Quotes About Ancestry

My father was always saying we were Serbs, but I didn't pay much attention.

My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me.

I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'

I think I was eight the first time I saw the Benin bronzes. I was taken to see them at the British Museum by my white, British mother, who felt it important that her half-Nigerian children learned about the artistic achievements of their forefathers. I've been entranced by them ever since.

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back. I have a great grandfather on my mother's side who was a musician, and I'd like to know more about his life.

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

I know that my great-grandfather - George Rich - was born in Cape Town in 1866 and it set my journey off to go to Cape Town to discover and find out more.

I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.

Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.

I didn't particularly change my name to Fonda because I knew who Fondas were. It's still going to remain a mystery. I keep it as a mystery. So, maybe one day I'll tell the story of how I changed my last name.

My grandmother. She's someone I never met, and I would've loved to have met her. She's been a huge influence on our entire family, not just me. She is a mystery. It's not clear exactly what about her is truth and myth.

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

My father's family can be traced back to 1400. I've been told by gypsies that there is unmistakeably gypsy blood in me. Lee is a gypsy name, you know.

My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis.

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish.

My son was named after my father, whose name was Ranbir Raj Kapoor.

Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries.

As you may know, I'm a native Texan. In fact I'm a fifth generation Texan.