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World War One / Re: Looking for help on identifying regiment
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 16:20 GMT (UK) »
Thank you ever so much, I'll pass the information on.
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World War One / Looking for help on identifying regiment
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 15:28 GMT (UK) »
Just wondering if anyone recognises this soldiers regiment please.
Picture found in amongst deceased belongings and trying to narrow down the search.
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Picture found in amongst deceased belongings and trying to narrow down the search.
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The Common Room / Re: Naturalisation in the UK
« on: Tuesday 12 July 22 11:29 BST (UK) »
Is it possible that the birth was not registered at the time? That may be the reason that naturalisation was required if no records existed when he was an adult.
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The Common Room / Re: Naturalisation in the UK
« on: Tuesday 12 July 22 11:00 BST (UK) »
I had to be Naturalised when I was about 7 years old.
I was born in Singapore on the RAF base there in 1964, both parents were serving in the RAF at the time.
However it was explained to me that although both my parents were holders of British passports it was because I was 3rd generation male born outside of the UK. My father was born in India, my grandfather also in India but my great grandfather was born in Great Yarmouth and his father in Ireland.
All of them had served in the British military (ggrandfather won the DCM in the Boer war) but it was this rule of 3rd generation that was the sticking point.
I know it took an age for the Home Office to finally allow me to be naturalised and become a British passport holder. All of my mother's family were from the UK as far back as they could check but it counted for nothing.
At one point I was under the threat of being transported to Singapore as that was the country of my birth, despite being born on a British military base in the hospital etc etc.....
I still have the certificate which I've had to produce a few times over the years when applying for various things which need proof of identity and citizenship.
I was born in Singapore on the RAF base there in 1964, both parents were serving in the RAF at the time.
However it was explained to me that although both my parents were holders of British passports it was because I was 3rd generation male born outside of the UK. My father was born in India, my grandfather also in India but my great grandfather was born in Great Yarmouth and his father in Ireland.
All of them had served in the British military (ggrandfather won the DCM in the Boer war) but it was this rule of 3rd generation that was the sticking point.
I know it took an age for the Home Office to finally allow me to be naturalised and become a British passport holder. All of my mother's family were from the UK as far back as they could check but it counted for nothing.
At one point I was under the threat of being transported to Singapore as that was the country of my birth, despite being born on a British military base in the hospital etc etc.....
I still have the certificate which I've had to produce a few times over the years when applying for various things which need proof of identity and citizenship.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: A bit of a puzzler
« on: Friday 23 April 21 15:52 BST (UK) »I think Fleming is right on the relationship based on cm and generation. I am curious about Sunday's other 1st cousin mentioned at 398 cm match to you. Follow their trees, there is a shared match in there waiting for you. Have you run the auto clustering tool on my heritage?
This first cousin of Sunday, let's call him Dave, is 81 years old and like Sunday (in her 70s) shares a grandfather with my mother (also in her 70s). My mother has a different grandmother to Sunday and Dave though.
It looks like to me that this man is the great grandfather to May (with a 3rd woman) based on circumstance of geography and date of her known great grandparent's marriage date which was 2 years after her grandfather was born.
What I can't work out is the low DNA % between Sunday and May, I'd have expected at least another 150cMs based on my mine and my mothers cMs between the two of them. I'm messaged Dave and asked that he tries to upload to MyHeritage as then we can see his DNA match in regards to the cMs.
I'm not a paying member these days on MyHeritage so not able to run the clustering tool, but I think I'm on the right track but would like to understand if it is just the DNA flow through the generations that is causing what seems an oddity to me.
I'm hoping that some of Sunday's 1st full cousins also do a DNA at some point as well as that might help with things.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: A bit of a puzzler
« on: Friday 16 April 21 16:56 BST (UK) »What are the shared cMs between May and Sunday?
Sunday has just replied and their connection is 224.6cM. largest segment being 50.7cM
I'm 226.9cM with the largest segment being 56.6cM to May.
I've also managed to find a birth record of one of May's grandfathers showing he was born 2 year before his parents were married and was registered with his mothers maiden name.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Trying to find my Mum's unknown Father.
« on: Friday 16 April 21 09:50 BST (UK) »
I had the same challenge last year, a half 1st cousin wanted to try and find the name of one of her grandfathers.
She had very little to go on other than a couple of rumours regarding names but they seemed to be either just forenames or surnames nothing to complete to work.
I used Ancestry to build a tree with as much as the know information as possible, very quickly and maybe luckily a match was suggested on another persons tree.
What was incredible was that the unknown names I was looking for appeared to be complete on this persons tree and vice versa.
I reached out to the tree owner and between us we actually were able to fill in the gaps.
My cousin was thrilled especially as her father had just celebrated his 88th birthday. He was amazed that at last he knew who his real father was...
Maybe we got lucky in that the names we had to work with as forenames included Cecil and Horace and one of the surnames was bullock which I guess helped reduce the matches.
But building the tree was the real door opener.
She had very little to go on other than a couple of rumours regarding names but they seemed to be either just forenames or surnames nothing to complete to work.
I used Ancestry to build a tree with as much as the know information as possible, very quickly and maybe luckily a match was suggested on another persons tree.
What was incredible was that the unknown names I was looking for appeared to be complete on this persons tree and vice versa.
I reached out to the tree owner and between us we actually were able to fill in the gaps.
My cousin was thrilled especially as her father had just celebrated his 88th birthday. He was amazed that at last he knew who his real father was...
Maybe we got lucky in that the names we had to work with as forenames included Cecil and Horace and one of the surnames was bullock which I guess helped reduce the matches.
But building the tree was the real door opener.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: A bit of a puzzler
« on: Thursday 15 April 21 20:54 BST (UK) »
Yes I've looked at the DNA painter tool and it doesnt really help much more.
I really don't think that there is any chance of my paternal line being connected with Sunday whatsoever, some of my paternal line came out of Ireland in the 1850s and when to war wherever they could find a good fight including Crimea and the defence of Ladysmith and then ended up in India meeting up with the other part of my paternal line who had been feathering their pockets out there for donkeys years in the British East India Company.
My maternal line on the other hand seems to have been based in the West Midlands for as long as I can find out, some did wander off to Utah in the 1850s and a few disappeared to Australia and NZ in the 1950s.
Bilston seems to be the meeting point of these people from around 1905 to around 1911. What I'm struggling with is the number of half siblings that my grandfather had, so far I've identified an additional 12 that he knew nothing about as well as the 4 he grew up with.
May is a new one in to the mix, but her mother died early as did her grandmother so she knows little about her family. On paper all the dates on her ancestors marriages would imply no connection but as we know being married doesn't mean people don't seek comfort elsewhere....I suspect a little cuckolding may have occurred.
I've sent both of them messages again today, I just hope one of them replies.
I really don't think that there is any chance of my paternal line being connected with Sunday whatsoever, some of my paternal line came out of Ireland in the 1850s and when to war wherever they could find a good fight including Crimea and the defence of Ladysmith and then ended up in India meeting up with the other part of my paternal line who had been feathering their pockets out there for donkeys years in the British East India Company.
My maternal line on the other hand seems to have been based in the West Midlands for as long as I can find out, some did wander off to Utah in the 1850s and a few disappeared to Australia and NZ in the 1950s.
Bilston seems to be the meeting point of these people from around 1905 to around 1911. What I'm struggling with is the number of half siblings that my grandfather had, so far I've identified an additional 12 that he knew nothing about as well as the 4 he grew up with.
May is a new one in to the mix, but her mother died early as did her grandmother so she knows little about her family. On paper all the dates on her ancestors marriages would imply no connection but as we know being married doesn't mean people don't seek comfort elsewhere....I suspect a little cuckolding may have occurred.
I've sent both of them messages again today, I just hope one of them replies.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: A bit of a puzzler
« on: Thursday 15 April 21 17:11 BST (UK) »What are the shared cMs between May and Sunday?
That I don't know, although both have responded to my messages they seem rather reluctant to share too much information. I'll try and find out.
I've also found another person who I'm matched with on Ancestry (398 Cms) who I know for a fact is a full 1st cousin of Sunday - but he's not on MyHeritage, I've asked him to upload to there to see if he's also matched to May but he's also reluctant to share information. (And my mum isn't on Ancestry).
He did mention last year that there were two half siblings of my grandfather who were still alive but wouldn't help identify them. I managed to track one down who I know sadly died in February so I'm trying to locate the last one alive to see if she can share any information.
The enclosed picture is how I think the relationships work if my assumptions are right...