Question of the Week: Do you have Welsh roots? [closed]

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Do you have Welsh roots? Tell us about them with an answer below! You could also use the question image to share your answer with friends and family on social media.

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Dear Cousin, Pls no wars between our Clans and Castles. We have a low budget for our castle. We need Gifts from God to run ours. hehe ONE DAY, we will UNITED and gained our INDEPENDENCE from you know who??? Those BRITS!!! COUSIN LIZ, you ppl have put us down enough. TO WAR WE COME. WELSHIES UNITE!!!

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Flag me for speaking too much for tonight. heh, THIS IS WELSH HISTORY!!! I wasn't raised by my father. My dad's niece passed away (my cousin) just a few years ago. I had not known my dad's side of history. My grandmother was Charlotta Mangus. She is like the KEY to that Magical Door to Disneyland. It opens up to secret enchantment Rides. She is the key to all my Kings and Queens connection. It is true my mother's side has them too but, her lineage is in a different direction. Both of Whales, I mean Welshies. From many centuries ago. Grandma's lineage is the connection to Charlemagne, Alias MAGNUS, meaning Great in Latin. If she only lived to know what Royality she was, and to me, for i had not known her. She told my dad to get me and bring me to his state of Washington. My mother was from SD, Ca. Two different people, from two different locations and states. Dad from the country, Mom from one of the largest cities. They couldn't stand each other. HEH. DONNY AND MARIE, old song about was it Rock n Roll and Country? Or City and Country, it has been so long ago now. hehe, Grandmother would have been proud of what I found for her. One day, both of my Grandmothers I will tell them all about the proud lineage they left for me. Oh, Wait, If I get up there. I donated 33 gallons of rare blood so I can bride St. Peter. HE BETTER LET ME IN. heh. IF NOT, I want my BLOOD BACK!!! I hearing that my special blood goes over 5,000 dollars. WAIT, I want part of that sales. hehe, I do not!!

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Cousin Tommy, We will UNITE, but not war against our poor Kingdoms. Let always keep it that way, unless you have more Family JEWELS than ours. THEN that is a whole different story. TO WAR we come!!!! LIZ, you made us cousins jealous of each other. GAVE US SOME GOLD, JEWELS, and SERVANTS.

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Pls, forgive me, once I get to talking I forget what I was originally gonna say. My Grandmother's ancestors back in Wales end up Marrying my Mother's Wales connections. That makes my parents, Long Distant Cousins/Married Couples. Explains why I am on the Batty/Nutty side of life. THANKS, my dear Parents. THANKS to WALES. Kissing Cousins is not good. Wasn't there in ancient Wales more possibilities for romance?

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You are absolutely one of the most witty people, besides my mom that I’ve ever come across.

Cousin Misty

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THANK-YOU Cousin Misty for the awesome night comparing Welsh Kings. Truly was delightful. We share more than just a lineage to Wales. Half of the world it seems. We related to so many other nations of Kings and Queens. I beginning to think that you must be my Dad's other secret family. heh. How can you have the very same ancestors In Wales, U.K., France, Norway, Ukraine, Israel. Gees. Need a Kidney? I bet we are compatible DNA. Thank you for the Call. This is why we search for the past. To connect to the Future. Patent that Statement. hehe. Keep in Touch, Cuz!!!!

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Hello Cousin A.J., So that's what it is - a royal Scepter. I was wondering what that was. Thought it was a magic wand. Living on the ocean, my audience consists mainly of octupuses and mermaids but when I waved my wand/scepter, they all slithered away. They probably thought it was a fishing pole. haha

I agree with you. I would caution our Welsh, Scottish and English cousins alike against wars between Clans and Castles. Think of the paperwork.

We probably do not need to go back as far as our ancestor, King Amalach, to find a common ancestor. Most likely we have much more recent common ancestors. Although Wales looms large in our hearts, it has had a relatively small population historically. Not everyone who ever lived in Wales had descendants, so living descendants, which restricts the pool of possible ancestors. Probably we can find at least one recent connection.

Most of my family tree is on WikiTree. I'm not sure what may be on Geni. What data do you need to check it out?

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Hey Cousin Marion, Misty and I chatted for many many hours last night over our connections. We learned a lot. Reach me at my email and we will chat? mereditham@sbcglobal.net. Your Cousin, A.J. (Alvin).

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I Played a game for 20 years as a mage, heh, Yes, mine is also magical but royalty as well. Since we are all princes and princesses, we should be able to demand Cousin Liz servants to fletch us Tea like she. Or bring up the Bently. Heh. Or, have the Royal Guards bring to us Energy Companies to reduce the rates or off with their heads but first we beat them with our Scelper. hehe

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I do like your humor cousin Marion. Hats or Scepter off to you. heh

Answer 1

I have a book titled "Genealogy of the Williams Family, Descendants of John Williams of Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales."  The book was published in Chicago in 1897.

John Williams was a farmer and hatter in Wales. He is said to have advanced funds to aid Oliver Cromwell in the conquest of Ireland and is thought to have served in the military under Cromwell. John Williams was awarded land in Northern Ireland. The next three generations included three descendants named John Williams.

Ann Williams, he daughter of the 4th John Williams was born in 1747 and she married William Bell also born in 1747. The couple left Ireland with their children and came to Western Pennsylvania in 1792.

Ann Williams is my 4th great grandmother.

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My Williams ancestors were from Canon Pyon in Herefordshire. I think they are Welsh. One of these days I'll have to figure out how to prove it.

Answer 2

I have Welsh Quaker ancestors who emigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1600’s and 2nd great-grandparents who came to America in 1847 and settled in a Welsh community near Rome, New York.  I have their Bible in Welsh and my mother went to the local Welsh Congregational church with her grandparents as a small child.  They still sang some hymns in Welsh.  I have also been to the church in Tal-y-llyn where my ancestors were married and the farm where she worked as a maid and he as a farm-hand.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-33722

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Evans-11388

Answer 3

Well most of my ancestors were german, french,  english, scottish,  netherlands, Irish, but my 9th great grandfather,  Thomas Pitman is which is thru my mother's Denton side , my 5th great grandmother , Mouring Hogg her mother was Judith Pittman , so Thomas was Welsh from what I could tell that is the only ancestor i could find 

Answer 4

Yes Richard de Clare b.1030 d. 1090.

Answer 5

Yes, my husband's gg-? grandfather was born in Breconshire, Wales. His name was Edward Edwards and was born in 1827. According to an 1841 England, Wales & Scotland census. Family members were Walter b-1791, Blanch b-1818, Edward b-1827 and Walter b-1831 all born in Wan Vach, Llanbeder, Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales. I only have info on the Edward born in 1827. Through the generations, none of the first names have changed which makes me crazy.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edwards-15740

My family also from Breconshire area in Wales...

Answer 6

My grandmother was born in tenby pembrokeshire. Her aunt was hannah parry nee Jones, daughter in law of the famous welsh composer Joseph parry. My grt grandfather william williams was a professor of music and added the middle name cecil to his name. There is also a plaque in his honour on wall of st marys tenby where he was church organist for many years. His 2 sons sang at the coronation of king george V in 1910.

Answer 7

Yes. 1) My maternal great-grandfather John D. Evans born 11 Nov 1821 in Conwil-Elvet, son of David & Elizabeth Hughes Evans. 2) My maternal great-grandmother Anna Williams Evans born15 Apr 1822, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Rogers Williams. 3) My maternal great-grandfather William Griffith Edwards born 15 Feb 1828 in Pendare, son of Griffith Edwards who died in Wales in 1864. 4) My maternal great-grandmother Mary Williams Edwards born 1828 in Dowlais, Glamorgan, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Rogers Williams. The men came to America to work in the coal mines in Trumbull County, Ohio.

Answer 8

According to WikiTree, my family has very deep Welsh roots.  In fact, the roots are so deep as to make me wonder, but I don't have the ability to research that far back yet (and often there is a language barrier, as well).  It is interesting to see, however.  Example:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wledig-4

There are also more recent, less questionable Welsh roots in my part of the tree.

Answer 9

Very extensive Welsh roots in Cardiganshire,Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire initially centred around Newcastle Emlyn from the 1850s and earlier.

Answer 10

My direct paternal line does in fact branch off into Wales distantly, and maybe that accounts for some of the 2% Welsh now detected in my DNA. Probably there are other connections I'm not aware of yet.

Answer 11

My paternal grandmother Sarah Ann Francis was born in Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan in Wales in 1881. I think that is spelled right.

Answer 12

Yes! My mother is a Ragland. I've had a hard time tracing the family because they left Wales, I believe, before United States Independence. I wish I had more free time to devote to it, but who doesn't wish for that?

Answer 13

My 4xGt Grandmother Elizabeth Rouse

Born1791 Glamorgan, Wales

Died 1872 Mynyddystwyyn, Monmouthshire, Wales

Her spouse was William Smith I believe. Elizabeth and William had a son Edward John Smith 1814-1877 married Sarah Ann Garland

Answer 14

Yes, I am the Third Great Grandson of Elizabeth Terrick, born in Wales about 1775. (See Terrick-10) .  She was the wife of Louis Movelle and resided on Merasheen Island, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.  I have no further details on her Welch origins and would really like more info if anyone can help. Thanks.

Answer 15

Yes.  My grandfather, Thomas Clinton Harper, was born 08 May 1871, at Mill Farm, Kemys Inferior, Monmouthshire, Wales.  He was one of 19 children born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Morgan) Harper.  Not all lived to adulthood and there was one set of twins that died shortly after birth, having been baptized at home immediately after birth.  My grandfather left Wales after a row with his father, apparently still talked about in the area, and left for America where his aunt and uncle lived.

Answer 16

Yes. My paternal forebears are Trevors from North Wales and more recently the Guilsfield area in Montgomeryshire. Also, further back (late 18th century) connections with Humphreys and Lloyd families

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I have  ancestors from Guilsfield as well.(Hanmer)  I went up there a few years back and took a lot of photos of the church and cemetery. Traced some ancestors to Burgedin which is a small place close to Guilsfield.

Jo

Answer 17

My mother’s family are Bevans from Wales, although they were living in England when my great-grandfather came to the U S.

Answer 18

Yes, on my mother's side. On my maternal grandfather's side, Edwin Dawson, my 3x great grandfather was born in Wales in 1805.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dawson-7523

On my maternal grandmother's side, we have to go back a little farther than that to the year 90 CE when Wales had kings. I am descended from Amalach ap Beli, King of Wales.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beli-1

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Puleston  mostly from Flintshire on paternal side.  We have traced back to Sir Roger Puleston, Knight of Emral, 1484-1544.

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We could be related very very far back then. Roger Puleston married Angharad, daughter of Griffith HANMER and grand-daughter of Tudur ap Gronwy of Anglesey

Answer 19

I have traced my paternal side back to John Lodge born 1739 in Upton Bishop, Herefordshire.  He married Hester (aka Esther) Pope.  he died in Lea, Herefordshire in 1829. I descend from his son John born in 1765.

Answer 20

My fathers family are from Wales those that are left live in Ferndale Glammorgan. His mother was born in Blaina Monmouthshire one of her sisters Alice Evans amigrated to America and later married her step brother Charles Ashley. They lived in Youngstown Ohio. There are relations there but I have been unable to contact them.