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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: C E Clifford and Co COMPLETED
« on: Thursday 15 June 23 08:19 BST (UK)  »
Good morning,

Unfortunately I cannot be of any help. Any artistic genes I might have inherited from my ancestor are very feeble  :-\

I can only suggest that you take a picture of the signature and post it on RootsChat.... you never know, someone might recognise it.

Good luckf!

Tilly xx

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: My Heritage DNA
« on: Tuesday 07 June 22 13:55 BST (UK)  »
Ruskie - my daughter is in Britain, so no problem for her test. I didn't even think of it being illegal in France..... I do know some French who have had a test and no-one seems to have had a problem.I had a quick look on Facebook to see if MyHeritage have a page in France, and they do, and loads of people have had tests....  Of course, in France, getting round a law is a national sport :P 


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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: My Heritage DNA
« on: Tuesday 07 June 22 09:43 BST (UK)  »
Good morning all - and thank you for all the comments, links to articles and replies.

What my daughter's DNA test has shown for me - or more for my husband - is a possible Iberian/North African part of his heritage ........Ethnicity? I agree that this is maybe not the correct term - and I know they are estimates, but can still be interesting when they fit in with local history, as these results do.

Not far from us, is a town in Brittany called Port Louis - the citadelle was built by the Spanish in the 16th century. My husband (who is doing his genealogy and is VERY careful) has always said how his paternal grandmother was dark skinned (for a Breton). That side of the family has definite facial characteristics, especially the eyes, and that has always made him suspect some blood somewhere that is not Breton.

So did one of his upstanding Breton ancestors have a frolic with an Iberian/North African sailor? Who knows!! If she did, it would be further back than he has yet reached with his family tree..... and I imagine it would have been covered up. Maybe his DNA results will show something - or not!

One thing this DNA test has brought us is...... a new cousin! So not all bad.

Thank you all again

Tilly x



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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: My Heritage DNA
« on: Monday 06 June 22 19:31 BST (UK)  »
Interesting!!  What percentage of North African and Nigerian do you have?

My daughter has what seems to me quite a high percentage. Added together, her Iberian, Nigerian and North African are more than my brother's Irish.  Do you think that if MH did an update these results would disappear too?


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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / My Heritage DNA
« on: Monday 06 June 22 15:31 BST (UK)  »
Any ideas please..... My daughter has just received her results from her My Heritage DNA test.

I am mostly English (as far as I know - I've just had my test done and am waiting for results) , a touch of Irish and a smidgen of Italian from my Greatx5 grandfather. My husband is Breton for many, many generations. Nearly all of his ancestors came from nearby villages or towns.

Although the result does not give my daughter as French, it does give her as 53.4% Irish, Scottish, Welsh - which I suppose is the Celtic connection between Brittany and those countries, plus my drop of Irish. She is 32% English (from me I would imagine).

What intrigues her is that she has 6.3 % Iberian and 7.2 % North African. She also has 1.1 % Nigerian. The North African and Iberian does seem quite a lot.

Would this be from her Breton/French side?

My brother had a test done via Ancestry some time back and he is 86 % England, Wales and N W Europe and 11% Ireland/Scotland. So it would seem no North African on our side....

How reliable is My Heritage? Someone I know has just had her results and, although her family tree shows her as English, English and more English, her results said 48% Scandinavian and 50 per cent Irish, Scottish, Welsh!

I would be very interested to hear you thoughts and explanations.

Many thanks
Tilly xx


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Thank you very much for your message. I would be very interested in anything about Charles' wife's family. I have a couple of things, but I need to look at my info again as I can't remember exactly what! I won't have time to look until Sunday, but I'll dig through it all then. Thank you again.
Tilly 🙂

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I've been reading through the posts again - it is a very long time since I started the thread!

 I've also had a look at Fred on my family tree..... and I am in as much of a muddle now as I was then. I haven't done much family tree work lately, just on and off.

I don't really know who Susan is!

Patience was definitely his wife and died in the workhouse in 1873.

In 1851 he is with Patience in the census.

In 1861 he is with Susan in the census, and in 1871 is given as "married" but no wife's name.

As Patience was jailed in 1849, maybe he stuck by her for a while, but gave up after a while and got together with Susan? He just called her "Mrs. Rossi" for appearances ? Which means that it will be difficult to find  her maiden name - which doesn't help!

But I have just seen that I have Susan (Rossi) in the workhouse in St Pancras in 1862.

Is it at all possible Patience and Susan are one and the same person? Or have I gone wrong somewhere!

Tilly x






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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Removing the marks of old selotape
« on: Wednesday 10 February 21 08:57 GMT (UK)  »
It definitely will! I have already copied it onto the page - so much better than the original.

Tilly

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Removing the marks of old selotape
« on: Wednesday 10 February 21 07:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Japeflakes

That is absolutely perfect!! Thank you so much.

Tilly  :) :)

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