On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 9:34:36 PM UTC-4, Peter Stewart wrote: ... > It would be interesting to know if anyone in this group can trace at > least one line each for 20% of their great-great-grandparents (say 3 of > the 16, assuming these are three different people) back to > mid-14th-century England without running into Edward III. ... > Peter Stewart Of my 16 great-great-grandparents, four have British ancestry. One of them can be traced to Henry VII (and James V). One of them can be traced to Edward I but not, to my knowledge, to Edward III. The third can be traced to the 1300s (10 of his ancestors), but not, to my knowledge, to Edward III (or any of the post conquest English kings). Of the fourth, I know his birth date and birth place in Ireland and the names of his parents, but nothing more. Eight of my great-great-grandparents were Swiss. Of them, two have been traced to ordinary people living in the mid 1400s (all but one of the others, via parish registers, to ancestors in the 1500s or 1600s). Four of my great-great-grandparents lived near Stuttgart. Three of them have been traced to ordinary people living in the mid 1400s (all three to the same people). Five of my spouse's great-great-grandparents have British ancestry. One of them can be traced to Henry II, but not, to our knowledge, to Edward III. (This ancestor may also be a descendant of John, but that line is not completely documented).