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Irish_Dem

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16. I usually consider 20 yrs for a generation, but Irish men tended to marry later in life

Reply to mopinko (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 04:22 PM

Mar 2021

historically. They had to wait until they had money or land to support a family.
So it could be as much as 30 yrs a generation on the Irish male lines.

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i have a question. haaland says she is 35th generation pueblo. [View all] mopinko Mar 2021 OP

I don't believe Pueblo Indian were nomadic. They lived in the same settlements for eons. Dream Girl Mar 2021 #1

yeah. mopinko Mar 2021 #4

Anasazi, a civilization that arose as early as 1500 B.C. Their descendants are today's Pueblo Indian Goonch Mar 2021 #2

Mathematically, this comes out of the 550 to 840 year range elias7 Mar 2021 #3

i was sorta going by my own tree. mopinko Mar 2021 #6

I can go back to the early 1400's and my English ancestors. GemDigger Mar 2021 #13

it's.not.an.ISSUE. mopinko Mar 2021 #14

I usually consider 20 yrs for a generation, but Irish men tended to marry later in life Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #16

yup. my ggramps was 42. mopinko Mar 2021 #19

Right, my grandfather was 35 when he married. And 20 yr span of children. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #21

I came up with the same numbers for 35 generations. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #18

That pretty well fits the timeline for wnylib Mar 2021 #26

Native American culture... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #5

the anisazi were sure firmly rooted. mopinko Mar 2021 #7

??? llashram Mar 2021 #8

I know. Dream Girl Mar 2021 #9

just interested in how many actual named ancestors she has. mopinko Mar 2021 #11

And you ask because why? n/t Bobstandard Mar 2021 #10

pure curiosity. mopinko Mar 2021 #12

My brother's YDNA testing shows ancient Irish origins. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #15

yeah, i'm tempted to do that. mopinko Mar 2021 #17

The DNA testing has been a lot of fun and I learned things I never Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #20

i've done the regular dna. mopinko Mar 2021 #22

Right, the DNA tells the story over family oral history. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #23

i found a cousin in oz mopinko Mar 2021 #24

So much fun to meet DNA cousins and learn family history. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #25