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Anyone here related to Robert the Bruce or Edward I?
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I might be related to Robert the Bruce. The research was done by another and given to me. I never verified it.
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Macrina
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ischus said:How do you guys find out about this stuff...? Its pretty cool
I have a relative who studied history and used our family history as a thesis. It grew into a major project and now we know a TON of stuff. Now, I'm getting interested in researching on the other side of my family. I want to find out how he did it. I think some previous generation had compiled family trees, which would help. I'll have to see how far back I can go... I'm hoping to gather some tips here. I figure it's a combination of talking with older relatives, looking up birth/death/marriage records, visiting cemetaries, and a little luck.
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Once you hit Robert the Bruce it's very siple from there. I use
familysearch.org and use the Ancestral Number system. Using that number I can get the pedigrees and then I import them into a geneology program called Legacy.
Robert the Bruce daughter Marjory Bruce married Walter Steward (Stewart) who are the beginning of the modern English Monarchy. The LDS database has the whole Scottish and Englsih royal pedigrees.
familysearch.org and use the Ancestral Number system. Using that number I can get the pedigrees and then I import them into a geneology program called Legacy.
Robert the Bruce daughter Marjory Bruce married Walter Steward (Stewart) who are the beginning of the modern English Monarchy. The LDS database has the whole Scottish and Englsih royal pedigrees.
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I don't remember if I am a direct descendant through his son or his daughter, but I am one of his descendants.
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Right now my answer is No, although if you'd asked this a year ago I would have said Yes.
For many years, the genealogists in my family believed that a girl named Jane, who was our earliest documented female ancestor in the US, was the daughter of the Earl of Sefton. If true, this would have made her (and me) a descendant of Wm the Conqueror, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and other members of the British royal family. Recently a couple of distant cousins did some research in England to try to verify the story. It turns out that the said Earl never had a daughter by that name. It's looking more and more like the story isn't true, so I've had to reluctantly give up my claim to royal blood.
For many years, the genealogists in my family believed that a girl named Jane, who was our earliest documented female ancestor in the US, was the daughter of the Earl of Sefton. If true, this would have made her (and me) a descendant of Wm the Conqueror, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and other members of the British royal family. Recently a couple of distant cousins did some research in England to try to verify the story. It turns out that the said Earl never had a daughter by that name. It's looking more and more like the story isn't true, so I've had to reluctantly give up my claim to royal blood.
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Macrina
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Pegatha,
A lot of my nifty family connections (Lady Godiva, Charlemagne, and some royal folks I can't think of right now) come through, um, less than official connections. Is there a chance that she was an "unrecognized" member of the family...?
Macrina
PS: Not to hint anything about your family. It's just very common -- I'm descended from Henry III in two different ways, both illigitemate.
A lot of my nifty family connections (Lady Godiva, Charlemagne, and some royal folks I can't think of right now) come through, um, less than official connections. Is there a chance that she was an "unrecognized" member of the family...?
Macrina
PS: Not to hint anything about your family. It's just very common -- I'm descended from Henry III in two different ways, both illigitemate.
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[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]! I am so not joking, but I am related to Robert the Bruce- king of Scotland in 1306 right? I don't know how i am exactly, but that's what my dad told me!
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Joseph_Kerr said:
Your Grandfather ??
Your age on your profile must be wrong then
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Macrina said:
Don't worry... I'm not upset by the "hint".
The modern researchers have found that one of the Earl's close relatives (his brother, I think) did indeed have an out-of-wedlock daughter named Jane. The problem is that we can't make the connection between that Jane and our Jane. No one has ever found our Jane's marriage record, so we don't even know what her maiden name was. The "daughter of the earl" story can't be traced back further than the 20th century, and the genealogist (now dead) who originated it didn't document her sources. So there's no telling if she used reliable material that's no longer available, or just made the whole thing up. Nor is Jane's the only "royal" line allegedly discovered in my family, but not one of those pedigrees has ever stood up to close scrutiny.
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I am descended from Edward I through several lines, not sure about Robert the Bruce. One line is from Edward IV through a couple generations of illegits. makes the hunt much more challenging!!
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Well, I'm not sure really.
But if there are Mackay's, Forbes', or Falconer's in there,
it could be a distinct possibility.
But if there are Mackay's, Forbes', or Falconer's in there,
it could be a distinct possibility.
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