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geardaddy

(24,931 posts) Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:36 AM Mar 2013

To all you Taffies out there: Happy St. David's Day!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

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To all you Taffies out there: Happy St. David's Day! (Original Post) geardaddy Mar 2013 OP

I didn't know we had a SAINT!! Bake Mar 2013 #1

Yep! geardaddy Mar 2013 #2

So, no Welsh folks out there? geardaddy Mar 2013 #3

Not only Welsh, but Dutch, Danish, Irish and Suich Mar 2013 #4

S'mae! geardaddy Mar 2013 #5

I'm here!! Just posted a greetings Siwsan Mar 2013 #8

You certainly have a Welsh name! geardaddy Mar 2013 #11

My Grandfather and Great-grandfather had my favorite Welsh name - Llewellyn Siwsan Mar 2013 #12

Do you know where in Wales your family's from? geardaddy Mar 2013 #13

Not sure of the exact location Siwsan Mar 2013 #14

I know what you mean about the North. geardaddy Mar 2013 #16

Yes, look at Google in the UK today IcyPeas Mar 2013 #6

Cool! geardaddy Mar 2013 #7

I'll beat your leek about your pate upon St. Davy's Day! Aristus Mar 2013 #9

... geardaddy Mar 2013 #10

Indeed: Happy St. David's Day! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #15

Bake

(21,977 posts)

1. I didn't know we had a SAINT!!

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:44 AM

Mar 2013

Bake (David)

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

2. Yep!

Reply to Bake (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:45 AM

Mar 2013

The only saint in the Isles actually from the place he is patron of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

3. So, no Welsh folks out there?

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 12:22 PM

Mar 2013

Suich

(10,642 posts)

4. Not only Welsh, but Dutch, Danish, Irish and

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:32 PM

Mar 2013

a bit of French-Canadian!

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

5. S'mae!

Reply to Suich (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:36 PM

Mar 2013

Hiya!

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

8. I'm here!! Just posted a greetings

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 08:20 PM

Mar 2013

Happy St. David's Day!!!

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

11. You certainly have a Welsh name!

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:12 PM

Mar 2013

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

12. My Grandfather and Great-grandfather had my favorite Welsh name - Llewellyn

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:01 PM

Mar 2013

According to my great-aunt, they spoke Welsh in their home when she was young. I'm about to start work on a family tree. I'm curious how close I've been to the family origin area, during my visits to Wales.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

13. Do you know where in Wales your family's from?

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:11 PM

Mar 2013

My great grandparents emigrated to the Hyde Park area of Scranton from Port Talbot in South Wales. Hyde Park was Welsh-speaking when my grandmother was growing up.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

14. Not sure of the exact location

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:27 PM

Mar 2013

My Dad's cousin did a tree, years ago, but it's been lost. I know that by the time they emigrated they were coal miners, so I'm guessing the South. They ended up in Maryland but moved to Michigan because my grandfather didn't want his sons to have to go into the mines, or to have to work in them any longer, himself.

Funny thing is, my affinity is for the North so I've always wondered if that's where the family originated, and then moved south for the work. Hopefully I will be able to find out. I always spend my time visiting and seeing the North - Blaenau Ffestiniog, Betws-y-Coed, LLandudno, and, of couse Fflint. (Coincidence that I now live in Flint, MI? Hmmmmm.) I'm a big believer in atavistic DNA so who knows.