Just because Grandma insists her Grandpa was English doesn’t mean that he was. There are several reasons Grandma could be incorrect and make certain to research the grandfather completely in the location where he settled to see if he left clues as to his origins–clues besides what Grandma remembers.

My Grandma insisted her Grandpa was Irish. Turns out most of his family had been in the Americas at least one hundred and fifty years before he was born–and virtually all were English.

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