Was sorting files after a move and gathered all the notes from family members I had accumulated over the years into one folder. Since they were in one place and I had previously posted concerning my mutt-like heritage I thought I would drop it into Ancestry.com.

I found that my uncle had done a great deal of research and that he had posted a great deal of information already.

The claim to the tartan I started this whole kilt wearing with was that I had a spunky little Scot of a great gramma Mimi who lived to be 107 years old and was surnamed MacCracken.

Well it seems I was mistaken.

The McCrackens (note the change in spelling) I sprang from are from a John Stuart McCracken who came over to the US from Down, Ireland sometime between 1817 and 1830.

So, at this point I can verify that I have definite Irish ancestry! WOO HOO!!!

As an interesting side note (at least to me with the name John Smith) I have a GGGgrandfather with the coolest of names... Hampton Boone Mccracken. Love the ring to that!

Now there are so many other lines to follow back I wonder what else I will find?

John