TO ALL THOSE WHO POSTED 100% In the Ethnic survey I say B.S. PROVE IT.

[bushden]

1 hour ago, JHbowhunter said:

I call BS - "Bush" is not an Italian name...   Unless it was changed from "Buscemi" somewhere along the way  

I guess you did not read the initial post, the family name was BUSCIO changed by some overpaid Government employee at Ellis Island in 1866 from British decent.

[JHbowhunter]

Just now, bushden said:

I guess you did not read the initial post, the family name was BUSCIO changed by some overpaid Government employee at Ellis Island in 1866 from British decent.

That's cool!   Sorry I missed that.   I say change it back!

[bushden]

1 hour ago, archer36 said:

And I thought George Bush was Italian. Bummer.  LOL

Naw he was a good old GERMAN BOY original family name was probably Busch

[newjerseyhunter]

1 hour ago, Greybeard said:

Grandparents on my mother's side were from northern Italy.  Family still there. 

Government is not getting my DNA, but my sister had it done.

If the government wants your DNA I am sure they already have it, along with your fingerprints, a scan of your retina and a detailed map of the wrinkles on  your balls. It's over, privacy lost.

Edited January 14, 2019 by newjerseyhunter

[bushden]

4 minutes ago, JHbowhunter said:

That's cool!   Sorry I missed that.   I say change it back!

To late I have to many grand children now. My brother and I did talk about it when we were kids.

[Swamp_Yankee]

1 minute ago, bushden said:

I guess you did not read the initial post, the family name was BUSCIO changed by some overpaid Government employee at Ellis Island in 1866 from British decent.

The whole "name change at Ellis Island" thing is largely a myth:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544/ 

The more likely explanation is that it was changed by your ancestors themselves to sound more Anglo and less Southern European/Italian:

[bushden]

1 minute ago, newjerseyhunter said:

If the government wants your DNA I am sure they already have it, along with your fingerprints, a scan of your retina and a detailed map of the wrinkles on  your balls. It's over, privacy lost.

I agree, especially if you were in the military within the last 15 years, they got it all and for all who think they are safe, the US government had a hack about 6 years ago that got an unknown number military and government employees personal data.  Nothing is  safe.

[Tarhunt]

When my kids were in grade school, one of their school projects was our family history of when we came through Ellis Island. Their teachers were surprised to find out that my ancestors came here in 1624 from England long before Ellis Island. They were supposed to sail to Virginia but, a storm sent them to Gloucester Massachusetts. There's actually a book written about my ancestors. 

Edited January 14, 2019 by Tarhunt

[bushden]

1 minute ago, Swamp_Yankee said:

The whole "name change at Ellis Island" thing is largely a myth:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544/ 

The more likely explanation is that it was changed by your ancestors themselves to sound more Anglo and less Southern European/Italian:

In part true however many names were misspelled by governments employees working the desk to name close but not correct. I can trace ours back to birth records from the town of San Felse, passports and ship manifests. Rinaldo became Granaldi and Buscio became Bush, the workers were pushing so many through so fast it happened.

[Stan Putz]

OK, you caught me BSing...

Here's a real picture of my ancestors, before they got their green cards and decided to become cab drivers.

[archer36]

1 minute ago, Stan Putz said:

OK, you caught me BSing...

Here's a real picture of my ancestors, before they got their green cards and decided to become cab drivers.

Believe me, they didn't have green cards. 

[bushden]

18 minutes ago, Tarhunt said:

When my kids were in grade school, one of their school projects was our family history of when we came through Ellis Island. Their teachers were surprised to find out that my ancestors came here in 1624 from England long before Ellis Island. They were supposed to sail to Virginia but, a storm sent them to Gloucester Massachusetts. There's actually a book written about my ancestors. 

Thats pretty cool to be able to directly trace back that far!

[Hunter115522]

If the Gov't wants your DNA, they will get it. They won't wait around for you to take a 99 dollar DNA test that your ordered from a commercial. 

[Swamp_Yankee]

Just now, Hunter115522 said:

If the Gov't wants your DNA, they will get it. They won't wait around for you to take a 99 dollar DNA test that your ordered from a commercial. 

Who said anything about the government?  These tests are not offered by any government-they are offered by private corporations who can quite literally do whatever they want with it once they have it.  

[Batsto]

Warren 4 chief!