One of your ancestors from this side died in Jerusalem on the Crusades. There are bishops in the 580s and 420s, and from there you tap into Charlemagne (Charles the Great) and the French kings which go back to the dawn of time. Also attached are kings of Belgium, Prussia (Germany), Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and a million places no longer in existence. Congratulations, you (like me) are also descended from Thor, Odin, and Freya of Norse Mythology. Funny note - one of your ancestresses is called the Countess of Chester (in England). There's more Scottish way back, and a touch of the Irish. (Happy St. Pattie's Day)
Most of your ancestors were "normal" people. Some were even from New Jersey (Dutch from the 1600s.) It is on this side you're related most closely to President Hinckley. You're also related to Reverend John Lathrop, founder of Barnstable, Massachusetts. There are also people from your father's father's mother's side who were originally from Maryland. You'll probably serve there. A little bit of Welsh blood on this side (Wales is part of Britain - known for male singers. Yeay! )
You have noblemen who signed the Magna Carta, weakening the power of the king and leading to democracy in England. There is connection on this side to the royal lines of Europe too. More Welsh and Scottish too. One Welsh line goes back to the year 314 A.D. One of your Saxon ancestors is named "Wig" born 355 A.D. You are related to "Old King Coel" who was born in the year 125 in Britain. There's a few people from Spain on this side as a Spanish princess with a long lineage married an English king. Your lineage on this side is like a braided "Who's Who of European Royalty." Even the commoners are cool. There are Skeltons and Coffins on that side. Ooh, scary!
This is also the side with the connection to Chester Pennsylvania. It's also the side on which we're most closely related.
Her father, Henry Samuel Florence Junior is half British and half Scandinavian.
The Danish side - the Hintze side - is interesting to me, mostly because I have a former student a year younger than you who was a Hintze. He stopped by so I could help him with HTML and I asked if he knew anything about his family history. You two are third cousins. His name is Michael Hintze, but he goes by Misha. Your Sweedish and Danish sides go back into the 1600s, with Joseph Anderson being the son of Anders Anderson, who is the son of Anders Eliasson and so on after the manner of Scandinavian naming.
Some of your mother's mother's family cannot be traced to their country of origin, Most of them were in the United States in the 1700s, but the record doesn't go back any further, at least not on her father's side. Most of the names sound English though. Her mothers side is the Cluff family which, before the whole Salem witch incident, goes back to England. Many lines stretch back to the 1500s. A couple lines reach back into the royalty on this side as well. You have lineage through the Pilgrim founders of the country too. There are a couple Scots, Irishmen, and Welshmen, with the main branch of Irish being the McBrides. This is their family crest to the right: Holy cats, batman! Is that a scarlet pimpernel?! Ok, there is also a McBride crest that has fish on it, but this one was the more attractive of the two. But anyway, this side of the family also comes from the British Isles. There may have been a Frenchie thrown in for good measure, but that, in a nutshell, is where you're from.
