Quotes About Ancestry

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

My family is from Russia and Poland. We never had that thing with the German Jews.

Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the "Kazee" is not.

One regret I have: I didn't get as much of the family history as I could have for the kids.

He who is not proud of his own blood is not worthy of it.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

I am proud of my heritage and my family.

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.

We ought to encourage our children to know their relatives. We need to talk of them, make effort to correspond with them, visit them, join family organizations, etc.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.

I'm from such an old family, it's been condemned.

My family were from Jamaica.

My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.

When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity.

Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

Girls, I need to tell you some things about our family," Sabrina said. "Have you ever heard of the Brothers Grimm?