My son, also an HN participant, and a would-be start-up founder, has similarly lived overseas even though he now lives in his country of birth, and he plans to move in another few years to another country none of us have ever lived in.
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#62I'm a descendant of slaves so my family tree gets tricky once I get (back) to my great grandparents (who were alive during the U.S. Civil War). Best guess is 5th generation.
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#64Or at least, '25+ generations'.
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#67On the US side, let's see... probably 4?
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#70Tricky one for me. We've managed to trace our family tree back 12 generations through family documents, etc. and our family are still in Ireland (where I'm from). From what we know though our family have had a presence in Ireland for over 500 years on both sides. It's actually remarkable when you consider the earliest record of our surname in Ireland is in the 13th century.
Were there several countries in Ireland back then? Kings of Lenister/Munster/Meath, etc.? We'll get our cow back, etc.