If I really wanted to brag, I would have made the thread about the ancestry on my mother’s side.
My distant relative in England was knighted by King James, given a feoffment of Lismore Castle in Ireland...then pledged allegiance to Spain and tried to kill the queen. He got banished from England...his now broke son moved to VA as an indentured servent for 7 years, became a tobacco farmer, had slaves, one of which who ended up buying their own freedom...which is how I’m here
Turtle Bunbury - Award-winning travel writer, historian and author based in Ireland