Donald Trump’s father was German, but his mother was a MacLeod from the Isle of Lewis. She was born there to a large family in 1912. They lived in a one-room cottage. Trump’s “ancestors suffered in ‘The Clearances’ – a tragic, decades-long period of upheaval in Scotland, during which greedy landlords forced families from their homes”– and many locals view him as “the antithesis of Lewis’ collective history.” According to researchers:

The distrust of property barons and the fear of losing one’s home runs deep on the island, permeating the residents’ collective conscience. “I think people to this day in the Highlands and islands have a deeply skeptical attitude to landlordism,” says Maclean. “It has a very negative history in this part of the world."Yet today, Trump lives by the very trade that saw his family and hundreds of thousands of other Scots uprooted, thrown from their humble homes often with just the clothes on their backs, forced to start over. Trump could not have turned his back on those roots more if he had tried.

Lisa See’s Step Inside the World of On Gold Mountain shares some of her own family research and offers genealogy research tips for Chinese Americans, including descendants of paper sons. 

Last year Celeste Ng, who had several paper son ancestors, talked with me about her wonderful novel, Everything I Never Told You, and, among other things, family secrets and her lost family poem.

tredawakandan:

learning of my heritage so far has been a fun journey. Not only the general info I find but also finding the records that contain my ancestors names etc… I love the concept of lineages whether they are discussed historically or in a fictional use. Sirius Black From the Harry Potter series kind of bought to me a concept I will bring to life at some point in the future. In his house written on a wall is the names of his ancestors,cousins etc for centuries. Seeing stuff like that in real time will definetly help future generations take pride in who they are. Also besides a family tree like that I recently began organizing my files & such to write a family bible[something also used in fiction & real history]. Another thing I believe will help my future descendants. Hope anyone reading gets similar ideas

I got it!!

Now I can update the 12th episode of Plata Peligrosa: Las aventuras de Frida Suárez. (my fic) I made this Suárez Mondragón family tree. This one made… more or less, 70% the Mexopolis information and 30% my cannon in Plata Peligrosa.

Anyway! Enjoy it. You can ask me questions you have in base this family tree.