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How to find out more about my ancestors?

My ancestors are Assyrian Chaldeans from northern Iraq and I know the names of some of my great and great great grandparents but I don't know anymore further. Does anyone know how I could find any more info about them besides asking family?

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  • 2 years ago

    You always start by asking your family what they know about their ancestors. What did they do? Where did they come from? Did they relocated and why? Did they serve in the military? Were they part of any ethnic groups or tribes? What were the names of their parents, children or siblings? Do they have any old family photos or records? Any information they can provide could potentially save you a lot of time and point you in new directions to search. Two potential sources of information are the free site Familysearch.org (although their information is primarily focused on Europe and the U.S.) and Ancestry.com (a paid site that you can access free at the public library).

  • Maxi
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    There is only one way to find out more and that is to research the written records generated during each of your ancestors lifetime and that starts with you and the records you already have at home........ your research starts with you, your parents, grandparents, so you research people you know you don't 'name hunt' those ancestors you know nothing about who you have not first made the connection via written records to you........ so your own birth cert, 'connects' you to your parents, their birth/marriage cert 'connects' them to their parents and so on back proving the ancestrial line and in countries like Iraq where there has been conflict for many decades and with people who are exiled living there I personally have no idea what records you could research remotely, so you will have to do some research about general history first, and when, where and what records are kept.

  • gerald
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    you will find it in history books there are few direct roots modern people use DNA samples to see if they do trace back to places there are scientific methods of finding samples from bones burials and such things in ancient sites the lifestyle food they ate are in the bones , its a very long and arduous task you can have your DNA matched to bone samples thousands of years old and bingo its pretty accurate

  • 2 years ago

    No, sorry. It's just not possible. Whoever heard of people being able to find out more about their ancestors? Can't be done.

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I'm sorry to break this to you but they are all dead.

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