Month: December 2022

CONFEDERATE THAT WROTE JINGLE BELLS! CHRISTMAS SONG HISTORY!

By Family Tree Nuts / 12/21/2022 / Comments Off on CONFEDERATE THAT WROTE JINGLE BELLS! CHRISTMAS SONG HISTORY!

We all know the classic song Jingle Bells, but do you know its history? Did you know it was written by a Confederate soldier that fought in the Civil War? Wait, it doesn’t snow in the south, what did he know about sleighs and snow? But wait, he was from Massachusetts, and they know plenty…

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WHY SIBLINGS HAVE DIFFERENT DNA! HISTORY & GENEALOGY STEW!

By Family Tree Nuts / 12/13/2022 / Comments Off on WHY SIBLINGS HAVE DIFFERENT DNA! HISTORY & GENEALOGY STEW!

So, you and your sibling sent your spit in to one of the DNA testing companies and got different results. On no, is my dad, really my dad? You learn you are 45% German and your sibling is 32%. Your results say that you are 20% Irish and you sibling is 15%. Your sibling’s results…

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LINCOLN’S BOYHOOD HOME DEDICATION CEREMONY!

By Family Tree Nuts / 12/03/2022 / Comments Off on LINCOLN’S BOYHOOD HOME DEDICATION CEREMONY!

Lincoln Impersonator Whit McMahan sits in front of the cabin at the Abraham Lincoln Knob Creek Boyhood Home National Historical Park Most folks know that Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, but not as many are aware that from ages two to eight-years-old, he moved a few miles away to the Knob Creek Farm. Lincoln…

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