I didn't want to start a discussion sure to provide heat just before I scooted out of town for a month, so I'm backtracking here to what Brian quoted in the discussion on Ethnicity back in early October.
>> split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the >> ancestral birth >> places in your family file and let you know what >> percentage of each >> nationality makes up your heritage." I'm puzzled by just exactly what that report is gathering. I ran an Origins report on my son. I was quite surprised to learn he has/had an ancestor from Northern Ireland. So I did a search on Individual > birthplace > contains "Ireland" and got two hits. Both the hits for an Irish birthplace are in fact part of the family -- but are NOT one of his ancestors. One person is the 5ggf of my uncle's ex-son-in-law. The other is the brother of an ancestor of my GM's brother's wife. More, neither of them specify "Northern" Ireland, all I have is "Ireland". Even if both of them were born before Northern Ireland officially split off Ireland ... neither of them is in any way, shape, or form an ancestor of my son's. Just sayin' ... Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
