I HAVE MOST DIRECT ANCESTORS INFO BACK TO 1833 IN IRELAND AND ENGLAND. MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER , I KNOW THE NAME BUT NOTHING ELSE, JUST THAT HE WAS BORN I AM GUESSING BETWEEN 1790-1800, SUPPOSEDLY IIN CLARE, BUT HIS ONE SON BORN IN CORK….(SOMEWHERE, IN 1824) STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE , ALSO WHO HIS WIFE WAS AND WHERE. SO HE BLOCKS MORE INFO. ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY I HAVE FIREFIGHTERS SINCE 1834 TO THE PRESENT ( MY YOUNGEST SON BECOMES A DISTRICT CHIEF OF FD IN ORLANDO, FL. ON MAY 2, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK. HIS BROTHER RETIRED FROM NJ FD LAST YEAR AFTER 25 YEARS. I ALSO HAVE POLICEMEN BACK TO 1833 IN ENGLAND, AND OF COURSE HERE IN USA TO 1980'S AT LEAST. AND MY HUSBAND WAS A POLICEMAN. HAS ANYONE ELSE CHECKED THERE FAMILIES TO SEE IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION , AS "IF" IT WAS DEIGNED THESE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IN FOOTSTEPS. I FEEL IT IS NOT COINCIDENCE ….BUT A GENUINE PART OF THE FAMILY HISTORY.