Mine Rødder - My Roots

Hej og velkommen til min slægtsforskningsside. Min interesse for dette, startede så småt da dansk tv i 1970 erne viste serien, bygget over Alex Haleys roman: Roots, der til sidst viste sig at omhandle hans egen familie. Den startede med at hans stamfader, Kunta Kinte blev indfanget i Afrika og ført til USA som slave. Så vidt jeg husker, afbrød DR (som sædvanligt ved halvvejen) serien ved "frigivelsen" af slaverne ved afslutningen af borgerkrigen. Men vi havde da heldigvis udenlandske programmer, så vi kunne se serien færdig. Og nu kan jeg prale af at være den lykkelige indehaver af hele serien på dvd. Normalt er det jo proband (een selv), der er hovedpersonen i et sådant program. Men her er det muligt for enhver, hvis navn der bare står i databasen, at sætte sig selv som hovedperson og derved finde sine egne nærmeste aner. Man kan også i mange tilfælde se hvordan man er beslægtet med en anden person som er indskrevet her. Lykkes det ikke første gang, prøv så at ændre på "antal generationer". Hvis det så ikke lykkes, er det fordi det er meget langt ude og sansynligvis indgiftet familie. Så skal der nok bladres lidt frem og tilbage i grenene. Der kommer til stadighed nye personer ind, men helt færdig bliver jeg naturligvis aldrig.

Hello and welcome to my genealogy research page.
My interest in this started allready when the Danish television in the 1970s showed the series, built on Alex Haley's novel: Roots, which eventually turned out to be about his own family. It started with his ancestor, Kunta Kinte, being captured in Africa and taken to the United States as a slave. As far as I remember, DR (as usual at halfway) interrupted the series by "liberating" the slaves at the end of the Civil War. But luckily we had foreign programs so we could watch the series finished. And now I´m the happy owner of the whole series on DVD.
Normally, it is proband (oneself) who is the main character in such a program. But here it is possible for anyone whose name is just in the database to put himself/herself as the main character and thereby find his own closest ancestry.
You can also in many cases see how you are related to another person who is entered here. If it does not succeed the first time, then try to change the "number of generations". If it does not succeed then it is because it is very far out and probably married family. Then you probably have to flip back and forth a bit in the branches. New people are constantly coming in, but of course I will never be completely finished

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