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FOSTER NEIL WILLIAMS can anyone please tell me the heritage of FOS was he from fiji I have been told one of his parents was fijian is this correct.

Haven't heard he had any Fijian in him, have heard there may be some Aboriginal blood although not certain about that.

This information from a very reliable source.

One of the early settlers in SA, an ancestor of the Williamses, Huddys etc, had a Jamaican wife.
Which explains the darker features in some members of the familys over the years.

I beleive she was the matriach of the family and i think that the settler's name was Thomas Hudson Bear.

No Figian or aboriginal blood that i am aware of.

thanks ll for your response my ma is most interested in the williams ancestory.

I think there is an arabic link

Not aboriginal and not fijian

IIRC, Mark Williams copped some flak when he went over to Victoria.

Because some people thought he was denying his Aboriginal heritage.

Until he explained that he wasn't Aboriginal...

Von Williams (nee Ganley) is of Irish desent and is 1 of 11.

MightyEagles wrote:Von Williams (nee Ganley) is of Irish desent and is 1 of 11.

ahhh that may explain it... my dh is from irish background too and he looks a lot like robert deniro.. so dark he looks italian! thanks for the replies

Lunchcutter wrote:
ahhh that may explain it... my dh is from irish background too and he looks a lot like robert deniro.. so dark he looks italian! thanks for the replies

Same with some of my uncles.

Not unusual for us Mick's to have Spanish blood after the Spanish Armada in the 16th century.

Certainly my Mum's side has Spanish ancestry.

Then again, I've also got an Irish-Italian uncle as well!

Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.

The Irish are the blacks of Europe

The PC version?

And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.

That honour has to go to the Kulchies, surely...

Magpiespower wrote:

Lunchcutter wrote:
ahhh that may explain it... my dh is from irish background too and he looks a lot like robert deniro.. so dark he looks italian! thanks for the replies

Same with some of my uncles.
Not unusual for us Mick's to have Spanish blood after the Spanish Armada in the 16th century.
Certainly my Mum's side has Spanish ancestry.
Then again, I've also got an Irish-Italian uncle as well!

Yes a lot of Spaniards never went home - hence Irish names like that of Eamon de Valera - Moorish ancestry in the Spaniards I assume?

Psyber wrote:Eamon de Valera...

Still not allowed to utter his name is some Irish homes...

he nearly killed Ireland but he did have michael Collins killed depends which side of the fence you are for that one too.