tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post6916459091815833557..comments2008-02-08T10:33:01.773-05:00Comments on The Genealogue: Even Ruth Didn't Know the TruthChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-21129699598735615682008-02-08T08:31:00.000-05:002008-02-08T08:31:00.000-05:002008-02-08T08:31:00.000-05:00My mother's mother was a Ruth. Her grandfather mov...My mother's mother was a Ruth. Her grandfather moved to Michigan with his parents and a brother in 1868 from eastern Pennslyvania, somewhere between Easton and Philadelphia, an area where I think their family had probably lived for more than a century after emigrating from Germany. Considine's biography of the Babe said Ruth thought his parents were Irish, but the middle name Herman suggests German extraction.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05061304265345986242noreply@blogger.com