Yeah why not. Been doing our family tree for nearly 10 years and have somewhere around 26,000 people on out joint tree.
My Great Grandfather on Dad's side was German. Story is he stowed away on a ship at the tender age of 8yo. He would have been very useful getting into all the small places on the ship. Anyhow, somewhere in the mid 1800's he jumped ship in Melbourne, or more particularly at Fishermans Bend as it was once known, now Port Melbourne. He headed for the gold fields but didn't have any luck so came back and settled at the Bend. He married and had I think about 6 kids.
Mt Great Grandfather on Mum's side came from Italy. He also came by boat but at an older age. He married twice and his second wife started my downline.
I really haven't been able to find out any more about either of them. I know who their parents are, but that's it. The rest of my ancestors are basically British.
Now on my wife's side, there is plenty of interest. But to keep it fairly simple, her 34G Grandfather was William The Conqueror. Yeah, I was pretty amazed also. It tracks back in an unbroken line. There are also plenty of Kings, Queens, Princes and Princess's from England and the continent. Another interesting link is she is related to the bloke who invented the Pullman Carriage in USA. Can't think of his first name without looking it up, but he was a big deal in the states. Apart from that she is related to various convicts and bushrangers.
But my personal claim is that I have two original ANZACS on my side. Both were on the beach at Suvla Bay. One survived. But fact is stranger than fiction. I spent 7 years in the Army and was in the Artillery. Now one of my blokes got the only artillery gun ashore at Gallipoli, and they dragged it up a ridge and lined up the Turks on the next headland who were giving our blokes hell. And yep, he knocked them out. So there you go, I knew nothing about him until within the last 10 years and obviously I was well out of the Army. So spooky I guess, but I'm really honoured.
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