Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Expanded "Ancestors Geneameme"

Our assignment from Randy Seaver today is:

1)  Jill Ball created a 40 question "Ancestors Geneameme" in 2011, and Linda Stufflebean recently expanded it to 70 questions on her Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog. 

2)  Let's do Linda's expanded list this week for SNGF.

3)  Copy and paste the list of questions below and replace my answers with your own.

4)  Share your answers as a comment on this b;og post, in your own blog post, or on Facebook or Google+.   Please leave a comment and al ink to your answer in a comment on this blog post.

Here are mine:

1. Can name my 16 great-great grandparents.   YES
2. Can name my 32 great great great grandparents   No.  10 of my paternal, 8 of my maternal
3. Can name over 50 direct ancestors  YES
4. Have photos or portraits of my 8 great grandparents  YES, seven of them
5. Have an ancestor who was married more than three times No
6. Have an ancestor who was a bigamist   NO, not that I know of
7. Met all four of my grandparents  NO, not my paternal grandfather
8. Met one or more of my great grandparents  YES, though I was 3 years old
9. Bear an ancestor’s given name/s  NO
10. Named a child after an ancestor  Not really, but there are many Elizabeth and Margaret names in my tree
11. Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland  YES
12. Have an ancestor from Asia  NO
13. Have an ancestor from continental Europe   YES
14. Have an ancestor from Africa  NO
15. Have an ancestor who was an agricultural laborer  YES
16. Have an ancestor who had large land holdings   No
17. Have an ancestor who was a holy man – minister, priest, rabbi   YES, several
18. Have an ancestor who was a midwife  NO, don't know for sure
19. Have an ancestor who was an author    NO
20. Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng    NO
21. Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones   YES, Jones
22. Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X  NO
23. Have an ancestor with a forename beginning with Z  NO
24. Have an ancestor born on 25th December  YES, Maria Catharine Trösster
25. Have an ancestor born on New Year’s Day   Not a direct ancestor
26. Have an ancestor who shares your day and month of birth  Not a direct ancestor, but a cousin
27. Have blue blood in your family lines  No
28. Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth    NO
29. Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth  NO
30. Can trace a direct family line back to the 18th century  YES
31. Can trace a direct family line back to the 17th century  YES
32. Can trace a direct family line back to the 16th century  No
33. Have seen signatures of some of my great grandparents  YES
34. Have ancestors who signed with an X (or other mark)  YES
35. Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university   Yes, my grandmother went to Normal School
36. Have an ancestor convicted of a criminal offense    NO, don't know for sure
37. Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime  NO, don't know for sure
38. Have shared an ancestor’s story online or in a magazine/periodical  YES
39. Have published a family history online or in print  YES
40. Have visited an ancestor’s home from the 19th or earlier centuries  No
41. Have a family Bible from the 19th century  YES
42. Have a family Bible from the 18th century or earlier  NO
43. Have an ancestor who was part of a multiple birth (twins, etc.)  No
44. Have a family member who closely resembles an ancestor  NO
45. Have an ancestor who owned their own business  YES
46. Have an ancestor who belonged to a trade guild  Yes
47. Have an ancestor who moved more than 100 miles away from his/her birth home, EXCLUDING emigration to another country  YES
48. Have an ancestor who gave birth to twelve or more children  YES
49. Have an ancestor with a rare/unusual/uncommon forename  YES
50. Have an ancestral family who changed their surname  No, but my husband has one
51. Have a passenger list or travel manifest for an ancestor  YES
52. Have an ancestor who was adopted  Not that I know of
53. Have an ancestor who adopted a child   Not that I know of
54. Have a naturalization record for an ancestor  YES
55. Have an ancestor who received a military pension  No
56. Have a school record or school census for an ancestor  YES
57. Have an ancestor with a gravestone still in existence from the 18th century  No
58. Have an ancestor with a gravestone still in existence from the 17th century or earlier  No
59. Have an ancestor who had only one child who survived to adulthood  No
60. Are descended twice from one couple  No
61. Are descended three times or more from one couple  No
62. Are descended from an American president or other political figure  Not that I know of
63. Are descended from a person famous in history, other than in politics  No
64. Have an ancestor with a rare/unusual/unique surname  No
65. Have an ancestor who you have found mentioned in a pre-1870 newspaper  YES
66. Can name the ship on which at least one ancestor emigrated  YES
67. Have a female ancestor who worked outside the home pre-World War II  YES
68. Know of at least one ancestor who returned to the ancestral home after emigration  No
69. Know of at least one ancestor who permanently returned to the ancestral home after emigration   No
70. Have an ancestor who was survived by 50 or more grandchildren  No

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