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Sue Rattray
Honor Code SignatorySigned 18 Dec 2018 | 2,173 contributions | 37 thank-yous | 498 connections
I was born and raised in California, and still live there. I am a retired payroll specialist. I also have a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern languages from UC Berkeley (I can read them but not speak them...).
I've been interested in my family's history since I was young, but this was before internet (well, before personal computers!) so I couldn't really do any research, other than to sit down with my grandmothers and write down what they knew of their parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, in-laws, etc. etc. They told me quite a lot, and it's turned out to be 99% accurate now that I'm able to look up the records. I joined Wikitree so that I can make this information available to others, as well as to learn more about my own family.
This week's featured connections are Redheads: Sue is 19 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 20 degrees from Clara Bow, 28 degrees from Julia Gillard, 19 degrees from Nancy Hart, 15 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 20 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 23 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 25 degrees from Rose Leslie, 22 degrees from Damian Lewis, 22 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 27 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 37 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
edited by Emma Blackburn
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