I don't know about my Armstrong relative being a troublemaker and being "gently moved", but I'd bet my irish "Boyce" relatives were. LOL They're a rowdy bunch to this day. I will google when I get a chance, thank you. I have not yet begun to investigate the Armstrong side of my family very much. Was hoping to find info from just being on this list. Cheers! Renee' >From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:05:34 -0400 > >Rob, you are an Armstrong, too. Many people who have the Armstrong name >were adopted into the clan on the Borders of England and Scotland and >took/were given the name. I am sure many people who are now Armstrongs >might have been something else generations ago. But...what's in a name, >anyway? One of the reasons we all seem to have different Y-DNA is because >we come from different branches of Armstrongs. > >Renee, no, all Armstrongs aren't Irish, at least not way, way back. The >name, as we know it, probably originated somewhere in what's now northern >England or southern Scotland, but then people spread out all over the >world. >Many, many Armstrongs, considered troublemakers, were "gently" moved to >parts of what's now Northern Ireland around the end of the 16th century. >There they became soldiers, farmers, growers of flax for linen, etc. and >then many came to America, Australia, and all over the world so you can >find >us everywhere. There are very large numbers of Armstrongs in England and >Scotland as well as Ireland. And although I suppose most Armstrongs are >white, I'm sure we come in almost all shades. > >One of the things I like to do when we are traveling is to look in the >local >phone book for Armstrongs and often there are a good bunch or at least a >few, even in countries where English is not the first language. Have you >googled for the Armstrong name and looked at the clan websites? You'll >find >interesting information there. > >Regards, >Cousin Marilyn > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "R Hobbs" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:20 AM >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > > > Hey Rob > > I moved south about 3 years ago, and I'm an Armstrong descendant by >blood. > > So, now you have met one. Nice to meet you. There are tons of >Armstrongs > > in > > the phone book here. Aren't most Armstrongs originally from Ireland? > > That's > > what made me curious when I heard there were Armstrongs from Trinidad, > > since > > I thought most came from Ireland. Maybe the guy was just wrong. Cheers >! > > Renee' > > > > > >>From: "Robyn Leeds" <[email protected]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > >>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:26:10 -0400 > >> > >>"Also, are any of you in your little chat group (emails) here black? I > >>was > >>told there were so many black Armstrongs, especially from the >south....is > >>this true?" > >> > >>Hi Renee :) > >> > >>Let's see ... I'm an Armstrong descendant (yes, I know, only by >adoption, > >>sigh!!), I'm in the south (okay, it's temporary, humour me!!) but I'm as > >>white as the ... what WOULD I put in there? Snow? Yeah, that'll do, I > >>glow in the dark! lol But MY Armstrongs hail from Northumberland and > >>Durham, haven't managed to get back any further than that I'm afraid. > >>Anyway, I haven't met a single Armstrong since we've been in GA, so they > >>must be in hiding, black OR white!! ;D > >> > >>Take care, > >> > >>Rob. > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message