To say "great grandfather" with 11 greats, write the word "great" eleven times and then write the word "grandfather." Some people say "eleventh great grandfather."
The brother of your great great grandfather is your great great grand uncle, or, as some would say, your great great great uncle.
Yes, on his late mother's side of the family. There was a great-great-great-great grandfather named Falmouth Kearney who came from Ireland. When President Obama visited Ireland in 2011, he even met some of Kearney's descendants.
First, it's a joke that his name is O'Bama, but it's a joke with some historical fact to it. On Mr. Obama's mother's side, there are indeed some distant relatives (from his great-great-great-great grandfather's family) who were Irish, and when the president visited Ireland in 2011, the descendants of that distant relative, whose name was Falmouth Kearney, were delighted to finally meet him. His real name is of course Obama (without the apostrophe) and his ancestry is African and American.
If your great great grandfather was the brother of someone else's great great grandfather then you and that other person are fourth (4th) cousins.
If your father was French then you would be 50%, If your grandfather then 25%, if your great grandfather then 12.5%. If your great great grandfather then 6.25% but it depends on where the other 15 great-great grand parents came from - some may have been French
Your great uncle is the brother of one of your grandparents, so his grandfather is also the grandfather of one of your grandparents. The grandfather of your grandparent is your great great great grandfather.
Your grandfather's brother is your great uncle (some would say your grand uncle). You are his great niece (if you are a girl) or his great nephew (if you are a boy).
The Irish were saving their lives, not risking them. In 1848, there was a potato famine - potatoes were the Irish primary food, and a very good one. The potato plants were dying from a fungus disease. Some think that the English introduced the fungus disease so the Irish would starve to death. Most English hated the Irish. So, the Irish found that they could emigrate to the USA, find good jobs on the new railroads, mines, and so forth. So millions of them did, and some of those families became powerful leaders in industry, here. If nothing else, my great-great-great-great Grandfather, David, came to the US through Canada.
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I've never had any Irish food, but having an Irish hertiage it would be great experience. Allrecipes.com I'm sure has Irish recipes, they have almost everything.
some guy who is the great great great grandfather of my friend darius who is AWESOME!