Yes, I find it fascinating. My Irish grandfather's family history is the one branch that has been the most difficult to get info on. All we know is that he grew up in Quincy, Mass. Not sure if his parents were Irish born or not.
We have Yates blood related to some fancy fella in England.
Also Dutch blood. Fairly prominent families in New York way back when. Yates County, NY is my Yates clan. Bleecker St in Manhattan is named after my great-great-great? Grandfather. Also related to a Governor of NY and Mayor of Albany.
Im related to the youngest passenger on the Mayflower.
Also related to a Mohawk woman of some notoriety way back.
My Italian ancestors were part of the first wave of Italians in Boston. They came from Genoa.