Sep 16, 2009

Kiwi Melting Pot

This quaint little chapel at the Wakapuaka cemetery in Nelson sits right alongside a number of this family's ancestral graves. All unmarked (Typical no money!).
Which brings me right to the point of this post. Like many Kiwi families we come from a long line of mixed cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Its long been a discussion point when we get together and frankly most of the "understanding" that prevails in regard to where we came from is incorrect or unclear or too complicated to remember.
So now I am happy to clear it up here and now.
This branch of the O'Sullivan family has the following origins.
Our fathers side = Irish/Irish(GG Grandparents)
Our mothers side = French/Maori/English (GG Grandparents)
Sorry to all those who believed we had Norwegian origins.


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