Family Tree Frog

    Eye colour Have you ever thought about the eye colour you've inherited?  Robert and I were discussing this the other day.  Where did we get our blue eyes from?  I think I got them from my Dad on the Conner side (English).  My mother had hazel eyes.  After meeting the McLoughlins (Irish) a few years ago, I realise I could have got my blue eyes from them too.  And a bit of research into military records shows the Forfars (Scottish) and Carretts (English) could be candidates too.   Robert thinks he got his blue eyes from his paternal grandmother.  She was a HINDE (English) but her father was a DUNCAN (Scottish) so maybe it's from that side.  Robert's eyes are a pale blue which you can see in my daughter Isabel's eyes.  My eyes are a darker blue which my son inherited from me. I remember both my maternal grandfather Tom and my paternal grandmother Ethel had brown eyes.  I didn't meet the other two grandparents and am ...

  Thank you! "Gather round people...I'll tell you a story..."   First of all a big thank you to all the bloggers out there who embraced this challenge with such gusto and enthusiasm.    From little things big things grow .  No truer words were sung.   The Quiz The winner of the quiz is, without a doubt, Rosie Gall.  She was the first to get her entry in and all answers were correct.  Chris Goopy gets the runner-up prize for also submitting correct answers and doing such a fabulous job of collating all our posts.  Thank you both.   The answers are below:    1.    What was Ipswich in Queensland called by white settlers before it was officially named Ipswich in 1843?   Answer: Limestone 2.    Who was the first Lady Principal of Brisbane Girls Grammar? And for a bonus point who recently wrote a history about her? Answer: Mrs Janet O'Connor - Elisabeth Wheeler  3.   What do the ...