How a Fille du Roi Brought the ‘Mother’s Curse’ to Canada

Posted by Jean-Yves on Sep 20, 2017
 

The first King’s Daughters—or filles du roi—arrived in New France in 1663, and 800 more would follow over the next decade. Given their numbers, they were not literally the king’s daughters of course.

They were poor and usually of common birth, but their passage and dowry were indeed paid by King Louis XIV for the purpose of empire building: These women were to marry male colonists and have many children, thus strengthening France’s hold on North America.

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Anonymous user
10/5/17

DNA testing is not legal in France so you can’t upload raw DNA data to Geneanet.


Am I able to up my Ancestry family tree Gedcom data and my DNA raw data to Geneanet?
if so how is it done


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