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24th November 2023, 10:25 AM
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Re: As we Get old
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Rodney Mills
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John. It was the best $150.00 I ever spent on myself, it told me my ancestry is 87% English, 3% Danish and 5% each French and German (Saxon). That got me interested in genealogy to find out where the French bit came from, and I traced a couple of my ancestral line's way back, they came over with William the Conqueror. It's given me a great hobby that able to do on the computer and I compile all the documents into a binder to leave to my descendants.
Rodney
I did the ame a few years back, 73% Scottish, 23% English, 3% Norwegian, 1% Irish. So probably pedigree mongrel.
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24th November 2023, 11:03 AM
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Re: As we Get old
My sister done ours it came out English and the rest northern European.
The last 1% came out as Northern INDIAN !! The Kyber etc.
Where that bloody came from I have no idea.
I have bright Ginger Hair.
Graham R774640
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24th November 2023, 11:14 AM
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Re: As we Get old
#12. So did I Graham,the only thing wrong with that it’s straight from that to bald, no distinguished grey, or just straight to white like Santa Claus. JS
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24th November 2023, 06:05 PM
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Re: As we Get old
#13
Hi John, I'm lucky if you can call it that.
I still have the Ginger Hair BUT it's only on the sides and back. The rest is BALD.
Kind regards.
Graham R774640
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24th November 2023, 06:38 PM
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Re: As we Get old
Graham do you have blue eyes and freckles ? If so you could have a touch either Glasgow blue or a Kerry man.
When I had hair and a beard I was like Tortise shell cat, dark hair and a ginger beard, later in life my hair became salt & pepper and the beard was removed under strict supervision by her who must be obeyed. Now the old dome just looks like a freckled bowling ball.
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24th November 2023, 11:48 PM
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Re: As we Get old
Originally Posted by
Graham Payne
My sister done ours it came out English and the rest northern European.
The last 1% came out as Northern INDIAN !! The Kyber etc.
Where that bloody came from I have no idea.
I have bright Ginger Hair.
Hi Graham.
Don't you remember those Indian firemen with the red hair and beards? Even my wife remembers them shuffling around the shops in Gravesend.
Des
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24th November 2023, 11:53 PM
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Re: As we Get old
Used to spit out Betal nut as well Des ,that was red as well. JS
They would probably spit out their teeth as well today if still around. JS
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25th November 2023, 12:09 AM
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Re: As we get old
John.
I hope you are not suggesting that they spate it into Graham as he was sitting in his pram, giving him his hint of red.
Des
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25th November 2023, 12:23 AM
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Re: As we get old
Was the Red hair and beard not a sign they had done the pilgrimage to MECCA, not played bingo the other MECCA
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25th November 2023, 08:54 AM
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Re: As we get old
When I lived in Pakistan, a vast amount of men dyed their hair and beards with Henna, it was a tribal thing
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