I'm sure that I've missed more than a handful of quirky folks, but I have decided to put the wraps on the topic.
Basically all of my ancestors [or anyone's for that matter] had to be a bit quirky. To leave home, be it England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, German States, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium [Wallonia or Flanders], Normandy, wherever], with no guarantee of survival or safety, venturing onto a new continent made you a bit quirky. Facing shipwreck, starvation, perils of the wilderness, inhospitable natives or neighbors, or other dangers was risky, at best.
Later arrivals may have had it a little better than those who arrived during the early 1600s. Yet it was likely those later arrivals that were starting the cycle all over, but farther west then their predecessors.
Religious and ethnic persecutions followed some of the immigrants wherever they went. Others assimilated nicely over a generation or two.
Of course staying in their native countries may have made most of our ancestors even quirkier!
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