Over the last 10 years me and my mum have been trying to trace our family history. It's something she has been very passionate about wanting to know, starting off as a hobby, I pitched in later to help out. It's been very insightful.
My mums side seems far more interesting than my dads. On my mums side at least to around 1840 her ancestors moved over from Sweden as immigrants. Also on my mums side there is some Russian history that dates by to the Tsar days of the time of Nicholas II. That side is confusing as hell.
My dads side on the other hand seems 100% British as far as been recorded or at least since 1750's.
Unfortunately the further we dig the more expensive this stuff gets. Especially if you had ancestors who lived abroad. So we have had to lay off it this year. But its been so fascinating to learn about my history.
Have any of you dug into your family tree, if so how far did you go?