The Family Tree

I found the photograph below here at Design Mom. This family tree was being offered as a Mother's Day giveaway and I found this family tree to be one of the prettiest family trees I've seen.

Have you ever thought of where you've come from, in terms of your family history?

My daughter and I have spent the last two days on Ancestry.com researching our family history, mostly on my fathers side of the family.

Just a couple of weeks ago my cousin David told me that my father's side of the family came to America from England, and all this time I thought my father's side was French. That is partially true, because my grandmother Leonie's family was from Pyrenees, France, but my grandfather Romeo was from England. With a name like Rozier (I always pronounced it Rose-ee-ay, thinking it was a French name), but the rest of my fathers clan, including my father, pronounced it Rozeer. I've always been a little rebellious like that. Well, I stand corrected.

A while back, I met a woman on the phone (I'm a customer service rep for William Sonoma) who had an e-mail address with the name Rozier in it and when I told her that was my maiden name she got all excited. She was from Virginia and told me the Roziers used to own the land Capitol Hill stands on. I don't know about that, but it does appear my father's family goes back to the 1600's in North Carolina and in Virginia.

The most interesting bit of information I found was that my 15th great grandfather,on my father's side was Sir Lancelot Threlkeld. I'm related to a Knight! How cool is that?

I can't wait to see if I can find out more about my mother's side of the family.