Who are you? John DeRoche à John Hutchins DeRoche à John "Jack" Hyacinthe DeRoche of Rustico parish Prince Edward Island (& Eleanor Estano of Sydney NS) à Alphonse DeRoche of ditto (& Mary Ann Fortescue) à Hyacinthe DeRoche/DesRoches (& Emilie LeBrun à François LeBrun & Sébastienne-Josèphe Doiron) à Mathurin DesRoches (& Marguerite Picard) à Julien DesRoches (from Carolles, Normandy) & Marie Arseneau (from pre-Expulsion Malpèque, Île Saint-Jean aka PEI). Marie Arseneau à Claude dit Ambroise Arseneau & Marguerite “Magitte” Richard (à Martin Richard & Marguerite Bourg; Martin à Michel dit Sansoucy Richard & Madeleine Blanchard) . Claude à Pierre Arseneau & Marie Guérin. Where you are? Suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Where & when were your families last in one of our "homelands"? All my 69 years in Nova Scotia. Trips to PEI, NB, Nfld. Worked 5 months in Montreal at Expo 67. Never been to Louisiana. Three weeks in France on an “Acadiana” tour in 2014. What families are you researching? What Period? Any & all Acadians of the Canadian Maritimes. (And my maternal ancestors, all German immigrants of the early 1750s to Lunenburg NS.) Have you had your DNA done which tests? Yes, Ancestry. Posted on gedmatch.com (A007047). I have not done much with/about it yet. Any other Genealogical projects you are working on? Presently completing translation of Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc’s French-language analysis of the Acadian refugees at Miramichi in 1755 & after, including list of the families, where they originated, & where they ended up. (Will be posting it for free access.) What else would you like us to know? I have pretty strong French & can help folks who need a consultation. What family associations do you belong to? None. (Just Facebook groups.) Do you have a blog, web site or online database you would like to share? I will occasionally send out a link to relevant photos and writings that I post on Onedrive. Any unique resources you will do lookups? Jean Bernard’s multi-volume genealogical dictionary of Acadian families on Ile St-Jean/Prince Edward Island to c. 1900. Do you like the "how related" we occasionally do? Do more, less, too personal? Like this a lot. No problems with it. Do you like our holiday breaks with recipes, family stories & traditions? Sure.