What are your roots?

Born in Wales but have no connection whatsoever to it. My dad's side is quite a "Working class" kind of family and there are lots of connections back to the Wars and they all like going to military shows. My mums side is more upper class and apparently their middle name of "Seymour" comes from Jane Seymour, one of Henry VIII's wives. Strangely enough I look quite Nordic in comparison to the rest of my family and my surname of Beckett is quite a Nordic name so perhaps my dad's side originated from the Viking invasions.

My little piece of history :)
 
Not too sure, most of my family are from South Yorkshire :)

I know I've got some Irish in the family though.

Not too sure on things for much further back then great great people. Shame, would love to know more, might get round to having a investigate one day.
 
I have no idea about mine but i have a great time bullying my ex about her roots!
Her family are descendants of some gypsy king/queen and were kicked out of Spain for sheep rustling :D
 
My mum is english and my dad is welsh, so half and half each side really, on an interesting related note my granddad's second wife's uncle was in the SS in WW2.
 
First generation British Born Chinese (stealing your jobs and claiming benefits!! LOL)

Mum and dad from Hong Kong came over and started their own takeaway so no nicking of jobs and gave jobs to locals for the past 33 years.

I have aunts and uncles who have done the same in different locations around the British Isles.

...causing scandal by dating a caucasion bloke!!!
 
I'm half welsh, half Scottish, my uncle who is interested in this kind of thing did some research and traced back and told me that my blood line runs back to the Celts.
I would love to do the research myself, it would make for some interesting reading.
On a side note, if you have my surname, I can pretty much guarantee that you're related to me.
Forgot to mention that I have lived all over the UK but spent a fair chunk of my childhood in Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, it was truly awesome there.
 
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Old man's an Irish republican, mother's from a Welsh family with ties to Fyddin Rhyddid Cymru.

Born and raised in England. Yeah... don't ask!
 
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