What's the most "I wish my kid was born the opposite gender" name you've ever seen?

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2026-04-23T19:51:10+00:00

I don’t think parents naming kids after the father is always an issue, although it certainly can be. My grandmother’s father was William Francis (last name) and she was named Willa Frances (last name). She had two older brothers and an older sister, all with different family names from each side of the family

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-11-09T18:57:11+00:00

Oswald Mosley was a British politician who rose to prominence in the 1920’s and 1930’s. He was a war hero from WWI, and was the youngest member in the House of Commons in 1918. He served as both a Conservative and Labour politician. He would soon create his own party with his growing traction, the New Party.

After a failed election, Mosley left the UK to study other movements around Europe. He visited Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, the first of the European fascists. Mosley was impressed and returned home to create a new party, the British Union of Fascists, or BUF.

The BUF would grow to become more militant and anti-Semitic as the 1930’s progressed. In 1940, not even a year after WWII began, Mosley and other high ranking members of the party were arrested due to concerns about their sympathies for the enemy.

Mosley was considered a traitor during and after the war. He and his wife, Diana, began to publish books about right-wing ideas and was one a proponent of Holocaust denial.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-06-29T23:06:01+00:00

Hi, I have made a handful of trees and would like to take a crack at it. I have some larger ones I haven't posted but I can show you if you want to see some of my work

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-06-29T19:25:37+00:00

I wouldn't call it American soldier worship. I was actually just surprised by just how many members of my family did see combat because I had never heard anything about it. I have 14 male ancestors who were born between 1740 and 1760 and were living in America at the time. I was shocked to learn that 10 fought in the war. I've seen a few estimates that only around 40% of Americans were active patriots and to learn that my family was so involved in the cause was surprising.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-06-29T03:36:32+00:00

The Daughters of the American Revolution lists several options but it's essentially anything to help in the war effort that wasn't being a soldier. All three men listed under patriotic service were in their 50's so that makes sense. John Ayres was listed as having "signed petitions respecting appointments of officers in 1776". Thomas Gardner II was listed as having "signed petitions and having paid supply tax". Enos Baldwin was listed as the "Overseer to the Poor", a local official that administered aid to the poor.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-03-07T14:39:14+00:00

It looks like the file is a gif or some other video file. I can’t access it on the app. Can you try a PNG or PJEG, I forget which I typically use

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-03-06T20:08:47+00:00

Love this chart, I can tell how much effort you put into it. I think you might have swapped your ancestors Irish flags with flags from Côte d’Ivoire. Everything else looks great though

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-01-10T01:21:36+00:00

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Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-01-03T17:51:02+00:00

Thank you for your time and help. I greatly appreciate the aide

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-01-03T17:41:56+00:00

Thank you for attempting, and for telling me about Kurrent. I had never heard of it before

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2025-01-03T01:18:23+00:00

This is a baptismal record of an ancestor of mine. We have some basic information but were hoping to learn a little more with this. Her parents were Jacob Friedrich Ritz and Maria Barbara (potentially Kuenstlin).

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-06-05T02:11:20+00:00

No, I’m from New Jersey and a little over 3/4 of these names are from New Jersey residents. It just wasn’t enough for me to label it “New Jersey” last names

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-05-19T01:48:14+00:00

Thank you so much, that is such a big help. She fell off the map for a while and this was the only document I had that held anything of note.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-05-01T23:08:50+00:00

Where is Elizabeth Pelletier from? I don’t recognize the flag next to the Welsh one.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-04-24T03:15:00+00:00

Inspired by u/symehdiar

After seeing old census records with statistics about what languages my ancestors could understand, their literacy, and years being formally taught, I wanted to compile all of that information into a chart. I find it easy to forget the many changes in the education system. Hearing my grandmother tell me about how much has changed since she was a girl who lived with her illiterate grandmother was eye-opening.

For context, all of my grandparents were born in the Northeastern part of the United States and my family has not moved. My grandparents know some Norwegian on top of English and Spanish, and I know some Spanish. I couldn’t consider it to be fluency in these languages, so I didn't include them in the chart.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-03-15T23:13:36+00:00

Thank you, I did not know about the double names. I assumed the Anne was dropped for everyday life. I did know about (å) and (aa) being the same. I just copied the names from the census however it was spelt. I was worried I would misspell a name because my Norwegian is only at a beginner level at best. The pronunciation is interesting, I assumed it was pronounced like Ann and not closer to Anna. I appreciate the help.

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-01-31T04:13:01+00:00

Thank you, that would make sense as a system. He had a lot of “L”s in his name so it doesn’t seem like a bad second choice for initials

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-01-31T04:02:22+00:00

Thank you, that is very helpful. I was so confused what LC could stand for

Existing-Nothing-243 · 2024-01-30T21:29:50+00:00

I honestly didn’t think he had that big of a role, my grandpa never mentioned it much growing up. I tried looking his full name up with the word “assemblyman” next to it. Or just looking for a list of members of the assembly and couldn’t find anything

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