Who can define the North American term "crossing ancestor"?

rlaj	I would say it refers to the ancestor who crossed the ocean from the old world to the new world. Jul 29 05, 7:57 PM

lanfranco

And you are correct, rlaj. Your "crossing ancestor" was the first of your ancestors to arrive in the Americas. I'm afraid I don't know what equivalent term the Latin Americans use, but there must be one. Jul 29 05, 8:22 PM

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