Are you ready to shake the family tree and find out who you really are?
This is your chance to travel back in time, trace your family heritage and immerse yourself in the culture of your ancestors.
Whether you want to track down the rural village in Spain where your great uncle started his booming butter business, delve deeper into a family legend of royal ties in 19th-century Thailand or find out more about the Irish clan behind that dusty family crest on your grandmother’s desk, we want to help you connect to your story.
The lucky winner and their travel companion will each receive:
- 1-year World Explorer memberships from Ancestry.com + 20 hours of genealogical research for winner only;
- $1500 in custom trip planning from TravelStore
- $1500 airfare voucher from STA Travel
- Smart carry-on luggage from BlueSmart
- $250 worth of adventure clothing from The Clymb
- $100 gc to Lonely Planet shop
- Travel insurance from World Nomads for the duration of the trip.
To win, share your ancestral anecdote and why you want to explore this connection (in English, maximum 150 words).
I myself am Puyallup, Muckleshoot and Nooksack from Washington state. However, in addition to that, on my maternal side I am Mexican, with roots in Oaxaca and even a bit of Chinese thrown in. On my paternal side I am Creole and would love to trace that back as far as it can go. There was also mention of potentially some German and Filipino as well. There is a lot that comprises who I am and my family. My Father loves to tell me about our history. I even accompanied him in our area to several cemeteries, so that he would be able to draw correlations between relatives and my absolute favorite part, the stories he shares. If I were able to touch base in several or even one area of the world in connection to my familial line, there would be no greater gift.
I have ancestors from Sicily that I have been dying to get a chance to know. My grandfather has about 8 siblings who live there who have a huge family that I want to be involved in. The problem is, my grandpa has passed away, and my father has no idea where they are. So I asked my grandmother and she told me Sicily! I would be a great choice for this because me and my boyfriend have traveling and learning about different cultures in our soul. It would be the absolute dream to be able to see the world in a different way then I do now and to learn all about me and his past ancestors! Thank you for this opportunity.