Amanda
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Oh, I had to reload. Now I got to scroll. You might scroll back too far there, brother. Yeah, just a tad. Brother. Oh, here we go. This just keeps getting longer. Good God. Autismosaurus. Autismosaurus. There we go. For 666. What a name. Says, any progress on giving your community us a name? Also, how far back can you two trace your family trees? Anything interesting?
Oh, I had to reload. Now I got to scroll. You might scroll back too far there, brother. Yeah, just a tad. Brother. Oh, here we go. This just keeps getting longer. Good God. Autismosaurus. Autismosaurus. There we go. For 666. What a name. Says, any progress on giving your community us a name? Also, how far back can you two trace your family trees? Anything interesting?
At one point, one of my lines supposedly went back to William the Conqueror, which is kind of cool.
At one point, one of my lines supposedly went back to William the Conqueror, which is kind of cool.
Oh, so I don't know how accurate that one is. I can get anyone from Ireland. We get back to whoever came off the boat and like maybe their parents. The Germans, we get all the way back to Germany and they first showed up here. Actually, that's a cool story.
Oh, so I don't know how accurate that one is. I can get anyone from Ireland. We get back to whoever came off the boat and like maybe their parents. The Germans, we get all the way back to Germany and they first showed up here. Actually, that's a cool story.
My great-great-great-great-grandfather, or however many greats it is, who came over from Germany in 1765, joined the Revolutionary War, was taken as a POW, and then his wife was living in a home in Pennsylvania. The British showed up.
My great-great-great-great-grandfather, or however many greats it is, who came over from Germany in 1765, joined the Revolutionary War, was taken as a POW, and then his wife was living in a home in Pennsylvania. The British showed up.
uh... burnt her house down and she watched it with her children from their field so she went and found uh... my however many greats grandfathers uh... commanding officer in the continental army and said hey where is my husband? And they're like, oh, he's been taken by the British. He ended up being taken for two years. And she was like, well, can you take care of us?
uh... burnt her house down and she watched it with her children from their field so she went and found uh... my however many greats grandfathers uh... commanding officer in the continental army and said hey where is my husband? And they're like, oh, he's been taken by the British. He ended up being taken for two years. And she was like, well, can you take care of us?
And so she ended up staying with the army. What's that? Can you untake him? Um, and she ended up staying with the army, uh, and they were taking, she took care of them. Uh, and apparently, uh, she was one of the people who in Valley Forge and some of the other battles, um, uh,
And so she ended up staying with the army. What's that? Can you untake him? Um, and she ended up staying with the army, uh, and they were taking, she took care of them. Uh, and apparently, uh, she was one of the people who in Valley Forge and some of the other battles, um, uh,
was one of the individuals who, or one of the women, I should say, who was running ammunition and water back and forth from the, you know, the rear lines all the way up to the front to take care of people. And apparently that was like the origin of the Molly Pitcher stories, was the women who did that. So that's pretty cool.
was one of the individuals who, or one of the women, I should say, who was running ammunition and water back and forth from the, you know, the rear lines all the way up to the front to take care of people. And apparently that was like the origin of the Molly Pitcher stories, was the women who did that. So that's pretty cool.
And then everyone in that line of my family then fought in every American conflict from the Revolution up to, I think, either the Gulf War,
And then everyone in that line of my family then fought in every American conflict from the Revolution up to, I think, either the Gulf War,
That's cool.
That's cool.
That's sick. Oh, the other funny thing about just how Irish I am. So that man, I think his name was Peter Stilvagen. Oh, yeah. He had many line of sons up until my grandmother, all with the last name Stilvagen. A very virile man. Yes. Every single Stilvagen son from that point down to me married an Irish woman.
That's sick. Oh, the other funny thing about just how Irish I am. So that man, I think his name was Peter Stilvagen. Oh, yeah. He had many line of sons up until my grandmother, all with the last name Stilvagen. A very virile man. Yes. Every single Stilvagen son from that point down to me married an Irish woman.