Hello et bonjour

[Joe_G]

Bonjour, mon nom est Joe, J'ai 22 et J'habite dans les États-Unis. Aussi, malheureusement, je ne parle pas très bien le français, donc j'utilise un traducteur pour la plupart de mes postes et pour afficher ce site. Je vous prie de m'excuser à l'avance si la traduction est mauvaise.

J'ai fait la recherche sur ma famille histoire de quelques années maintenant, et je sais que ma famille de générations récentes étaient venus d'Angleterre. Mais je me suis toujours demandé pourquoi nous n'avons jamais parlé de notre patrimoine anglais et aussi notre apparence. Tous les membres de ma famille a très cheveux blonds et la plupart d'entre nous ont aux yeux bleus. J'ai pensé que c'était étrange pour les gens qui sont apparemment en anglais.

J'ai décidé de suivre mon dernier nom et curieusement, J'ai trouvé qu'il vient juste à l'extérieur de Caen. Maintenant, je pensais que c'était vraiment bizarre parce que je savais que nous n'étions pas français. J'ai donc décidé de recherche Caen, et, ce faisant, j'appris la belle histoire de la Normandie et il s'agit de gens.

Il s'avère que le terrain en Angleterre que ma famille est originaire de leur a été donné après la conquête. Tout cela a du sens, mes cheveux blonds, mes yeux bleus, pourquoi ma famille n'a pas parler de notre patrimoine anglais, mais plus important encore pourquoi je ne me suis pas senti anglais ni ne me suis français.

Je me sens Normand.

Et il se sent très bien; d'apprendre où vous venez, apprendre à qui vos ancêtres étaient, d'apprendre dont le sang coule dans vos veines.

Mais j'ai aussi senti une grande tristesse, parce que j'ai aussi été obligé de réaliser que je n'ai pas de pays d'origine. Si je suis allé en Angleterre, ce ne serait pas chez moi, et si je suis allé à la France, ce ne serait pas chez moi, soit. C'est la raison pour laquelle je suis ici aujourd'hui, pour aider l'effort d'un État indépendant et souverain en Normandie. La Normandie, ce qui englobe la culture, ce sont les gens, et son patrimoine. L'un des plus grands et les plus fiers patrimoines je pourrais imaginer.

Donc, après cette longue introduction, je tiens à dire que je suis tellement heureux une communauté comme cela existe et que d'autres personnes travaillent à une libre Normandie. J'espère que le fait d'être de la part des Etats-Unis ne me fait pas un outsider, parce je suis Normand.

En anglais:

Hi, my name's Joe, I'm 22 and I actually live in the United States. Also, I unfortunately don't speak very much French, so I use a translator for most of my posts and to view this site. I apologize in advanced if the translation is poor.

I've been doing research on my family history for a few years now, and I know my family from recent generations came over from England. But I always wondered why we never talked about our English heritage and also our appearance. Everyone in my family has very blonde hair and most of us have blue eyes. I thought that was kind of strange for people who are apparently English.

I decided to trace my surname and strangely enough, I found that it originates from just outside of Caen. Now I thought that was really strange because I knew we weren't French. So I decided to research Caen, and in doing so learned about the beautiful history of Normandy and it's people.

I learned about how Normandy was won from the French, and how the Normans created a flourishing empire with their own language, culture, and architecture. I learned about how they spread that culture on a global scale, and even took the throne of England themselves. And that is where I finally learned my heritage.

It turns out, the land in England that my family is from was given to them after the conquest. It all made sense, my blonde hair, my blue eyes, why my family didn't talk about being english, but more importantly why I did not feel english nor did I feel french.

I feel Normand.

And it feels great; to learn where you come from, to learn who your ancestors were, to learn whose blood runs through your veins.

But I also felt great sadness, because I was also forced to realize that I did not have a home country. If I went to England, that wouldn't be my home, and if I went to France, that wouldn't be my home either. Which is why I'm here today, to help the effort for an independent and sovereign Normandy. A Normandy that embraces it's culture, it's people, and it's heritage. One of the greatest and proudest heritages I could imagine.

So after that long introduction, I want to say that I'm so happy a community like this exists and that other people are working towards a free Normandy. I hope that being from the US doesn't make me an outsider, because deep down I feel Normand.

[Normand-Quebecois]

Welcome Joe, I'm from Canada, and my ancestor is also norman and was among  the first immigrants who came in the 17th century.

Like you, it was in the search of my origin that I've started to look more in depth about this particular region where my ancestor is coming from. That I've discovered how fantastic the history and the impact of our people had on the destiny of the countries they have conquered or immigrate.
Been an american, did you know that the founder of your country, George Washington, was from a family of  norman descent.
http://www.lifeofgeorgewashington.org/ancestry1.html

There is also, Walt Disney, Elvis Presley, Madonna (from her mother's side), and many more.

Again, welcome on this blog and hope to read you soon!!!

[LORD]

Boujou Joe,

bié'v'nu ichin (welcome here) and hope you'll find here what you need.

Amitiés Normandes.

[palmentier philippe]

welcome Joe !!!

[Normandie 2.0]

Welcome Joe.

I also speak French poorly, and Normaund not at all .. and like you mourn the fact that I have no 'real' homeland to call my own.  I was born in England of course, and am legally English .. but I am Anglo-Norman first .. and it is only when I am surrounded by the glory that was Normandy that I recognise myself (which is probably why I spend so much of my time visiting the sites of our ancestors)..

Ryan

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