{"id":9931,"date":"2015-03-13T15:27:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:26:20","slug":"irish-ramsey-family-descendants-of-egyptian-pharaoh-ramesses-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/irish-ramsey-family-descendants-of-egyptian-pharaoh-ramesses-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"Irish Ramsey Family \u2013 Descendants of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1922 Irish American Ramsey descendants from all over the northeast gathered for a family reunion in Flemington, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9932\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/trenton-evening-times-newspaper-0813-1922-ramsey-reunion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9932\" title=\"trenton-evening-times-newspaper-0813-1922-ramsey-reunion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/trenton-evening-times-newspaper-0813-1922-ramsey-reunion.png\" alt=\"Ramsey Family in Annual Gathering, Trenton Evening Times newspaper article 13 August 1922\" width=\"340\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/trenton-evening-times-newspaper-0813-1922-ramsey-reunion.png 340w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/trenton-evening-times-newspaper-0813-1922-ramsey-reunion-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, New Jersey), 13 August 1922, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to this newspaper article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The reunion was the largest the family has yet held.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The attendees must have been stunned to learn, during a family history presentation given at the reunion, that their Ramsey family originated with the Egyptian pharaohs named Ramesses. Apparently their family historian thought that they were related because the pharaoh\u2019s name, Ramesses, sounds like Ramsey.<\/p>\n<p>Wow \u2013 I thought I\u2019d heard of everything.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9933\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0313-2015-ramesses-ii.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9933\" title=\"photo-0313-2015-ramesses-ii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0313-2015-ramesses-ii.png\" alt=\"photo of a statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II\" width=\"331\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0313-2015-ramesses-ii.png 331w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-0313-2015-ramesses-ii-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II. Source: Wikipedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as Irish American genealogists quickly learn that not all Kellys are related and not all Moriartys are related, so too, it is not likely that the Ramsey family is related to Ramesses II \u2013 but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There is a way to learn about who your ancestors and relatives are. Start digging in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> and begin documenting and recording your family history. If you have Irish ancestry, try searching our special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/static\/ethnic\/irish-american-newspapers.html\">Irish American newspaper archives<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<p>If the Luck of the Irish is with you, you just might be descended from the pharaohs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Irish American Genealogy Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/irish-american-genealogy-family-history-facts-infographic.html\">Irish American Genealogy &amp; Family History Facts Infographic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/irish-american-passenger-lists-in-old-newspapers.html\">Irish American Passenger Lists in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1922 Irish American Ramsey descendants from all over the northeast gathered for a family reunion in Flemington, New Jersey. According to this newspaper article: The reunion was the largest the family has yet held. 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