If you go to any foreign country you will pick up and speak the language fully within 6 months. Not saying anything you don't know already.
Norman invasion in your ancestry
Like you I have no need to test my DNA. I know exactly where my ancestors are from. One side from a small town out in the boonies in Greece and my Moms side from a more developed part. I doubt there are any records of relatives anywhere. I never had Grand parents they all passed.
My last known Grand Mother passed away at 101 years old when I was 1 year old. She got married at 14. Thats how it was then.
My deepest known relatives where Uncles and Aunts which were really like my Grand Parents.
My Father was 47 when he had me so every relative I had was older.
This is bumming me out. I am forgetting my Greek which I always spoke fluently.
I was only allowed to speak Greek at home and lived in Greece for 4 months even. Went to Greek school as a child. I wasn't good at writing it though, maby a 1 or 2 grade level. When I was in Greece most of the store fronts had the names in capital letters which made it worse.
I worked in QC and then tool maker in a huge metals plant that was owned by a Greek and had many Greek workers and being a interpreter was important to them.
Lifes issues brought me away from extended family going on 30 years so like I said I just can't spit the Greek words out as easily right now and forgot how to say some words. I never ever thought that would happen.
I understand it though. I would think a couple months straight of being close to family it would come right back.
I even thought to get those "hooked on phonics" tapes
Sorry for the babbling..
