Irland
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 . . .
My grandfather gave me a book called “ The World Book of Craig’s “ which is his last name. She told me that they would have more information of family that lives in Northern Ireland. They are both located in the county of Antrim in Northern Ireland. In doing further research I found that the Irish, both Protestant and Catholic, was the largest immigration group in the United States. had other cousins that live in Canada that were from Northern Ireland. It gave me places to write to for further information and also gave me addresses of all the Craig’s all over the world. They found it easy to sustain old world ways because they came over in such a large group. At one point there were more Irish in the United States than in Ireland. New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group.
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