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  Why are aunts and uncles referred to by both their relation to you, as well as their name?

  With other relatives, you only use one or the other. With grandparents, you only use their relation, or a variant of the word, and with siblings and cousins, only their name. So, why are both used when it comes to aunts and uncles? 

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  When a couple who isn't married have a kid, what determines the kid's last name?

  Do they get the father's or mother's last name?

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  It it offensive to be interested in genealogy?  Is it offensive to my adopted relatives?

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  how do armenians have greek blood  is this normal?

  im armenian and my 23andme says i have greek and balkan and cypriot ancestry also on tge internet many armenians that took dna tests have greek ancestry/blood how is this and is this normal if you are armenian

  4 Answers2 weeks ago
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  How to I identify my great great grandparents?

  My great grandmother apparently has a code for her parents here, but I dont know how to get their info from that. 

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  How do you find out about a grandparent without opening up old wounds?

  I want to learn more about my ancestry, but my grandfather on my fathers side is not something we really talked about.

   He wasn't in my dad's life for the most part, and I don't want to ask questions about it, because I don't know if he died, or if he left my grandmother, and just knowing he wasn't there regardless is enough for me to not tread in that territory because there can't be a good reason.

  I wish I could do this but I find it difficult.

  8 Answers3 weeks ago
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  How far in the past has your family traced your genealogy?

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  Do grizzle bears and kodiaks live in the Mountains ?

  Do they? and forests? 

  5 Answers3 weeks ago
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  How did “Doe” come to be used as a generic surname?

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  Is the black race genetically speaking the best in the world?

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  Home DNA kits?

  In your opinion, what is a DNA kit you have used and found successful? I really want to do one and then find out who I am related to and where my ancestors are from. 

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  What do you think my dad's ethnic heritage is?

  We have a surname that could be from anyplace, I guess.  I don't know much about our background. I asked my dad what our family heritage is, but he just said "We're American."  What nationality do you think his ancestors came from?

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  I'm stuck on finding genealogy information on a gr gr grandfather, don't know his birthday, possible birth year, etc. Help, where can I go?

  I have ancestry account, but is there any free newspaper sites for birth and death certificates?

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  Can I find more about ancestry journey from mtDNA markers?

  I've done my ancestry DNA in 2015, I know ppl can get more detailed ancestry report these days.  I have all markers on my result (not taking about each origin). Can I find out more from the mtDNA markers I currently have? if yes how can I do it?

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  How to know if my ancestor's mother was his biological mom on census?

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  A birth certificate if within the dates of birth registration, you pay and apply for it and that will names both his parents

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  Italians, are you white?

  I'm born and raised from Brooklyn, my dad's entire family is 100% Italian. I grew up in a pretty mixed neighborhood and I have lot of black friends. I have one older neighbor who always tells me that Italians aren't actually white, and that we deny our "blackness". I don't understand what he is talking about. Nobody else has ever thought I or my family was anything but white? Is there any truth to what he is saying? Any fellow Italians with an opinion?

  12 Answers2 months ago
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  what am i to my grandfather's second cousin's grandfather?

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  Do you prefer the surname Lewis or Cline more?

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  Is Ancestry.com accurate?

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  Can someone from Ireland have the surname McDonald even if mostly Scottish  some in Ireland with that surname is a common Irish surname?  ?

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  Yes, it's both Irish and Scottish.

  6 Answers2 months ago