Genealogists can take nothing for granted. Consider Joan Mushka, who's trying to prove she's a descendant of a United Empire Loyalist.
"It's funny but the hardest thing for me to prove was that I was my dad's daughter; the rest of the stuff I had documented from my genealogy," Mushka said. [Link]
I also have Loyalist ancestry through Kemp, Hutchinson, Dafoe surnames into Ontario.
But my great-grandmother, Georgiana Kemp was born in Ontario and moved to Chicago and married, then came to San Diego. Does that make her a Disunited Empire Loyalist? If so, what am I?
I also have American RevWar ancestry so I could join SAR. If I ever went to a reenactment, I would also wonder which side to fight for. I guess I could be a hostage.
Thanks for the help.
Randy
"If so, what am I?"
I know you're a Padres fan, but have you ever felt the urge to root for the Blue Jays? This would be a sure sign of UE Loyalist tendencies.
Rooting for the Yankees, on the other hand, would be a sign, not of American patriotism, but of demonic possession.
I've never been a Blue Jays fan or a Yankees fan or a Dodgers fan. Ever since I was a kid, I rooted for the underdog in the World Series - and they were never Yankees! It's probably why I'm still a Padres fan.
Now if there hadn't been a baseball strike in 1994, I probably would have rooted for the Montreal Expos to go all the way, and thereby cemented my UEL status.