Descended from Royalty?

Alexander Preston Pugh, Bessie Mae, Elva, Martha Jane, brother died in infancy.  Bessie is a teenager.

If the information regarding the ancestors of Bessie Mae Pugh Strahl is to be believed, then my grandmother was a descendent of King William I "the Conqueror" born 1027, Falaisse, Normandy, France.  However, her French pedigree thereafter was contaminated by many English ancestors.

Other legends in connection with grandma Bessie have her descended from a French sailor who jumped ship during the French Revolution (circa 1776) and landed in the United States.  She claimed to have American Indian ancestry as well, but never explained who the Indian ancestor was.   It was concluded that since her father's line was completely traced, that the Indian part must come from her mother's side of the family, the Martins.

Looking at the family tree, it seems that she was of both French and English descent.  And since our family records do not include over the years the nationality of the various spouses , it can be concluded that other nationalities may have come into play.   That holds for grandpa Aaron Strahl's ancestry also.  But be that as it may, I have always thought of myself as mainly German (Strahl and Fischer), English (Riddiough), and French (Pugh).   My mother discovered that one of her ancestors was Irish, so I will add a thimble full of Irish to my pedigree.

It is fun to think that there was royalty in our lineage no matter how far back it went.  It is also fun to think that there might be some Native American blood running through my veins.  After all, they were the "first true Americans".

Thomas Guenther is 100% German, so add that to mine, the Guenther children are about 3/4 German, a smidgen of French and Irish and a tea cup of English.  The Donnell children have Prussian and Scots ancestry.  Irma Pust Donnell's father was Prussian.  Samuel Russell Donnell was for the most part Scots.  I am sure there are some other nationalities mixed in, but the first recorded Donnell did migrate from Scotland in the late 1700s.

This in a nutshell is who you are nationally.  But since you all were born in American, you are all Americans first and foremost.   You can be proud of that.