We are a couple of kiwis who, like many of us, are blessed with ancestors from the far reaches of this planet (well we don’t think there are any from further afield but some claim that they walk amongst us so no guarantees).

Carolyn is a New Zealander with both her parents being New Zealanders.

• Some of her father’s European ancestors arrived in New Zealand on the William Bryan which sailed from Plymouth in the UK on November 19, 1840 and arrived in New Plymouth in NZ on March 31, 1841.
• Her mother’s family was from a small village near Lucerne in Switzerland.

So overall Carolyn’s ancestry hails to the UK and Europe and includes all that that encompasses.

David considers himself first and foremost a New Zealander with a father who was a New Zealander and an English mother.

• Some of his father’s European ancestors arrived in New Zealand on the Timandra which sailed from Plymouth in the UK on November 2, 1841 and arrived in New Plymouth in NZ on February 23, 1842. His Maori ancestors arrived sometime earlier than that and are from Ngati Rahiri Hapu (subtribe) of Te Atiawa (Taranaki) Iwi (Tribe).
• His mother was born in Plymouth in the UK and immigrated to New Zealand after meeting his father and them marrying in Singapore.

So overall David’s ancestry hails to the UK (he is a British Citizen) and includes all that that encompasses with a bit of Scottish and Scandinavian and then he also has some Maori mixed in the pot.