What is the Furthest Anyone Has Traced Their Ancestry?

I can trace my ancestry back to Erik Bloodaxe (Viking King), Harald "Blue Tooth" (Viking) all the early kings in Wales, to all the Plantagenets and Capets (and on back to Charlemagne and to his father Pepin and grandfather). I can go back to the early kings of Scotland, Denmark, and Ireland. I go back directly to 17 of the 25 signers of the Magna Carta. I have a family line that goes back to the 1300's in Switzerland and then the trail stops. On one line I can trace back to Rome in A.D. 25. How? Wikitree. They want sources and all of my links are proven with sources. I have many knights in my ancestry and Britain kept diligent records on knights, when they served, under which kings, and in which castles. I have found written stories of many of my ancestors in historical books proving they were real people. I did a ton of genealogical research over the last 46 years and especially the last 15 years online. I do not want a fake family tree and so I only add those whom I know have sources that prove they are part of my tree. Church records have been invaluable. Church records are how my Swiss line was confirmed. Unfortunately, I have plenty of brick walls. These are very aggrivating as some only go back about 200 years or less. I can find some information and then the trail dies out. Even those who are not famous I have traced their lines back into the 1700's and 1600's. My Cassill and Op den Graef lines go back to the 1500's, with later people associated with William Penn, coming to America for religious reasons, and some having plaques made to honor them as founding members of the first German Town in PA. I have found dna cousins who have helped me connect the dots with some of my brick wall anxestors. I have discovered newspaper articles shared with me by "cousins" who share the same ancestors as I do on Find-A-Grave. I have shared pictures and articles and info with distant cousins whom I have had the pleasure of "meeting" on Find-A-Grave, Gedmatch, Ancestry, and even Facebook. We've all exchanged histories, photos and trees. How fun! I am now "friends" with close to 30 dna cousins on Facebook. One of those people I met about 18 months ago through a distant cousin as she shared the same last name with him. His grandmother was my great grandmother's sister. I knew both as a child, but I had never met him. He is closer to my mom's age. So exciting to connect the dots and share information with these cousins. On my paternal line, we descend from a family in Ontario. Canada, and there is a possibility we are related to the Honorable Senator Matheson. He had an illegiitimate child with a maid prior to marrying the first time. I cannot corroborate the relationship and so I do not add him as an ancestor. However, some of my cousins have. I know from a recent connection with a woman on Facebook who descends from the Senator that since our ancestor is in the family plot with other relatives, mainly those of the Senator's, that there is a definite family connection of some sort. We do not know our ancestor's parent's names, and so we cannot go back any further, but we know he is somehow related to the Senator, either as his illegitimate son, or as a nephew or cousin. The "cousin" I met on Facebook explained to me how to protocol for that cemetery works. So exciting to meet up with these folks. And exciting when I get to add to my family tree! I grew up being told I had Native ancestry on my mom's side of the family. My grandfather had spoken about it and so had my mom and uncle. I was finally able to prove this through a "cousin" who shared dna with me and I was able to pinpoint the native ancestor with concrete evidence. It was nice to prove this family legend. I find it all so exciting as it is fun to find ancestors and flesh them out. It is often a lot of work, but so worth it. Especially when I have worked on a line for over 46 years and can finally connect the dots with so many of my ancestors on both sides of my family. My paternal grandma knew her grandfather had come from County Cork. We knew his brother had gone to New South Wales. We did not know anything about his parents or if there were any other siblings. After hitting brick wall after brick wall with this 2 x's great grandfather, I decided to focus on his brother. I found and contacted a woman who had the same named ancestor and reached out to her. She said without parents that she could not help me. I stayed in contact with her for about 5 years. I'd apologize for harassing her as I found a history iwth the same surname in County Cork with all the same names as my grandma's uncles and aunts, and I know the Irish naming patterns. I always wrote to her on her website. I had my dad do his dna test (he is now deceased) and I put it on Gedmatch where it sat for 3 years without much ado. In July 2018 I had found another deeper history in County Cork with more details and I just knew this was my family whom I was reading about. I reached out to this woman in New South Wales whom I had been writing to off and on for 3-4 years who could not help me, but this time, I wrote to her through my emaikl to her email (found on Wikitree) and she wrote me back stating she'd never paid attention to my email when I wrote on her blog, but her mother had recently done her dna and was a 3rd cousin to a man with my email. Bingo! My dad! My dad and her mom were 3rd cousins, the exact distance they should have been if our lines intermingled, which we now had proof that they did. and I was able to go back many generations as this woman had done a lot of research. I LOVE working with others, sharing, and connecting the dots!

I have traced my ancestry back to "Olaf" the wood cutter Injaldson, born a Viking in 684, 42 generations ago. Initially traced to Rolo the Ganger Walker , the Viking, born 870, who conquered Normandy. (was actually gifted Normandy by the then king of France provided he kept any more Vikings from raiding France!) A direct descendent of Rolo was William the Conqueror who in 1066, conquered England and became King.

I have Swiss Mennonite who from there moved to the Palanate (sp?) now in the southwest corner of Germany. They then stayed in what is now the Netherlands for quite awhile just like the Pilgrims did 100 years before then. In the 1720s they moved to SE corner Pennsylvania farmland an area we all associate with the Amish. My Mennonite ancestors then moved to Ontario, Canada. In the early 1800s. Many of this fairly large grouping need up later on Saskatchewan, OR, WA, and CA but my branch ended up in southwest MI. In this group for centuries have a Swiss tree from about the 1500s. I have this Swiss portion in my tree. Seems solid from many viewpoints but not sure if it’s the real thing.

Rognavald I Enysteinsson, Earl of More born about 0837 in Norway Duke Rollo de Normandie born about 0854 in Norway Duke Guillame I de Normandie born about 0893 in France Duke Richard I de Normandie born 0933

Alice Freeman Thompson Parke's ancestry has been traced back to the early kings of England and Scotland. See Below. After her first husband, John Thompson's death, she came to America about 1660 with her two daughters, later marrying Robert Parke. Her royal ancestry has been very well researched and published. I am a descendant of both of her daughters. Royal Descent: Alice Freeman has a documented royal descent from Ethelred II, “the Unready,” King of England (who reigned until 1016). Her lineage connects her to notable historical figures, including England’s King Alfred the Great, Scotland’s King Kenneth I MacAlpin, and France’s greatest king, Charlemagne234. Notable Kin: Alice’s ancestry includes these remarkable figures: King Alfred the Great: Considered one of the greatest men in history. King Kenneth I MacAlpin: Regarded by historians as the greatest king in Scottish history. Charlemagne: The legendary ruler of the Carolingian Empire. Hugh Capet: The first of the Capetian Kings of France4.