people that you'd see sitting at the local pub only when hell froze over, and d) a relative is married to the British royal family.
That and our DNA profiles are far older [the Y SNPS for example, the HVR1/R2 mutations than most people, finding DNA relations is extremely hard.
Alas no claim to the British throne, not that I would want it. Seeing as my relation is through the House of Bourbon and the most "recent" the House of Orleans.
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