Don't know if this counts, but my family immigrated during WW2 from Prussia (Soviet tanks rolling in..) to western Germany. Like Americans we had to build everything from scratch in town were everybody else was a stranger.
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#623 generations. My paternal grand-grandparents came to Turkey from Razgrad,Bulgaria and my maternal grand-grandparents came from Thessalonica.
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#63Moved from Israel.
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#64Francis arrived in "America" in 1639, with his son, Caleb. Francis Caleb Abraham Nathan Daniel Isaac Isaac Jr. Hanford George Hanford Basil George me Which makes me 10 generations removed on my father's side. 44 points plus the bonus. My mother's side is murkier, but extends back to the mid-1700s, perhaps 7 generations removed. Again 44 points.
Isn't that 11 generations?
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#67Francis arrived in "America" in 1639, with his son, Caleb. Francis Caleb Abraham Nathan Daniel Isaac Isaac Jr. Hanford George Hanford Basil George me Which makes me 10 generations removed on my father's side. 44 points plus the bonus. My mother's side is murkier, but extends back to the mid-1700s, perhaps 7 generations removed. Again 44 points.
That's awesome. Is this obsession (not meant in a bad way) with generational lines typical of Americans? I'm Belgian; I don't think I personally know anyone who knows the name of a forefather 4 generations back.
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#68My folks came to Maryland in 1660 or so, on the first colony ship. They were Catholic (illegal at the time in Britain) and looking to start somewhere more Papist-friendly.
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#69(Australian) but shortest is 2 generations (from England). Longest is undefined generations (have an Aboriginal ancestor so assuming at least 40,000 years). The longest I can define is 5 (from England).
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
St.Petersburg => Melbourne, AU for me.
Why'd you/your family decide to go to Australia? Is there a large former Soviet population there?
The population is not large ... I'd guess about 20,000 in cities like Melbourne and Syndey.
But basically, when you look at factors like: English speaking, good climate, good lifestyle, has an established and understandable immigration program - the choices narrow down to Canada and Australia. And we do not like winter, so there you have it.
I think it changed a bit since 2001 - now, I think, UK has established a migration program similar to AU. Don't know all details, but I would consider it if it existed in 2001. One big negative side of Australia is that it is so far away from everything.