English Ancestry

[KentishChris]

Hi there,

So I've done a lot of research into both sides of my family. On my Mum's side, all roots are nearly back to 1800. On Dad's side it isn't as far back as that.

But ALL of my ancestors so far have been English.
Is this odd, because everyone I know has a foreign-born parent or grandparent, or knows that a far back ancestor is from abroad.

Nobody is 100% English, so I'm still waiting to find my first foreign-born ancestor! Has anyone else come across this? Is my situation more common that I thought, or is it quite rare?

Would be great to know and hear other's stories! 

Chris

[Ruskie]

I think you will find it is quite common, at least as far back as traceable records are available. I remember a similar post some time ago and a lot of people had only found 'English' ancestors.

[stonechat]

Hi

Think it is going to be common for people away from cosmopolitan hotspots like bigger cities

[Marmalady]

I have one Welsh gg grandmother who married a Scotsman in the 1830's

Apart from that all my other branches are totally English --in some cases back into the 1600's

[Nick29]

Every grandparent I've found so far has been English (and that includes the greats and the great greats etc)  

[sunflower]

Same here.  I'm glad to say some of mine seem to stay around the same villages right up to the 1600's

Carol

[KGarrad]

My paternal line travelled from Suffolk to Essex to Dorset to Somerset to Devon to Wiltshire and back to Somerset. Still all English!

Mother was born in Wales, to parents from Wiltshire and Kent.

Best "foreigner" is G-G-Grandfather who was born on Jersey.

[mazi]

I am half scottish and half yorkshire, does that disqualify me on both counts 


mike

[Rishile]

Most of mine are from Kent or Devon.  All but one were from the South of England (Watford being the furthest North) and the exception is an Irishman.  Also, I have only found one that emigrated to Oz in the 1950's. 

My lot are totally unadventurous.

Rishile