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Vic Romano
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Maybe it's because everyone at some point just wants to know "where they came from", but I've been fascinated with my family's heritage and stuff like that. Recently I was given a book that traces my father's mother's lineage all the way back to 1692! It's so cool and I've began the task of trying to learn more. How about you?
How far back can you trace your family's roots?
Like I said, my grandmother's blood line has been traced all the way back to the late 1600's, but the interesting thing is that I may not truly be a Hulteen. You see, my great grandfather was an orphan (his parents supposedly died in a Fjord accident) so my last name was most likely given to him by his adoptive parents and we have no way of knowing what his real last name was. Freaky, right? Other then that, it seems that on my mother's side, I only know as far as my great grandparents there as well.
Is there or has there been anyone famous in your family?
My wife claims that she is a decedent of the Viking Leif Erickson, and my best friend claims bloodlines to the real life Ichibod Crane. Neither of these claims can be substantiated though. My cousin Cheryl plays Winifred on the soap opera "All My Children", and my grandfather on my mother's side was President Roosevelt's head operation's officer and one of the founding fathers of the CIA who also helped put the huge antenna on top of the Chrysler building in New York. Other then a completely unverified and most likely completely false claim that I possibly have ties to General George Custer, that's about it. If you want to make outrageous claims, just be clear that you're not exactly sure how you are related to someone.
Do you have a family crest/Coat of Arms?
My grandfather had an heraldic artist create our family crest in 1977, but it really doesn't have any historic significance. As far as I can tell, this "heraldic artist" simply took the spelling of our name (which as I said is most likely not even my family's real name) and used a book to tie stuff together and then had a dot matrix computer crank out a poor rendition of our supposed family crest. Years later, I would take that image and with a little research of my own, I recreated it.
So I'd love to hear your stories, I'm really fascinated with other people's blood lines too!
How far back can you trace your family's roots?
Like I said, my grandmother's blood line has been traced all the way back to the late 1600's, but the interesting thing is that I may not truly be a Hulteen. You see, my great grandfather was an orphan (his parents supposedly died in a Fjord accident) so my last name was most likely given to him by his adoptive parents and we have no way of knowing what his real last name was. Freaky, right? Other then that, it seems that on my mother's side, I only know as far as my great grandparents there as well.
Is there or has there been anyone famous in your family?
My wife claims that she is a decedent of the Viking Leif Erickson, and my best friend claims bloodlines to the real life Ichibod Crane. Neither of these claims can be substantiated though. My cousin Cheryl plays Winifred on the soap opera "All My Children", and my grandfather on my mother's side was President Roosevelt's head operation's officer and one of the founding fathers of the CIA who also helped put the huge antenna on top of the Chrysler building in New York. Other then a completely unverified and most likely completely false claim that I possibly have ties to General George Custer, that's about it. If you want to make outrageous claims, just be clear that you're not exactly sure how you are related to someone.
Do you have a family crest/Coat of Arms?
My grandfather had an heraldic artist create our family crest in 1977, but it really doesn't have any historic significance. As far as I can tell, this "heraldic artist" simply took the spelling of our name (which as I said is most likely not even my family's real name) and used a book to tie stuff together and then had a dot matrix computer crank out a poor rendition of our supposed family crest. Years later, I would take that image and with a little research of my own, I recreated it.
So I'd love to hear your stories, I'm really fascinated with other people's blood lines too!
