I've only been able to trace a few of my ancestors back far enough to know a country of origin, but some of the names are common to specific countries...
On my father's mother's side, Booth and Dorsey (originally D'arcy from what I understand) English and Scottish descent from what I understand, and English/Welsh on my father's father's side with Floyd. Traced a Booth ancestor back to England by way of NY then Philadelphia, came over somewhere around 1790, then the family came south to NC, then to SC. Booth line has been living and farming the same dirt here in Horry County (actually the Independant Republic of Horry, we technically and legally never rejoined the Union
or SC after the Civil War and legally, at least on paper, our own independant republic
as is stated on our County Seal - you guys know this area as Myrtle Beach, SC, by the way) since the mid-1800's. I grew up in the farmhouse on the old family farm that my grandmother's grandfather built in 1866 after returning from fighting in the War. My grandmother's grandfather, great grandfather, and a great uncle were wounded in the Civil War but returned. Two great uncles were lost, one at Gettysburg, and one at the Battle of The Wilderness. One great uncle on the Dorsey side was also lost but was MIA and never heard from again. After the Civil War one Dorsey great uncle moved west to Texas and started a company building Covered Wagons. You still see them on the highways to this day..... only they're Dorsey Trailers being pulled by 18-wheelers.
My mother's side is from Goergia and I do not know as much about that lineage, although I'm looking, but as I understand it it is a mix of German, Irish, and a small percentage Cherokee (my great grandmother - mother's mother's mother - was 1/4 Cherokee from what I understand).
Scary/amazing/cool thing is looking at a portrait of my great grandfather on my mother's side... I have a pic of him from when he was in his mid-40's.... I'm almost 40 now.... we could be twins, separated by 50+ years.....
