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Nova Scotia, Canada
Cajuns are descendants of Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia during the Seven Years War (or the French and Indian War as it’s called in the US). Some evaded capture, hid in the woods and launched a guérilla warfare campaign against the British. I’m a basically a descendant...
So yeah, today at work I was on a conference call with some folks from the Baton Rouge office of the company. I was working from home and my shithead of a cat got up to some shit (he likes knocking pictures off the wall) and I forgot to put my phone on mute when I yelled at him in Acadian...
Pretty much all of my ancestors up until 2 generations ago had 20+ kids.
And often more to different women.
And also when my ancestors were deported from Nova Scotia and families were split apart, people often had new families where they ended up.
The crazy thing when I look into my genealogy, man, my ancestors were some horny bastards.
People having 20+ kids. Older people with hundreds of grandchildren. God damn!
I found out I am descended from Acadian resistance fighter turned pirate in the Gulf of St. Lawrence named Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre (who has a quick mention in Assassin’s Creed Rogue, you can find him and get intel on ships in the North Atlantic part of the game map). That was interesting...
I give up,so here are my coordinates
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