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Where do we all come from

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♥†۩ Carol   Paine ۩†♥

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ Report 16 Jan 2010 15:49

Two small Sussex villages standing side by side
In my forefather’s steps I tread, I have dug the earth they turned ... walked down the same lanes & stood looking at the same view across into Kent
As I look at my tree I see that my Maternal Great Granddad would have known my Paternal Great Grandmother, both living in the same small village.
I went to the school that my maternal Grandmother & my Father attended
My children went to the same school that their Maternal Grandmother attended
Ancestors lie side by side in the churchyards ... never knowing how over the next 300years marriage would connect them... when I breathe my last I will join them

Suzy Camay   ▀

Suzy Camay ▀ Report 16 Jan 2010 15:32

Well I come from the..............

Haplogroup K :))

Dillis789

Dillis789 Report 16 Jan 2010 15:23

Half Irish, Half Scottish and live in Bucks

TonyW

TonyW Report 16 Jan 2010 14:57

Out and out pit yacker!

That's me.....

Annina

Annina Report 15 Jan 2010 15:03

Hey,wait a minute,this thread was about "where I come from" not how we would like things to be. The fact is,this is life in the neck of the woods were I live at the moment

I forgot to mention the idle loafers who spend their days wandering between the bookies on one corner,and the pub on the other,mostly,but not all, men.

The land where I come from originally is a world away. Babbling brooks,lush green fields, woods full of the calming sound of birdsong,and the noisiest sounds are tractors and cocks crowing. Where neighbours all pull together and help out in adversity,and you can leave your door unlocked without fear.

Does that make you all feel better,I refuse to apologise for being a plain-speaking northern bred person,either like it or lump it.

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 15 Jan 2010 14:58

Approved American Import lol

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 15 Jan 2010 13:28

Uggers-the voice of reason,thank you.

Women become single parents for a variety of reasons & where you live makes no difference nor does colour or creed.

Uggers

Uggers Report 15 Jan 2010 13:22

Can there never be a discussion on the *state of the country* these days without "PC" being written or spoken? I think anyone who uses that phrase should be forced to buy a dictionary or rent an imagination.

Annina, you're quite entitled to your view without me telling you so but my life isn't being smothered by the PC parade, so it's not a fact of my life. As far as I see, there are plenty of people who sponge of the taxpayer and don't think the whole burden of things can be blamed on single mothers. Apart from anything else, it generally takes a man to make someone a mother....

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 15 Jan 2010 10:21


"I'm a lassie from Lancashire".....and in fine voice this morning ;O)........
.... but raised in the North East where three generations, from my maternal side, have lived and worked on the banks of the Tyne.

Mick from the Bush

Mick from the Bush Report 15 Jan 2010 09:31

We are all the same- the genetic differences between all the different "Races" are minute.


xxxxx mick

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 15 Jan 2010 09:29

all together.
Take a pinch of white man
Wrap it up in black skin
Add a touch of blue blood
And a little bitty-bit of red indian boy

Mm, curly latin kinkies
Mixed with yellow Chinkees
If you lump it all together
Well, you've got a recipe for a get-along scene
Oh, what a beautiful dream
If it could only come true
You know, you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough to take the world and all it's got
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out coffee-coloured people by the score
Yeah, Lord

Poolie Girl

Poolie Girl Report 15 Jan 2010 09:25

I've seen many multicoloured children - mainly tomato sauce, chocolate and blackcurrant but some variations

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 15 Jan 2010 09:14

mmmm about 5 billion years ago we where all star dust

Kay????

Kay???? Report 15 Jan 2010 08:52

Oh our Mick,,how white is your hair and beard after 70000 years old boy,:}}

Mick from the Bush

Mick from the Bush Report 15 Jan 2010 08:00

I came from Africa 70000 years ago - you probably did too.


xxxxxx mick

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 15 Jan 2010 04:12

"Where jobless women with multi-coloured children live on crapburgers and chips."

I'm not a member of the PC Brigade but that's offensive, Annina. However I'm not reporting it because you are entitled to an opinion.

Sue

Persephone

Persephone Report 15 Jan 2010 03:18

Well where I come our North Island was fished out of the sea by Maui.

We have many myths legends - our Lake Wakatipu where Queenstown is is the shape of a giant and the level of the water rises and falls each day and this is the giant's heartbeat.

Then we have our four mountains - Tongariro, Ruapehu, Ngaruahoe and Taranaki - and they fought and Taranaki got kicked out to the West Cape and in its place is Lake Taupo - the base of Taranaki and the Lake are practically the same shape.

Aroha Nui Persephone

Dillis789

Dillis789 Report 15 Jan 2010 01:44

That a bit harsh Annina,

Multi coloured children????

i can assure you my kids dont live on crapburgers and chips,

And they not muli coloured either, dual heritage is the politically correct term these days,

Sheesh x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 15 Jan 2010 00:14

Dunno where I came from - well I do - born in Sussex, but whisked off to Wales ASAP. First memories are of Malta.
I worked out I'd moved at least 28 times in my life - I've lived where I am now for 27 odd years - and I'm only just over my half century!
I suppose the song 'Wherever I lay my hat' is my song!

However - I live in (apparently ) one of the wealthiest cities.
Many homeless.
Many alcoholics.
Far too much drug addiction
Many old buildings
Many ignored - I (and others) Ignore 'Hooray Henry's' - they may ignore the homeless - but the homeless are quite grateful!!

Very many nice people
A society - say 'hello' and you will get a response - even from the homeless and those who need drugs to survive
The best pub in the world - that I don't visit enough
A place, after many years roaming, that I can call 'mine'.

Whirley

Whirley Report 14 Jan 2010 23:57

I come from where a man got a poke in the eye..............