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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡

@allthosebefore.bsky.social

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Family historian, blogger, podcast guest and speaker. Pharos student. Also Mum, wife, and full-time public servant of 33 years and counting. Fuelled alternatively by coffee and wine. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy www.allthosebefore.org.uk

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Several people have commented about Ancestry's updated #DNA ethnicity estimates over the past 24 hours. I've written a short blog post about how mine have changed. To sum up: more Dutch, no longer Scottish. I also stand in solidarity with the people of #Yorkshire!
www.allthosebefore.co.uk?p=779

A stacked bar chart showing how the author's DNA ethnicity estimates have changed from 2020 to 2025.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 42m

The theme for day 11 for #31DaysOfGraves is #Military. Back in 2022 I visited #Huddersfield, attending a #FamilyHistory show and doing some research. I visited Greetland to search for family graves. I had no luck, but I did find the grave of a soldier killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

A gravestone beside a tree. The inscription reads “In memory of John Ramsden of the 33rd Regiment of Foot who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th day of June 1815, aged 24 years.” It continues by adding details of his wife and son.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry you’re in hospital, but glad to hear you’re being cared for so brilliantly. Get well soon. 🌸🌷🌺

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 7h

Losing the Scottish element is fine: I have no known Scottish ancestors. But going up to 18% Dutch is puzzling. I have 200 years of English heritage on every side of my tree, so I can only assume that this is deeper heritage, or else it’s too similar to distinguish accurately.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 16h

That’s a proper, solid urn - no messing!

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like I need to catch up tomorrow. #TOTP

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 16h

As a child I remember the journey up the A1 to visit my grandparents in Stamford, and passing the turning to Stilton. I seem to recall that the famous cheese wasn’t made there, but traded there. Was (is) it made in (near) Melton Mowbray?

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve just blocked another person purporting to be Keanu Reeves. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 21h

More Dutch, no longer even a little bit Scottish. #DNA

www.allthosebefore.co.uk/2025/10/10/m...

More Dutch, no longer Scottish? | All Those Before

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 21h

Crikey! Stay safe.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 21h

What a year you’re having! The wee fellow looks so handsome! 🥰

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 21h

It’s frustrating that the journeys can only be viewed on the mobile app, not on a web browser on a nice big screen. But I agree about the DNA journeys; mine are a close match to my documented tree.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 21h

Enjoy your time “up the Arkenstall” as they say in Haddenham.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 22h

I have no urns to share today, but I’ll be back with a post for #31DaysOfGraves tomorrow.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t post about politics, because I work in politics and have to uphold strict impartiality rules. But Janet’s post here goes far deeper than party politics, and articulates a deeper malaise in our society. It’s the desire to rebuild trust in public service that keeps me busy at work.

Janet Few @janetfew.bsky.social · 1d

Why History Matters – the nearest I’ll come to a political post

I deliberately don’t post about politics because I don’t like confrontation but remaining completely silent makes me part of the problem. I don’t have allegiance to a particular political party, although there is currently one that I…

Why History Matters – the nearest I’ll come to a political post

I deliberately don’t post about politics because I don’t like confrontation but remaining completely silent makes me part of the problem. I don’t have allegiance to a particular political party, although there is currently one that I would never vote for. This is not a political post but it certainly touches on current affairs. When I was interviewed for college, part of the interview process was to write an essay on ‘why study history?’.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

My grandfather and his father will be turning in their graves at such an outrageous reclassification of #Yorkshire!

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful to see such a big family get-together! I hope you all had fun.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to hear that, Emily. Take care of yourself.

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

My husband’s ancestor survived WW1, including being taken POW. He died in a ‘friendly fire’ incident while serving with the British Army of the Occupied Rhine in 1919. #GenHour

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

We’re really looking forward to it - although it’s only four days / three nights we have lots of interesting places to visit. #GenChat

Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

It’s always good to write about our #Veteran ancestors. A week on Monday I’m off for a mini European road trip to France, Belgium and Germany. One of our stops will be the grave of Mr H’s Great Uncle Eddie on the outskirts of Cologne. I’ll update my blog about him when we get home. #GenHour

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, #GenHour. I hope people are doing OK. Any juicy research finds to share? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting photos of Huddersfield Cloth Hall. While it looms large on old maps, this is the first time I’ve seen pictures.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see some trees being planted in my Fenland home.

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for thinking of me, Áine. 😊
Unfortunately I’m not doing much of my own research at the moment; study is filling my #FamilyHistory time.