135 Quotes About Ancestry

Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done.

The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable.

It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one.

We're lucky our ancestors came here. It makes you realize the sacrifices they experienced.

Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.

We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Mr. Lincoln, I believe your grandfather was a farmer in Pennsylvania,

When I arrive somewhere, I often ask local residents about their ancestry and tales and legends of the area. Enthusiastic villagers could help find the location and offer to lead the way. That helps a lot.