Texas Ancestry - Poll, please vote.

[bblhd672]

Transplant Texan, this is my second time living here, 20 years apart. Extremely glad to be back and don't plan on leaving again.

If my forefathers on my mother's side had continued on west in the late 1890's, I probably would be several generations Texan. But the wagonmaster decided to stop halfway across north Louisiana, thus I grew up a neighbor of Texas!

[n5wmk]

I'm 5th generation of German immigrants on both Dad and Mom's side. However, my birth certificate is from New Mexico. Reason was my parents lived between Muleshoe, TX and Clovis, NM. There was no OB/GYN in Muleshoe. Clovis was about 15 miles from where they lived. So the first 2-3 days of my life (I don't remember those days clearly for some reason ) were spent in NM, but I got to Texas as soon as they could bring me home. So while I may not be considered a Native Texan by birth, I do consider myself an Authentic Texan. And I'm guessing (although I never asked Mom and Dad), that my actual beginning (if you get my drift) happened in Texas. Other than my time in the Air Force, most which was spent in Mississippi and Germany, I've lived in Texas all my life.

[imkopaka]

You know, I moved here about 3 years ago. I am considering moving to a more mountainous region near my family, like maybe Idaho, but the more I see Greg Abbott being the awesome man he is, the more I want to stay in his state!

[RPBrown]

5th generation here at least as far back as I've been able to trace. Looks like from somewhere around 1850-1860's. Still trying to go back farther as time allows.

[The Wall]

Looks like immigration has had an effect. I wonder how many are from Commifornia. lol

[Skiprr]

My first ancestor to get here, 1830: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmc54.

In 1790, the total population of Texas--not including incursive Native Americans who counted areas farther north in the Oklahoma Territories as home--was about 2,510. In comparison, New Mexico was already lively with 20,000 souls. Texas didn't catch up to that number until around 1830. On the eve of the Texas Revolution in 1835, we hit a robust 35,000.

Texas encompasses 268,597 square miles. Hard to imagine nowadays, but in 1830 the population density was one person for every 13.43 square miles...enough for every family of four to have a plot of 53.7 square miles, or 34,368 acres.

[Pawpaw]

I'm 5th generation of German immigrants on both Dad and Mom's side. However, my birth certificate is from New Mexico. Reason was my parents lived between Muleshoe, TX and Clovis, NM. There was no OB/GYN in Muleshoe. Clovis was about 15 miles from where they lived. So the first 2-3 days of my life (I don't remember those days clearly for some reason ) were spent in NM, but I got to Texas as soon as they could bring me home. So while I may not be considered a Native Texan by birth, I do consider myself an Authentic Texan. And I'm guessing (although I never asked Mom and Dad), that my actual beginning (if you get my drift) happened in Texas. Other than my time in the Air Force, most which was spent in Mississippi and Germany, I've lived in Texas all my life.

You qualify as a native Texan. It's not your parent's fault where the hospital was located.

My son was actually born in Oklahoma City. Since I was stationed there on active duty, I borrow the state's manner of treating Texan military personnel and consider him a native Texan.

However, that doesn't stop me from teasing him about being an Okie!

[Lynyrd]

I'm 5th generation of German immigrants on both Dad and Mom's side. However, my birth certificate is from New Mexico. Reason was my parents lived between Muleshoe, TX and Clovis, NM. There was no OB/GYN in Muleshoe. Clovis was about 15 miles from where they lived. So the first 2-3 days of my life (I don't remember those days clearly for some reason ) were spent in NM, but I got to Texas as soon as they could bring me home. So while I may not be considered a Native Texan by birth, I do consider myself an Authentic Texan. And I'm guessing (although I never asked Mom and Dad), that my actual beginning (if you get my drift) happened in Texas. Other than my time in the Air Force, most which was spent in Mississippi and Germany, I've lived in Texas all my life.

You qualify as a native Texan. It's not your parent's fault where the hospital was located.

My son was actually born in Oklahoma City. Since I was stationed there on active duty, I borrow the state's manner of treating Texan military personnel and consider him a native Texan.

However, that doesn't stop me from teasing him about being an Okie!

My grandson was born while his Marine father was stationed out of state. But don't you dare tell that Marine that his son isn't a Texan!

[jason812]

You bunch of carpet baggers. Got here when this was Mexico... running from the law.

6 Gen or maybe more...

From all my tracing and digging, part of my family was here before the war of northern aggression and a few fought during the war. This was on my dad's side. My mom's side came over in the 1880's from what is now the Czech Republic. Needless to say I like baked food and beer.

Interesting side note, one of my uncles has traced our family back before the Revolutionary War and we had men fighting in that one too. My great-great-great-great grandfather was named George Washington(born 1833). Then I guess as times went on and they moved from Virginia down south, one of his kids was named Jefferson Davis (born 1862).

edited to add:
This got me off on a tangent and I found out my 6th great grandfather died as a prisoner of the British in the Revolutionary War.

[Lynyrd]

Interesting side note, one of my uncles has traced our family back before the Revolutionary War and we had soldiers fighting in that one too.

On that same side note, I have direct ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, Texas War of Independence, War of Northern Aggression, Spanish American War, WWI, and WWII.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson

[kragluver]

7th gen Texan. My gggg grandfather arrived with two brothers and his sister in 1828. He was a captain of militia. His son and my ggg and gg grandfathers on Mom's side all served as Texas Rangers. One of my uncle's today holds a Special Texas Ranger commission.

[J.R.@A&M]

Like many ex-Confederate soldiers, my Great Grandfather emigrated here from the Mid-South.

[Lynyrd]

7th gen Texan. My gggg grandfather arrived with two brothers and his sister in 1828. He was a captain of militia. His son and my ggg and gg grandfathers on Mom's side all served as Texas Rangers. One of my uncle's today holds a Special Texas Ranger commission.

My ggg grandfather and his brother were Texas Rangers before the Civil War. In those days they were fighting Indians that came down out of Oklahoma raiding the settlements.

[JakeTheSnake]

I'm a genetic Texan. I was born in Cal, Cali, California. Wow, almost hurts to say that!
Both parents were born in Texas. Mother was born in Kilgore, she is about 4th generation.
Father was BOI, born on Galveston Island. They have been in Texas under all 6 flags.
They say, "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us".
One G-G-G-Grandmother was Lipan/Karankawa.

[treadlightly]

No clue - 4th generation German immigrant on my Mom's side, and on my Dad's side it goes back farther.

When I ran my own business my office manager got interested in genealogy and found one of her ancestors married one of mine just before the War of Northern Aggression.

On my wife's side there were a number of combatants in the Civil War, including a Confederate General.

One of my neighbors has me beat, though. He's a Gibbs, descendant of Thomas Gibbs, one of Sam Houston's executors. Small world.