The Ancestors’ Geneameme

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The original questions come from the blog: Geniaus
As Geniaus is an Australian side I added couple more questions.
The Ancestors’ Geneameme

Which of these apply to you?
The answers are mine (me: Carl Rhodes).

Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents: 16 if you include my step great-great-grandfather
Can name over 50 direct ancestors: I can trace to 333
Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents : 4
Have an ancestor who was married more than three times : Margaret Ann Snyder my Great-Grandmother
Have an ancestor who was a bigamist : not that I know of.
Met all four of my grandparents : All but my grandfather Clarance, he died when my father was a teenager
Met one or more of my great-grandparents : All died long before I was born.
Named a child after an ancestor : no
Bear an ancestor’s given name/s : no
Have an ancestor from England, Scotland or Ireland : All three
Have an ancestor that is a Native American : yes Japasaw, leader of the Patawomeck and Paupauwiske tribes of Virginia, born before 1600, my 11th Great-Grandfather
Have an ancestor from Asia : yes, if you consider the Native American originating from Asia.
Have an ancestor from Continental Europe : yes
Have an ancestor from Africa : if you go back far enough we all do
Have an ancestor who was an agricultural laborer : yes
Have an ancestor who had large land holdings : this question is relative, my great-great-great-grand William Rhodes was given 466 acres of land for his service to his country.
Have an ancestor who was a holy man – minister, priest, rabbi : yes Amos Alexander one of my 4th Great-Grandfathers, and Josephus Good, my 2nd Great grandfather.
Have an ancestor who was a midwife : don’t know
Have an ancestor who was an author : don’t know
Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones : Elizabeth Jones, she was my 5th Step-Great-grandmother
Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng : no
Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X : no
Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z : Zachariah Callaway my 5th Great-Grandfather
Have an ancestor born on 25th December : unknown
Have an ancestor born on New Year’s Day : unknown
Have blue blood in your family lines : yes
Have an ancestor the served in the American Revolution : several
Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth : no
Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth : no
Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century : to my great-great-great-grand William Rhodes
Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier : not yet
Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents : yes
Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X : yes Amos Alexander one of my 4th Great-Grandfathers
Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university : yes Josephus Good, my 2nd Great grandfather.
Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offense : I have one ancestor sentenced to 100 lashes for giving birth to a basted child, but I can’t recall the ancestor
Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime : probably
Have shared an ancestor’s story online or in a magazine (Tell us where) : Many on this site
Have published a family history online or in print (Details please) : Many on this site
Have visited an ancestor’s home from the 19th or earlier centuries : yes
Still have an ancestor’s home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family : no
Have a family bible from the 19th Century : sadly, no
Have a pre-19th century family bible : dido with the above

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