| You can trace them or make guesses based on two surnames. Your ggg grandfather may have been the illegitimate son of a Cherokee brave who performed in a Wild West show, via one of Queen Victoria's nieces who came to see it in London and was swept away. Probably not, but you never know.
If you look outside and see kangaroos nibbling your roses, chances are good that someone in your family moved to Australia at some time in the past. He/she may have come in pursuit of gold, or new land, or via HM Prison ship "New Beginnings".
If the five-cent piece in your pocket has the Queen on one side and a beaver on the other, someone in your family moved to Canada.
Beyond that, no one can tell. There are lots of African-Americans with the last name Tyler. There are lots of Scottish-Americans, Irish-Americans, German-Americans and English-Canadians with it too. |