New Posts For Thread: Researching your family Treehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-treeis there any good site that you can do this with that doesn't actually charge you money for the privlidge? As in going as far back as possible.I ended up in kerryMeeting a guy who looked like meTurned out my grandad had beenA naughty boy out of wedlockOn a trip back from u kKept it quiet by givingThe mistress twenty plus acres ......IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556950829#556950829I ended up in kerryMeeting a guy who looked like meTurned out my grandad had beenA naughty boy out of wedlockOn a trip back from u kKept it quiet by givingThe mistress twenty plus acres ......IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEFri, 05 Apr 2019 02:57:40 -0500'is it your mums dad dad mums dad mumd dad or you dads dad dad mums dad mums mums dad? etc' Yeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556950441#556950441'is it your mums dad dad mums dad mumd dad or you dads dad dad mums dad mums mums dad? etc' YesThu, 04 Apr 2019 19:59:54 -0500direct descendant is blood lineage, like not lnvlving step kids who entered family by marriage , afaikyour mums mums mums mum is a direct antecedanthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556950333#556950333direct descendant is blood lineage, like not lnvlving step kids who entered family by marriage , afaikyour mums mums mums mum is a direct antecedantThu, 04 Apr 2019 18:57:58 -0500Just a last point or questionWhat exactly is a direct descendant? which may sound like a daft question but still.Is that your mum's mum mums mum mum etc and your dad's dad dad dad dad dad dad dad etc so on the direct female / male line... oror is ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556950275#556950275Just a last point or questionWhat exactly is a direct descendant? which may sound like a daft question but still.Is that your mum's mum mums mum mum etc and your dad's dad dad dad dad dad dad dad etc so on the direct female / male line... oror is itThu, 04 Apr 2019 18:44:30 -0500Not sure how to break this news to the person who started the largest known family tree in history - containing 13 million people.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556942125#556942125Not sure how to break this news to the person who started the largest known family tree in history - containing 13 million people.Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:46:24 -0500Well yes, that's the funny thing about people "tracing their history" and saying "I'm King Thorin's descendent, from 14 generations ago". That is of course ruling out the inevitable illegitimate children or even adopted cases. And switched babies inhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556942097#556942097Well yes, that's the funny thing about people "tracing their history" and saying "I'm King Thorin's descendent, from 14 generations ago". That is of course ruling out the inevitable illegitimate children or even adopted cases. And switched babies inWed, 03 Apr 2019 13:43:35 -0500There is of course the elephant in the room - the illegitimate child, which would unknowingly throw a complete spanner in the works. And of course the futher you go back the more likely meaning maybe not tracing so far back is a good idea.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556942053#556942053There is of course the elephant in the room - the illegitimate child, which would unknowingly throw a complete spanner in the works. And of course the futher you go back the more likely meaning maybe not tracing so far back is a good idea.Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:38:42 -0500Been doing it on and off for a couple of years. Ancestry.com. I find I need massive chunks of time to get anywhere. I am 50% Irish and a lot of records were lost when thePublic Records office was burnt down, so I am having to work backwards and thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556939485#556939485Been doing it on and off for a couple of years. Ancestry.com. I find I need massive chunks of time to get anywhere. I am 50% Irish and a lot of records were lost when thePublic Records office was burnt down, so I am having to work backwards and tWed, 03 Apr 2019 06:44:42 -0500As to family tree research, i have done that through Ancestry UK and Find My Past. I think the ancestry sub is about £20 a month, and the other one I think is about £12 although i paid a year in advance last time. It is something I get into every nhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556938437#556938437As to family tree research, i have done that through Ancestry UK and Find My Past. I think the ancestry sub is about £20 a month, and the other one I think is about £12 although i paid a year in advance last time. It is something I get into every nTue, 02 Apr 2019 19:06:06 -0500Also, when going back as far as medieval times, not only race or nationality, but also social class becomes irrelevant. So everyone (in Britain at least, though most other people) is a direct descendant of the Norman and Plantagenet Kings of England.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518243/researching-your-family-tree?post_id=556938299#556938299Also, when going back as far as medieval times, not only race or nationality, but also social class becomes irrelevant. So everyone (in Britain at least, though most other people) is a direct descendant of the Norman and Plantagenet Kings of England.Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:32:14 -0500