Like most Americans, my family is made up of many
different ethnic groups. My mom’s side is Irish Protestant descent.
My dad’s side is mostly English descent and a little of Native
American descent from his mother. There is some in which I do
not know because my dad does not know who his dad is. He was
adopted by a man named David Mitchell, this is where my last
name comes from. My grandmother died and never told my dad
who his dad was. My dad could find out from his birth
certificate, which is sealed in Albany, who his dad is. He has no
Over the summer, I tried to find out about my family’s
ancestry. I only searched on my mom’s side since it is easier.
This is for two reasons, first my mom’s parents are still alive.
Second because they came to the United States only about one
hundred years ago. Both my grandparent’s families came from
Northern Ireland. My grandparents were born in the United
States. My grandfather brought me over my cousin’s house
because she had a copy of my great grandmother’s birth certificate.
This told me what town she was from. I also found out that I had
other cousins that live in Canada that were from Northern Ireland.
Many Irish people immigrated to Canada because it was cheaper
than going to the United States. She told me that they would have
more information of family that lives in Northern Ireland. My
grandfather gave me a book called “ The World Book of Craig’s “
which is his last name. It gave me places to write to for further
information and also gave me addresses of all the Craig’s all over
the world. I learned that my grandmother’s family is from Belfast
and my grandfather’s family is from a town called Bellymena.
They are both located in the county of Antrim in Northern
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