Here we are. Even though I am not very active lately, time flies, and the 400 rep frontier is being crossed. Time to pay the new 100 miles giveaway toll.

No time to craft a contest of sorts. Let's do it this way. To enter the giveaway, just tell us where your closest "foreign ancestor" is from. Maybe you are yourself an immigrant. Maybe you're the 2nd generation, born or raised here from parents who came to this country around the time of your birth. Or maybe you've just got a grandma from another country, or learnt that your grandgrandfather was from some exotic place. Maybe none of this, but you know that your family tree (or the origin of its name) is from abroad. Or simply, you know the colonial story of your country, and know that you are probably a descendant of some specific ancient movement of population, or historical conquest...

So, which is the nearest branch of your family line, that adventures out of the borders of the country where your life is ?

The receiver of the $9.99 gog game of their choice will be selected random(com)ly, of course, given that "être né quelque part, pour celui qui est né, c'est toujours un hasard", as LeForestier points out...

In. It was the early 1800s when my ancestors came over. They're ethnic Germans who lived in Russia and emigrated from there. There's a rather sizable population in the great plains of the US.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans_from_Russia

Fun fact:
Edward Bilous (US, NY), the guy who made music for Sleepaway Camp, is my father's cousin.
Unfortunately I met him only once when I was like 5 years old and I had no idea who he is or what he does for living.

hmmmm my family had been in the states for many generations. I know I have some german, english, scottish, irish, scandinavian, and several native american bloodlines in my family, I just do not know which came first.

Pretty mixed history in my family: great grandfather was from Sligo In Eire, great grand mother from India (on my mums side) and a long scots lineage on my dads side with some african mixed in at some point before the abolition of slavery in the UK I'm told - but theres no primary evidence for it.

Holland to Iowa and my family tree doesn't fork.

Is that interesting enough?

My family came from Ireland in the early 1900. I still have a brick from their old home.

You mean it doesnt branch?!

...did you ever see any monies from the film Deliverence?! O_o

All my ancestors seem to have been from Britain so I guess I'd say I descend from the Anglo-Saxon line which makes my closest foreign ancestors come from northwestern areas of modern Germany - Jutland and Schleswig-Holstein. Will that do :)

My ancestors came to the new world twice. Once as the lookout on Columbus's ship, and later to New York as immigrants. I may still have long lost family in Sicily, I haven't the slightest. Weird thing is, as far back as I can trace my family lived in Sicily, but I believe my family name is Scottish. I can't figure it out.

The migrant of my family line would be me, the so-called "Non-resident Indian", with my folks back in the motherland. Although they now live in Delhi, the family history is in Jaipur, the pink city. Being brown is kind of cool now in the states: Kal Penn, that guy in parks and rec, the republican whatshisname and whatsherface... Except nicky minaj. Eww.

There are no direct ancestor in foreign countries.
As a request (because of their family name) my grandparents had do an Arier Test
back in the brown times....and they could trace the family back to the 15th century.
But maybe this will do, i have a whole bunch of aunts/uncles/cousins in Scotland
and Canada.

I'd like to enter, but I have no idea about when my ancestors came over. Heck, I don't even know anything about any family older than my Grandparents on both sides.

However, I know there's some German from my mom's side and English from my dad's side.

I have distant Greek heritage on my mother's side of the family, 1/128, does that count ? :P

All I know is Norway and Sweden on one side (great-grandparents) wound be the closest. I don't know any backstories though, my family history is rather vague :/ Thanks for the giveaway on your milestone!