Quotes About Ancestry

The only politician in my family was my grandfather's grandfather, who was the mayor of Winnipeg from Jan. 1, 1917, until Jan. 5, 1917, because he lost the recount. So he was mayor of Winnipeg for four days.

Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary.

I am from Hawaii. But I am not Hawaiian. I am full Samoan.

I get migraines. I've had them all my life; so has my dad. So did his grandmother, although back then they called them 'sick headaches.'

I don't know where I got the height from; dad was only five-foot-seven and my brother's five-foot eight.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

My western heritage runs deep.

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

There's something about my Mexican-American heritage... I'm proud of it.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.

I love my heritage!

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

I'm very proud of my heritage.

I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.

Pretty much all my mother's side is Kiwi, and we have a strong Maori heritage.

One of the things that's interesting about black culture is we don't know about our heritage and about our genealogy because it was taken from us. So all that we have is we're black. That's where we start.

Since finding out my great-great-grandma was connected to the suffragettes, I've learned so much more about them. I feel really proud of her and that it's my heritage.

Mom was 6-4, 235 herself.

I'm your father's mother's father's mother.' 'Oh, dear! I can't understand that,' said the princess. 'I dare say not. I didn't expect you would. But that's no reason why I shouldn't say it.

Why should one feel it to be intolerable unless one had some kind of ancestral memory that things had one been different?