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Are you Sure ! Are you Sure Neville.


No betting on this site please


Bob

To be sure, to be sure... I mean, for sure, my ancestors came from southern England and northern Europe, nowhere near any leprechauns.

ah ha Toffee nosed upper class ?????





Bob. ( good convict stock )

Never been able to find any " upper class " in our mob, I'm afraid.

They think my origins were from Franch before Ireland Nev. The name was spelt Peasey and they got out of France to escape the big chopping block.

Oh Nev Broncos one Newcastle nil ???

There is the craw.


Bob

Well I gotta tell ya at 4.30 this morning out Mobile phone went off with a text message, as we have kids and grandkids all over Australia we flew out of bed thinking the worst,

This is the text;

“ Patrick Pacey transported for perjury, On St Patrick’s day I am Irish.”

Elaine said, “What on earth is this.”

I said our BoBBo is either on the Bundy or has taken too much of his medication.

TTFN

oops sorry Dave that was around 7 o clock here forgot about the time delay


Hope you were not up to anything ????


Or if you were not you could have sadi now love as long as we are up !!!!!




Bob

Speaking of ancestry,

My Dad was Italian. My maternal Grandfather was of Irish descent and her mum was a Pom. Further back one ancestor was French, on the mothers side. One of my cousins has traced our ancestors, through my grandfather (Irish) back to, no not the first fleet, but the second fleet. They came as free settlers because they were told they would be given land and there was no way they could ever be landholders in Ireland. The name then was Hibbs. The line zigzags through both males and females so it is not a direct line. MY mothers maiden name was Byrnes. It always amuses me that so many people claim to be descendants of the 'first fleeters'. I wonder if there is anyone who proudly claims to be the bastard offspring of the soldiers, or officers of the first fleet? (There's a poem in that!) I was brought up to favour the Italian side.

My husband has no idea at all what his origins were.