Thank you cousin! Michele Moffat > On Jul 28, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Paul L LeBlanc via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Welcome new found cousine > > nothing new > remember we will often disagree with what others say about us. > > **** This is my almost standard disclaimer when I share articles **** > > > From: Michele Moffat > Hi Paul, > > I am aware of the Filles du Roi and that I have some ancestry originating there. However, I understood that these daughters of the king were from very humble beginnings and were offered new lives by going abroad to help in establishing the new world. > > Does this information match with what you know? > > ========================== > Most French Canadians are Descended from 800 Women Known as the Filles du Roi > > If you have French-Canadian ancestry, you probably have one, two, or perhaps a dozen filles du roi in your family tree. Several of them even have proven lines of descent from Charlemagne and a number of other royal families from throughout Europe. If you are descended from one of the Charlemagne descendants, that obviously makes you a descendant of Charlemagne and other royal families as well > > https://blog.eogn.com/2017/07/26/most-french-canadians-are-descended-from-800-women-known-as-the-filles-du-roi/ > > > > Warm thanks, > > Michele Moffat > > > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message