My mother's side of the family had Romany in her.
Some how she could never settle in a house for long she ended up purchasing caravans some to rent out others we would spend the summer in then winter in the house.
She always told stories of her g. grandparents traveling to us we never took her serious till my DNA test results on ancestry arrived back.
48% Ireland
37% Europe West
15% other
Now I do believe her stories since following the family tree path.
Unfortunately she passed away years ago I now wish I had the opportunity to ask her more about the stories.
She definitely kept the tradition on with her love of antiques, cleaning every day, how strick she was with us girls inregards to our clothing boyfriends No, unless your getting married.
Her pride in home and her caravans specially her own one.
The temper she ruled with a iron fist yet she was only 5ft tall.
From doing the family tree I can now see that yes most of the family at points married cousins.
i also see a few times a aunt raising another family members child or children.
Looking back she did have the Romanian looks.
Hi Sandra
What a lovely photo. Do you think your mums ancestors might have been Irish Travellers?
I ask because it seems more likely that they may have been Irish rather than 'Romany'. It can be confusing because of the different terms, but 'Romany' does not have the same meaning as 'Romanian' (people from the country Romania) or Irish Traveller (a people who are from Ireland) .
Romany/Romani is a word that was/is often used to describe English or Welsh gypsies. They are related to other European gypsies. Different regions use different names, Roma or Kale, or Lovari for example, but they all come from the same people who migrated into Europe almost a thousand years ago. They had originally migrated from India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_peopleIrish Travellers are originally from Ireland and not usually related to the above people, though like gypsies they often led a similar itinerant lifestyle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_TravellersIf you start a new topic, on this board, and give details of your ancestors names and places of birth, there are plenty of rootschat members who would help you to trace them further back and also find them in records you might not have seen yet.