my ancestral lineage, my blood and land migration lines, or at least the parts I have been able to recover…

I am the only daughter to Marion Frances Roycroft and Stephen Peter Gracey

4th generation settler as granddaughter of Alma Teresia Mang (whose parents Johann Mang (1866) and Carolyn Brodt (1875) were born in Satulmare, Bukowina, Austria and arrived to Turtle Island in 1889 and 1890 at the ages of 14 and 24 occupying and benefiting (via the Dominion Lands Act) from the theft of land from the Blackfoot, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and the Michif Piyii (Métis) peoples - arrival journey unclear)

6th generation settler as granddaughter of Ted (Theodor) Edward Roycroft (whose great grandmother Ann Connell (1823) and great grandfather Francis Kingston (1816) were born in Drimoleague, Cork, Ireland and died on the homelands of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga peoples colonially known as Grenville, Ontario - arrival journey unclear)

4th and 6th generation as granddaughter to Pierre Elizabeth Welch (whose father Ernest Harold Welch was born in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England and died in what is colonially known as ontario unknown location and date. and whose great grandmother Magdalina Bell was born in Scotland 1812 died occupying the homelands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabewak, Haudenosaunee, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Mississauga peoples in what is colonially known as lampton ontairo in 1884 - arrival journey unclear)

3rd generation settler as granddaughter of John (Jack) Gracey (who Left Belfast Ireland and arrived on Turtle Island June 6 1926 via the homelands of the Haudenosaunee and Mohawk peoples - colonially known as montreal and died in 1981 on the lands of the Mississauga and Anishinabewaki peoples colonially known as london ontario)

this is also part of the bloodlines that lead to my children Penelope and Elly who were born on, are living on and benefiting from the beautiful homelands of the Songhees (Ləkʷəŋən) and Esquimalt (Xwepsum) peoples