An Ancestry.com survey uncovers some surprising results, including:
- Young Americans are looking to their roots – 83 percent of 18- to 34-years-old are interested in learning their family history. Following closely are the 35- to 54-year-olds at 77 percent and Americans ages 55+ at 73 percent.
- Half of Americans know the name of only one or none of their great-grandparents.
- Twenty-two percent of Americans don’t know what either of their grandfathers do or did for a living.
- Although America is known as a nation of immigrants, 27 percent don’t know where their family lived before they came to America.
- Seventy-eight percent of Americans say they are interested in learning more about their family history.
- Fifty percent of American families have ever researched their roots.
- In comparing regions, Southerners know the least about their roots. Only 38 percent know both of their grandmothers’ maiden names, compared with 50 percent of Northeasterners. Also, only 47 percent of Southerners know what both of their grandfathers do or did for a living, while 55 percent of Northeasterners know both grandfathers’ occupations.
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