My family tree also dies around an ancestor who was probably an outlaw of some sort. Some sources say he was Spanish, some he was Portuguese. No records of who his parents were. But he married the daughter of a "coronel" (title given to rich farmers or merchants) and got the title of captain himself. That on my father side. On my mother side I can trace the maternal line up until Karay-yó Terebê, princess of the tupiniquim tribe in são Paulo.
My family tree stops somewhere back Hesse, Germany in the mid 1700s. The name isn't Ross though. It's Fockenroth.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/2C1S-M1Z/johannes-george-vockenroth-1753-1830
Then, in the early 1800s one Fockenroth family moved to Ohio and then about 10 years later moved back and changed their name to Ross. They had the same family member's names, same kids names, sexes, and just aged 10 years according to the census. It's odd.
My great grandmother said it was because they were horse thieves. But we're not sure if that's true or not 😂
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