What ethnicity are you most?

[jujitsuka07]

I was just wondering what is everyone's ethnic heritage. I'm not being racist here. I love learning about other cultures and peoples.

I have more Aztec blood in me than any other single bloodline. Second is German. I have a lot of different northern European bloodlines in me also.
So I'm more European than American Indian, but more Aztec individually than anything else individually.

[cnada]

I'm more Italian than anything (at least in my heart & behavior), but I'm also part Native American, French Canadian, and Irish.

[succubus]

depends how far back you want to go...

100 years and i'm south african
500 years and i'm mostly irish, bit of maori and some french

go back far enough and everyone's african again. ;)

[PlasmaShock]

Ukrainian. Unfortunately I dont like perogies.

[Gufbal1981]

Sicilian...we don't consider ourselves Italians and they don't consider us Italian's either!!

[Hapuka]

90% European and about 10% Maori.

[g-bells]

Serbian
Irish
Scottish
welsh

[Cait]

mom's side - dutch & french/german (it was prussia when the emigrated), and a lot of scottish, irish, & welsh

dad's side - english, english, more english.. scottish, and a very thin line of dane from whence the Peterson surname comes.

[narcsarge]

Mom's geneology: Cajun, Coonass, call it what you will!

Dad's: As English as they come!

[g-bells]

Mom's geneology: Cajun, Coonass, call it what you will!

Dad's: As English as they come!


HILLBILLY :p

[Stevebjj]

I'm almost all norwegian, although I think a german/prussian snuck in somewhere along the way.

[onyomi]

HILLBILLY :p

Cajuns and hillbillies are totally different. Cajuns eat gumbo, crayfish and fried alligator and live in swamps. Hillbillies live in the mountains and eat a lot of breakfast meats.

[narcsarge]

HILLBILLY :p


Dat's Momma G! Be nice or she'll git her shotgun!

Here's Pops!

http://www.stuffcollected.com/images/rednecks/redneck-cell-phone.jpg

[adouglasmhor]

I have Scottish, Irish, Lankan and Waloonish ancestors (Mostly Scottish) and I am a Tinker.

[Su lin]

French (hence my sophistication) Irish and Englsih (whatever that is!) :)

[karate princess]

I think my mums side is a mixture of French and Australian and my dads side is Dutsch and Swedish.

[Hiroji]

Mums family - Ireland, German.

Dads family - Ireland, German, nothern Europe.

Thats only recent generations however... :)

[boards]

Dad's Italiian
Mum's Prussian and English (from Ireland :o )

[Terao]

dads side = britons since before the romans came
mums side= is english but if you go far back there is an irish stem line

[Sam]

Mums side is Irish/english. Dads side is french/english.

Although he vehemantly denies the french, I think its due to football.

[Fishbone.]

100% Aussie.

[cheesypeas]

I am 100% Cymraes (Welshwoman)

Family tree researched back to the neolithic!!!!!!hahaha :p

[Hiroji]

100% Aussie.

you an Aborigine then? :p

[Terao]

hiroji has a point lol :D

[cheesypeas]

you an Aborigine then? :p

Fab response.. :p :D

[Kwajman]

English with a touch of Scottish.

[wazzabi]

100% Chinese :D
i think i'm the only asian to have replied in this thread :D .

my parents are both from different parts of southern China, but i don't know the english word for them :confused:

[bcullen]

Father's side - Irish

Mother's side - Icelandic, Finnish

[stump]

100% Irish as far back as I can tell (4 generations one side, 3 generations the other)

[Cuchulain4]

Mum side - Irish
Dad's side - Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English

I am from all over the British Isles.

[19thlohan]

Mostly Chinese, A little Irish.

[mattsylvester]

16th Scottish, English, and Norman/Italian depending on the heraldry sites. Surname means 'People of the woods', so the nearest translation in English would be 'Woodman'.

[Rev.]

In no particular order: ( I'm not too sure on percentages)

Native American
French
Italian
German
Swiss
English
Irish


I'm a mutt. :eek:

[ember]

Mom's side - 1/4 German, 1/4 old American Immigrant mix back to the Mayflower (so mostly English, some Swedish, probably lots of others over the centuries)
Dad's side - 1/4 mix: Pennsylvania Dutch (old German immigrants), Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English; 1/4 unknown but probably more German/Pennsylvania Dutch/Scandinavian (they ran to blondes)

Both sides say some Native American too, but in the genealogy I've done I haven't found it.

[Canuck]

Im about 75% mexican, 15% Slovenian and 10% Roman.

[Davey Bones]

3/4 Italian (Abruzzi and Bari), and 1/4 something else on my mom's dad's side. His family is Austrian or Hungarian... We think Hungarian.

[Moosey]

About as white and English as you can get.

[timex]

Dad's side - Italian

Mom's side - 1/2 English - 1/2 Irish

[WatchfulAbyss]

Irish, Indian, oh ye, I'm real complex over here.... :cool:

[Smokey13]

German, Polish, Croation, Australian

cheers

[Mandras]

100% Irish... as far back as I can tell anyways...

[Sgt_Major]

!00% pure homegrown Irish

[G50]

On my dad's side - from Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Holland

On my mom's side - Russian

[PASmith]

Mostly English, a bit of welsh.
Although no one can really say for sure what their ancestory is until they do a full family tree.
Especially in places as prone to immigration as Britain or the USA.
There could be anything lurking back in your ancestory.

[Guizzy]

Traced my lineage; I'm as close as can be to 100% French (Québecois from French origins) farmers up to 1603. From there; no records.

[Mevans]

Dads side - Former USSR (I don't know exactly where), Welsh and English

Moms side - English

[Lame Leopard]

Paddy.

[cloudz]

Greek Cypriot, both sides. Going back though is anyones guess.. Cyprus has had load of different peoples in & out over the course of its history. I'd love to do a family tree type thing one day if possible..

[mijorobert]

mexican,italian,irish,sweedish,a lil native american and a lil spanish :cool:

[Melanie]

English

[Kraken]

Prussian, German,Czech,Polish,Scottish,Irish.........My last name is european in origin

[Ciar2001]

both parents are from the England, grandmothers English and grandfathers Irish :)

and if you go further back a bit of Spanish.

about all i know except i have a ton of family in England and Ireland.

[CKava]

100% Irish

[inthespirit]

Man… ya’ll are so amateur, I'm gonna be a smart arse and give ya’ll a genetic breakdown of my ancestry. :Angel:

On my dads side tis haplogroup Q (M242):

Haplogroup Q, defined by marker M242, appeared on the M45 lineage and includes most Native Americans. Its origin lies in Siberia some 15,000 to 20,000 years ago - during the savagely cold climate of that period.

The adaptable descendants of M242 survived by hunting large mammals and invented cold-weather living techniques still employed by their modern Arctic descendants. They developed new shelters, new types of clothing, and new tools for an increasingly challenging environment.

In the ice-free regions of Siberia these people sat poised to enter a new world. About 15,000 years ago they did just that. With much of Earths water locked up in ice sheets, period sea levels were some 350 feet (100 meters) lower than at present. Consequently a land mass called Beringia connected present day Alaska and provided a crossing for the peopling of the Americas.

The genetic data coincide with archaeological evidence for a Beringia crossing that enabled North American settlement only after about 15,000 years ago.

Somehow the pregnancy of M242 migrated further south through the Americas. Just how they gained passage through the era's prevalent ice cover is unknown. Some speculate that an ice-free Rocky Mountain corridor allowed safe travel, while others favor a hypothesis of coastal migration. Whatever their route out of modern Alaska, the descendants of M242 were the first explorers of the New World.

I'm so proud of my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Grand Pa!

On my mums side tis haplogroup U:

Haplogroup U descendants gave rise to several different subgroups, some of exhibit very specific geographic homelands. The very old age of these subgroups has led to a wide distribution; today they harbor specific European, North African and Indian components, and are found in Arabia, the Northern Caucasus Mountains and throughout the Near East.

While some members of this haplogropu headed north into Scandinavia, or south into North Africa, most members of haplogroup U stem from a group that moved northward out of the Near East. These women crossed the ruged Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia, and moved on to the steppes of the Black Sea. These individuals represent movements from the Black Sea steppes west into regions that comprise the present-day Baltic states and western Eurasia. This grassland then served as the home base for subsequent movement north and west. Today, members of these lineages are found in Europe and the eastern Mediterranean at frequencies of almost seven percent of the population.

Go Great* Gran Ma!

Above info wholly plagiarized from National Geographic’s Genographic project. If you wanna have a pop, need to get your mums and dad’s DNA or similar.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

I guess I could be a simpleton and say 50% Azeri (fm Dad), 50% (fm Mum) Russian, but that does not say too much. ;)

Yes, I got my head up my culo…

[fogo]

african american/native american, mohawk tribe, nothin but the best :cool:

[TheDoughnut]

Iranian father, Turkish mother.

Japanese girlfriend. Go figure.

[Langenschwert]

Half Dutch, half Swedish, so I'm about as Northen European as one can get. Have a big interest in Asatru as well.

Best regards,

-Mark

[angacam]

Scottish, American Indian, English, Irish Listed in order from most to least. In other words I am an angry drunk :D

[Angelus]

indian :D ... witha bit of portuguese ancestry

[FONB]

100% Crazy ethnicity.

[g-bells]

indian :D ... witha bit of portuguese ancestry
are you from the smack-a-hoe tribe?

[FONB]

Gbell that ain't right at all.lol :D

[g-bells]

it is a joke, nothing against Indians :woo: :)

[adouglasmhor]

I always winder whether people mean Indian
http://golmal.pickledpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/shilpa_shetty1.jpg
or American Indian http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Weir/gifs/girl11.gif

[Hippolyta]

I'm mostly English and Welsh, with a bit of Greek thrown in.

[FONB]

No worries G-Bell. Indians are not circling yet. :D

[g-bells]

i do have a peace pipe :D

[FONB]

I thought english an welsh same thing right!

And all American indian smoke the finest gold bud. :D
That is to be peacefull G-Bell.

[Angelus]

I always winder whether people mean Indian
http://golmal.pickledpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/shilpa_shetty1.jpg
or American Indian http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Weir/gifs/girl11.gif

Im indian as in from India :D
and i believe the term is native american :D

[Cait]

I thought english an welsh same thing right!
bite your tongue, boy! that's like saying americans and canadians are the same thing :woo:

[Scarlet Mist]

bite your tongue, boy! that's like saying americans and canadians are the same thing :woo:

You mean they're not?

[g-bells]

bite your tongue, boy! that's like saying americans and canadians are the same thing :woo:

don't know where you got that one from but noboby ever mistaked me for being canadian....that would be fighting words

[Cait]

don't know where you got that one from but noboby ever mistaked me for being canadian....that would be fighting words
exactly... just like saying a welshie was english, or vice versa...

[karate princess]

You mean they're not?
Wow, don't ever get an Australian and New Zealander confused Scarlett.

[Angelus]

Hey Scarlet you're back *clapclap* :D

[19thlohan]

Im indian as in from India :D
and i believe the term is native american :D

No, it's Injin.

[g-bells]

Na......na ........nanana

[cheesypeas]

But the difference is that the Welsh are the one's that had allot to do with England being England in the fact that they're kinda the race that created the Anglosaxon. Thing! Just what I remember from way back when I was in school, lets hope someone sets me straight on this. Well does Canada really have its own race common now. They don't need a military why should they need a seperate race from American. :D

Ahem....

When the romans invaded great britain everyone spoke what is essentially Welsh. The romans didnt succeed in stopping the britons speaking welsh in what is now wales....but elsewhere in 'england' the language began to change.

Romans left...welsh got on with their lives.

Then the Angles from GERMANY
and the Saxons from GERMANY.....came and stayed in england.

then others came..and so on...

So, basically the original britons became the welsh...and the german-german-roman-norman------people in england became the english.

footnote..

england ..means angle land....land of the angles....land of the people from germany!!!

Its a funny old world.....

[cheesypeas]

That is pretty much exactly what i barly remember CaryB, everytime see your name i think it is spelled with a z or Crazy just at foot note nice post though i have went to a place in my post i guess to affend without knowing i was going there. Please don't take an offense to the CrazyB but really CaryB thing it is actuall on instant glance how i see it sometime when i speed read the threads.

yes it is a funny, yet very madd world.......

Ya,sa ysin i am an injin then. :D 19thlohan Fine my feeling are just so hurt! cry :cry: . :D

You are bonkers!!! :D :p

ps My name is Welsh..so its hard for foreigners to get their tongue around it sometimes :eek:

[slipthejab]

No, it's Injin.

wrong. :bang:

[Angelus]

You are bonkers!!! :D :p

ps My name is Welsh..so its hard for foreigners to get their tongue around it sometimes :eek:
i bet i can say it :) just like you can say my name :D

[g-bells]

You know what is nice about being Injin is that i can go to any college anywhere in America an the government pays for it. Also, I am just enough to be Native American to get that an every child of I have will have the same thing. I do have doughts that it actually works never have used it. Just how thing go, plus i really do not know all the rules to it. I imagine there are rules like certain age thing or certain schools only.

I am 1/ not very much Injin, what does that dang card say! It ain't very much.
so, are you or are you not part of the smack-a-hoe tribe? :D

[slipthejab]

You know what is nice about being Injin is that i can go to any college anywhere in America an the government pays for it. Also, I am just enough to be Native American to get that an every child of I have will have the same thing. I do have doughts that it actually works never have used it. Just how thing go, plus i really do not know all the rules to it. I imagine there are rules like certain age thing or certain schools only.

I am 1/ not very much Injin, what does that dang card say! It ain't very much.

If you actually are native American and callin' yourself 'injin' then you're doing a disservice to your people and your culture.

In order to receive benefits for being a Native American you need to be able meet the criteria of being more than 1/4 Native American as defined by the Bereau of Indian Affairs office.

It'd be nice if more of the people who say their native American actually bothered to contribute to the native American community.

if you ever decide to pursue it... you should start here:
http://www.oiep.bia.edu/
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
Canada has a very similar system if you based in Canada.

[g-bells]

If you actually are native American and callin' yourself 'injin' then you're doing a disservice to your people and your culture.

In order to receive benefits for being a Native American you need to be able meet the criteria of being more than 1/4 Native American as defined by the Bereau of Indian Affairs office.

It'd be nice if more of the people who say their native American actually bothered to contribute to the native American community.

http://www.oiep.bia.edu/
Slippy...... i have nothing but respect for native american, my comments are only in a joking manner :)

[slipthejab]

I think that American Indian are the Crazy Breed of Man.

err... it appears you have no idea what you're talking about. :rolleyes:

[slipthejab]

Well that is how i feel about it though it is not a negative statement, the American Indians have hurt them selves so much. It is how i explain there appraoch to thing in there past. That is all i can sy slip if it upsets you don't know what to say.

Yes my grandmother is on the roles. I regularly go to those an read those but that is not the one most people use the site you put up Slip. Which directly tells me it is you that don't know what you are talking about.

err... perhaps you could start by typing a legible sentence. ;)

Your assertion that native Americans have 'hurt themselves so much' shows you haven't got a clue about what your blabbing on about. You're taking something completely out of context. Not uncommon for those with wild and rather ill informed fantasies about native Americans.

Your full of it...

On one hand you say that you yourself regularly go to the DOI and BIA.edu site and read... yet on the other hand you say no one uses it and therefore I don't know what I'm talking about. :rolleyes:

Since you can't seem to figure it out... anyone who's dealing with establishing their native American ancestry has to deal with the DOI. Additionally the BIA.edu site is the starting point for understanding what's available in terms of educational grants and scholarships for native Americans. Yet you claim nobody uses them.

Riiiiiiiiight. :bang:

I suggest you quit while your behind.

[slipthejab]

You posted tripe and got called on it. Plain and simple.
Now you've got your panties in a knot because of it.

No one gives a rats ass if they get on your ignore list.
Grow up.

[slipthejab]

Mother ****er you are right why don't you be a man and tell me where i can come kick your ass at.


z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z

Yawn.
Done with your tough guy act yet? :rolleyes:

[adouglasmhor]

Ahem....

When the romans invaded great britain everyone spoke what is essentially Welsh. The romans didnt succeed in stopping the britons speaking welsh in what is now wales....but elsewhere in 'england' the language began to change.

Romans left...welsh got on with their lives.

Then the Angles from GERMANY
and the Saxons from GERMANY.....came and stayed in england.

then others came..and so on...

So, basically the original britons became the welsh...and the german-german-roman-norman------people in england became the english.

footnote..

england ..means angle land....land of the angles....land of the people from germany!!!

Its a funny old world.....

Carys Picts did not speak Welsh - they spoke Pictish which while related to Welsh was a different Brythonic language with it's own grammar and syntax. The term "Welsh" was a name originally applied to Romanised British, It did not mean Cymraeg till much later. The picts existed as a separate ethnic group - probably from pre Roman times to around the 8th century at least.

BTW the biggest settlement of Angles was in Scotland/Northumbria so the English started in Scotland :)
They were brought in by the
Romans who payed a Brythonic tribe called the Gododdin to leave to make room for them- they went from Edinburgh to Catterick then on to North Wales, the story of this migration is the oldest surviving piece of Welsh literature in existence.

[Kew-Do]

On my Father’s side: My Grandfather was half German and half Cree Indian, he grew up in Quebec. My Grandmother was full Mic Mac Indian from Nova Scotia.

My Mother’s side: My Grandmother was Irish from a long Line of the O’Toole clan
And my Grandfather was English Scottish

If you look at my Avatar you can notice that I have a very dark complexion.

[19thlohan]

My Mother’s side: My Grandmother was Irish from a long Line of the O’Toole clan
.

I've got O'tools in the Irish part of my family. What's up Cous? :D

[14 Kempo]

Father's side: 100% Portuguese
Mother's side: 100% Armenian

Pretty easy, makes me 50% Portuguese, 50% Armenian.
Both parents were born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island.

[Kew-Do]

I've got O'tools in the Irish part of my family. What's up Cous? :D

Yes we could be....It is a small world!

My sister looks like "Cher" you can tell there is alot of Indian in our blood. With my combination of ancestory a lot of people ask me if I like to drink...funny, I don't drink a drop.

[g-bells]

irish and you don't drink :eek:

[Kew-Do]

irish and you don't drink :eek:

No I get sick...I consider myself Indian, German, Irish Scottish.

[g-bells]

No I get sick...I consider myself Indian, German, Irish Scottish.
you have to have a good temper huh?

[Kew-Do]

you have to have a good temper huh?
Actually my nick name is Obi-Wan

I am very mild mannered and have a super calm personality. I really feel that MA has helped me with that.

[g-bells]

just thought with all that firey blood lines, no temper , no drinking....
you the black sheep then? :D

[Kew-Do]

just thought with all that firey blood lines, no temper , no drinking....
you the black sheep then? :D


No..... People are pretty calm in my family

[g-bells]

well thats about all i got :(

[Kew-Do]

well thats about all i got :(


What kind of temperament do you have?

[g-bells]

when i was young, i had a quick fuse but as i grew older i learned to control it and MA has help a ton too

i don't drink very often either

[Pocari Neko]

Totally Chinese through and through, ethnically speaking. Mentally though... Well I'm bit of a mongrel. :)

[slipthejab]

Totally Chinese through and through, ethnically speaking. Mentally though... Well I'm bit of a mongrel. :)

err... so when you say 'Chinese' what kind of Chinese? :confused:
There are more than one. I'm assuming you mean ethnic Han Chinese.

[narcsarge]

just thought with all that firey blood lines, no temper , no drinking....
you the black sheep then? :D


Remember G, Kew-Do is fellow officer! We have to remain calm and collected. As for drinking, we P.O.'s see so much destruction caused from booze and drugs it makes many of us light weights. Not to mention that if we go off on a bender, good chance that our "neighbors" will phone in a complaint about "the drunk cop and his 'wild' parties". Safer to just stick with coffee and donuts. :D

[Kew-Do]

Remember G, Kew-Do is fellow officer! We have to remain calm and collected. As for drinking, we P.O.'s see so much destruction caused from booze and drugs it makes many of us light weights. Not to mention that if we go off on a bender, good chance that our "neighbors" will phone in a complaint about "the drunk cop and his 'wild' parties". Safer to just stick with coffee and donuts. :D


LOL...

That was funny,.....I am allergic to alcohol, I can't even take cough syrup! as far as the "coffee and donuts" I'll take the coffee!...I don't like anything that is real sweet and or starchy carbs like breads, rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.... For what I don't drink in alcohol, I make up in coffee!

Kew-Do

[jujitsuka07]

At the beginning of the thread, I mentioned briefly my ethnicity. To break it down into more detail, in my recent family tree...

...on my dad's side:
Predominatly German, but Swedish, Irish, Dutch, and English too.

...on my mom's side:
-My grandfather: Mexica (Aztec).
-My grandmother: Irish and something else (I don't know what), maybe some Scottish though too.

A family pie chart might look something like this: (I know I've got some parts of it in thirds, but that was the easiest way to show it).

[g-bells]

Remember G, Kew-Do is fellow officer! We have to remain calm and collected. As for drinking, we P.O.'s see so much destruction caused from booze and drugs it makes many of us light weights. Not to mention that if we go off on a bender, good chance that our "neighbors" will phone in a complaint about "the drunk cop and his 'wild' parties". Safer to just stick with coffee and donuts. :D

narc.... we use to throw eggs at policeman when i was young :p

[slipthejab]

At the beginning of the thread, I mentioned briefly my ethnicity. To break it down into more detail, in my recent family tree...

...on my dad's side:
Predominatly German, but Swedish, Irish, Dutch, and English too.

...on my mom's side:
-My grandfather: Mexica (Aztec).
-My grandmother: Irish and something else (I don't know what), maybe some Scottish though too.

A family pie chart might look something like this: (I know I've got some parts of it in thirds, but that was the easiest way to show it).

I'm curious how you figured out the Aztec/Mexica part? :confused:
What is the family name on your dads side? From what part of Mexico?

[jujitsuka07]

I'm curious how you figured out the Aztec/Mexica part? :confused:
What is the family name on your dads side? From what part of Mexico?
You mean my mom's side? That's the side that's Aztec.

One of my grandfather's favorite hobbies is genealogy. In his studies, he found that he is almost, if not, full-blood Aztec. My grandfather moved here from Mexico with his dad, mom, and siblings. At one point, probably recently, my ancestors lived in Chihuahua, Mexico. They speak fluent Spanish, not Nahuatl (Aztecan). There are thousands of people in Mexico today who are Aztec, but most speak Spanish now, and many have taken on Spanish last names, like my family did. But the cool thing...their name means "Valley", perhaps as in "Mexico Valley" as in "Mexico City" as in "Tenochtitlan" as in "City of the Aztecs".

I don't look Aztec though. I take after my dad's side - German and Irish. I have reddish-blonde hair, green eyes, and light skin, lol!

[ShadowHunter]

Dad- Scottish

Mother- Scottish, Welsh

[Hellbent]

Serbian.
I'm a 1st generation Australian, and my fiance is South African.

[g-bells]

Serbian.
I'm a 1st generation Australian, and my fiance is South African.

ah, another Super Serb :D

[pasusan02]

I am 50% Scottish, and the rest is made up of English, Irish and German.

[bmcgonag]

Human (or so I'm told)

Irish - McGonagill <--spelling possibly changed by american immigration.
Scottish

Yeah, and never ask for the McGonagill Coat of Arms at the Scottish Coat of Arms museum...if looks could kill...no sense of humor at all!

Brian

[adouglasmhor]

William Topaz McGonagall was a great poet -well just about a poet.

"Beautiful railway bridge of the silv'ry Tay
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last sabbath day of 1879
Which shall be remembered for a very long time."

And it ends:

"Oh! Ill-fated bridge of the silv'ry Tay
I now must conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay
That your central girders would not have given way
At least many sensible men do say
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses
At least many sensible men confesses
For the stronger we our houses build
The less chance we have of being killed"

that's why you got a bad reaction I bet.

[Emil]

Romani, except a little bit of Welsh from my fathers side.

[MA_Angel]

Hmm, I'm both Black and Dominican so um I guess they're equal lol, It's hard for me to tell which I have more of sometimes.

[dvybe]

I'm African-American with some Native american sprinkled in...lol. My wife is caucasian which gives my sons the privelige of being a little of everything. With all of the race mixing that went on hundreds, and hundreds of years ago, it's hard to really be sure of who is what anymore. I think that's a good thing. I love my culture and my heritage, but I'm a "Hu-man" before I'm a "Black man" Good thread.

[nupe357]

100% African-American...

[jujitsuka07]

William Topaz McGonagall was a great poet -well just about a poet.

"Beautiful railway bridge of the silv'ry Tay
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last sabbath day of 1879
Which shall be remembered for a very long time."

And it ends:

"Oh! Ill-fated bridge of the silv'ry Tay
I now must conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay
That your central girders would not have given way
At least many sensible men do say
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses
At least many sensible men confesses
For the stronger we our houses build
The less chance we have of being killed"

that's why you got a bad reaction I bet.

..........What???...

[Johnno]

This is a fascinating thread!

On my Mum's side I'm a nice straightforward split between Scottish and Swiss Romande. On my Dad's side it's a bit fuzzier: Irish and some Jewish blood on his father's side, Scottish on his mother's side - with maybe a bit of English blood picked up along the way.

[slipthejab]

Hmm, I'm both Black and Dominican so um I guess they're equal lol, It's hard for me to tell which I have more of sometimes.

How on earth did I miss you on MAP?!?! :p :eek:

[SickDevildog]

Mother - From Maximiliansau Germany, she's as German and white as they get.
Father - From Charlotte NC and as black as they come.

Black folks think I'm just lightskinned, the rest say I look Puertorican. :rolleyes:

[Pekir]

On my mothers side: Dutch, Indonesian (moluccan)
On my fathers side: Dutch, Indonesian (sundanese, madurese)
My family name is according to some surname sites Scottisch
I am a Dutch-Indonesian European.....

[NaziKiller]

Father - Romanian, pretty white
Mother - half Yemanite, half Libyan, pretty dark skinned

Moca flavored skin, sort of southern Italian or something.

[MingTheMerciles]

Father - Grandpa is Mongol and Grandma is Southern Chinese , that make me descendents of the great khan !!!!!!

Mother - Hungarian

Well , that make me very Central Asian or Eurasian and I am more Mongoloid

But then I am born in Hong Kong and currently in Vancouver

[Orangeseger]

Mostly Swedish.


Makes me want to pillage some poor unsuspecting town...

[NaughtyKnight]

I am English all the way down both lines of my family. My dad side is of nobel blood, my mums side are all theives and criminals lol.

[path_one]

I'm Turkish.

My ancestry however consists of Turkic, most probably some Tatar and/or Mongolian and Syrian. I have some family members with features resembling oriental/far east asian.

The further back we go we are all a mixture of many things.

A

[Ghost Frog]

My great, great grandparents were from Ireland and Scotland, so that makes me....




100% Lancastrian. Yay!!

http://hargreaves.quarterman.org/hargreaves/gif/redrose.gif

[prfighter]

both parents are puerto rican :)

[wrydolphin]

Geez, lets see-
My mother is Scot and French Basque my father is Volga German and Irish.

The Cambell family reunions are interesting. I have more teeth in my head then all of them combined. Apparently the just don't have dentists in Mississippi.

[Angelus]

How on earth did I miss you on MAP?!?! :p :eek:
omg how did i miss her myself?
shes been around since January *gasp*

[ichangx]

Im 100 % korean.

[flaming]

60% Irish 20% German and a bit of French, Spanish and Jamaican.

[Johnno]

60% Irish 20% German and a bit of French, Spanish and Jamaican.How do you get 60%? :confused:

I can understand 50%, or 25%, but 60% I don't understand. :o

[flaming]

My mums all irish and my dad has a bit of irish too as well as all the other stuff.

[NaughtyKnight]

Why are all Americans like 30 ethnicities, yet the rest of the world are at most 50-50? :p

[ember]

Why are all Americans like 30 ethnicities, yet the rest of the world are at most 50-50? :p

Well, my short answer to ethnicity is "All-American mutt" :D

[wrydolphin]

Cause we take a more modern view on breeding outside the family. ;) :p

[NaughtyKnight]

My god thats rich coming from a southerner...

[wrydolphin]

A southerner with more family branches then your own, I might add. Apparently the Brits are the ones who moved to the south and started the inbreeding.

[NaughtyKnight]

Branches? I'm pretty sure your family tree is just a straight piece of timber :p.

[wrydolphin]

Nope. More convolutions and add ons then any one person ought to deal with. Apparently we are related to Anderson Cooper and some of the relatives aren't too happy about what he said about Aunt Bama. They just need a hobby that does not involve gossiping about people who have been dead almost a century.

[Death by Heel]

English

[MingTheMerciles]

I'm Turkish.

My ancestry however consists of Turkic, most probably some Tatar and/or Mongolian and Syrian. I have some family members with features resembling oriental/far east asian.

The further back we go we are all a mixture of many things.

A

That could make you Genghis Khan Descendent . We could nearly be like cousin .

[MatsunoCj]

well im basically half black 25% english and 25% scotish

[bulkathos72]

I am German, and Spanish,Mexican,and French

[Zannen!]

Why are all Americans like 30 ethnicities, yet the rest of the world are at most 50-50? :p


Superior cross breeding and cross breeding vigor. That's why we are better looking, well except the super sized Americans.

[laugarfist]

Half English, Half Scottish. I spend most of my time warring with myself. :cool:

[Ninja01]

I have alot of diffrent ethnicities. I'm 1/4 Italian, I have some Slovakian, Czech, some English, and I don't know what else.

[Satori81]

Quarter Hawaiin, Quarter Japanese, Half Caucasian.

[tekkengod]

quarter puerto rican, quarter norwegian, half mutt

[fighting13]

not sure about percentages but i know i am part Italian, French, Czech, German, Scotish, Native American, English, and irish.

[Shadow_of_Evil]

Dads: 50/50 Irish and Indian (technically Pakistan as well, but we don't admit it)
Mum: Irish

So I'm sorta 75% Irish and 25% Indian born in Australia :)
I just call it half/half ;)

[Ahmad89]

I am 1/4 Ojibwe American Indian, 1/4 Irish, and 1/2 unknown (my mom and I know nothing about the father)

[Angelus]

Dads: 50/50 Irish and Indian (technically Pakistan as well, but we don't admit it)
Mum: Irish

So I'm sorta 75% Irish and 25% Indian born in Australia :)
I just call it half/half ;)
Homeboy's Indian...or part,same thing! Join the club. So far its me, you and <mysterywoman> :D

[emaun]

mostly black, part cuban and part indian

[SnorriSturluson]

As a former historian, I have to say that anything dependent on oral tradition, as genalogies typically are, is certainly full of errors. Think about how you tell and retell stories, mulitply this by many generations of people telling stories, and you have a sense of the accuracy level to expect from family genealogical traditions. Also, most of the world has always experienced migrations, and once you go back a few generations, there is just no knowing where people came from. As others have pointed out above, ultimately we're all African.

Finally, let me say that I am sure no one on MAP had a great grandmother who was a hot blooded little slut. However, genealogy is dependent on sex, something people often lie about.

All that said, as far as I know I'm about
a) 1/4 Irish. Most of the crew were Catholic. One of the Northern Irish great grandmas had a Scottish maiden name and, though punctiliously Catholic, she hung a picture of Queen Victoria on her living room wall. She may have either been a closet Protestant or have converted in order to marry my great grandfather-I'm sure he was very handsome.
b) 1/8 English. Though Grandma's maiden name was pure English, these were Presbyterians so there may have been some Scots hiding in the wainscotting in this case too.
c) 1/8 Syrian (Great Grandad was an Eastern Rite Catholic from Damascus, but he was a university professor who might have come from anywhere in Syria/Lebanon/Palestine/Iraq to work at the university)
d) 50% German (some from Swabia or Bavaria, some from Prussia)

[Yohan]

50% German
1/8th american indian
don't know about the rest.

[Panzerhaust]

25% German
25% Scottish
25% Irish
25% British

You'd think I'd bleed alcohol :P

[Johnno]

25% German
25% Scottish
25% Irish
25% British

You'd think I'd bleed alcohol :PIf you are 25% Scottish then what's the 25% 'British'? Are you just unsure if it's English or Welsh? :confused:

[DaeHanL]

i am 50% Korean and 50% German. so i was destined to love fermented cabbage either way!

[MatsunoCj]

50% African American, 25% English, 25% Scottish

[Student 0f Life]

Dads: Italian(Nothern) and some German.

Moms: English(She was from England) and some Scottish.

An interesting fact, one of my acsestors on my mothers side was William Delindley, the second-in-command of William The Conqueror. :)

[Tartovski]

I'm Black and I'm Proud...

sadly I'm trapped in the body of middle-class white boy.

[DaeHanL]

haha! that's awesome. there's a lot of that going on, so you're not alone!

[Mehrad]

Im 100% Persian but I dont really percieve to be since I moved to the Uk at the age of 1!

[Kraken]

My last name is Prussian so i guess somewhere along the line my family where prussians , grandparents though were from Germany and immigrated to Australia after world war 2, The other side of me is quater english and quater irish, so iam more Central european then anything.

[TeamAmerica]

50% German Jew
25% Scottish
25% French

[gorinnosho]

All in all, i'm a clear cut Aussie, my mums side is english (Canham)/Irish(Symes/Doolan) and dads side is english (Thompson)/ French (Rouse) and English (Halpin)/ Irish (O'Brien) or so my family's family history research tells me.

[seanboy]

I have to laugh at people who make ridiculous claims such as I am 50% scottish and 50% german etc.

if you had a dna test you would be in for a surprise no matter where you think all your ancestors were from.

I am scottish but I have n clue where my ethnicity comes from I know its northern european but you dont know where yur ethnicity comes from unless you have a dna test. not counting you closest ancestors with your fingers and then claiming 50% of this and a little dash of that etc.

[gorinnosho]

I have to laugh at people who make ridiculous claims such as I am 50% scottish and 50% german etc.

if you had a dna test you would be in for a surprise no matter where you think all your ancestors were from.

I am scottish but I have n clue where my ethnicity comes from I know its northern european but you dont know where yur ethnicity comes from unless you have a dna test. not counting you closest ancestors with your fingers and then claiming 50% of this and a little dash of that etc.



I agree, my father keeps saying theres no irish in my heritage, so i want a DNA test to find out.

[Big Lee]

I'm Irish.
But I've grown up in London, so I count myself as 'London Irish'

[donb]

born and raised in philippines but 25%chinese, 50% spanish, ? on the other 25%

[Kenpo_Iz_Active]

100% Greek, baby!!

[Cyco78]

In west Philadelphia born and raised...

But on a serious note, I've got more than a bit of Cherokee blood in me, and I'm told the rest is a mix of your basic European ancestry. Dark eyes and hair, with pretty light skin. Yep, you're run of the mill, Grade-C North American.

[Natsu]

25%- Filipino
25%- Japanese
50%- African Ugandan

[Croweater]

I'm about 4th or 5th generation Australian, maybe even more. European descent.

[Narrue]

Mostly Irish but have reason to think there may be some Spanish influence in my family, going back a long time though, probably when the Spanish invaded Ireland.

[Taffyleigh]

Welsh through and through, from what i've seen of my family tree.

[Johnno]

Mostly Irish but have reason to think there may be some Spanish influence in my family, going back a long time though, probably when the Spanish invaded Ireland.The Spanish have never invaded Ireland. Perhaps you are you thinking of the Spanish Armada? :confused:

[DancesWithKnife]

As far as I know:

On my mother's side of the family, American Indian [Native American whichever you prefer] has stayed in the bloodline, but everyone is mixed race.
EX.:My mother is 75% Native American and 25% African American, my uncle is 75% Native American 25% Caucasian. So, I'm guessing that the men that my grandmother [full-blooded Cherokee] "mated" with were at least half Native American. I'm not sure what that makes of me though since I do not know very much of my father, but I can proudly say that I have Native blood running through my veins. C:

[I hope I didn't go overboard]

~Take Care

/DancesWithKnife/

[Narrue]

The Spanish have never invaded Ireland. Perhaps you are you thinking of the Spanish Armada? :confused:

Invaded is probably the wrong word :D The Amarda is not just one ship though

"The Armada consisted of 130 ships, including transports and merchantmen, and carried about 30,000 men"


This is why some Irish have dark black hair/ eyes and olive skin. Some members on my fathers side have this appearance. I dont though, I burn if I even look at the sun :cry:

[SnorriSturluson]

Invaded is probably the wrong word :D The Amarda is not just one ship though

"The Armada consisted of 130 ships, including transports and merchantmen, and carried about 30,000 men"


This is why some Irish have dark black hair/ eyes and olive skin. Some members on my fathers side have this appearance. I dont though, I burn if I even look at the sun :cry:
This is more legend than fact. There are records of Spanish Armada survivors being robbed and killed on the coast of Ireland but none of any survivors being integrated into the population. There could have been some who survived and had kids (Irish girls are hot...) but not enough to make any visible difference after ~=15 generations. On the other hand, the average Irish person has a mixture of Pictish/preceltic, Celtic, Norman, other French, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and other ancestry.

good story: yesterday, I went for the first time to a boxing gym where everyone else present was Hispanic. At one point, I wailed incompetently on a double ended bag-this was the first time I had ever used one. One of the coaches helped me learn how to handle the bag a little better. After I finally hit some passable combinations, he asked "are you Irish?" The answer is that I'm only about a quarter Irish but raised in an Irish-American millieu and a dual Irish-US citizen. In LA the most common ethnicities among white people are Jewish, German, and Okie/Scotch or Scotch-Irish; unhyphenated Irish is pretty far down the list, so he didn't just make a guess. I am not sure whether he asked because most of the "Anglo" (California term for English speaking white people) boxers he had ever heard of were Irish, or whether he spotted something about my looks or mannerisms. In any case I wasn't drunk :) Next time I'll ask him and report back in this space.

[CKava]

But I've grown up in London, so I count myself as 'London Irish'
:D

[adouglasmhor]

Invaded is probably the wrong word :D The Amarda is not just one ship though

"The Armada consisted of 130 ships, including transports and merchantmen, and carried about 30,000 men"


This is why some Irish have dark black hair/ eyes and olive skin. Some members on my fathers side have this appearance. I dont though, I burn if I even look at the sun :cry:

The book of Invasions contains Danes - many of whom have dark hair and eyes and Milesians - Welsh/ Brythons - many of whom have dark hair and eyes so it's a bit of a stretch. Many highland Scots also have this appearance it's older than the armada.

[adouglasmhor]

The Spanish have never invaded Ireland. Perhaps you are you thinking of the Spanish Armada? :confused:

But no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/961/spanishinq0go.jpg

[youngbraveheart]

I'm 24th generation Chinese (Cantonese)...

[SnorriSturluson]

But no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/961/spanishinq0go.jpg
are you saying that Narrue's grandma kept company with these guys? Good thing we're not in the dojo, or there'd be a fight

[seanboy]

The book of Invasions contains Danes - many of whom have dark hair and eyes and Milesians - Welsh/ Brythons - many of whom have dark hair and eyes so it's a bit of a stretch. Many highland Scots also have this appearance it's older than the armada.

This a load orf rubbish, scots predominantly have light features. The scots have the highest proportion of blonde hair and blue eyes in europe. after scandanavia. (the scots are considered nordic more than celtic)
The welsh are darker due to the iberian ethnicity.

And the southern irish have high numbers of people with black hair and light blue eyes, this is because of the black irish whom were the original celts though the black irish are still very pale skinned.

this story of 100 spanish sailors spreading their genes everywhere in ireland and making them darker ir just legend.

spanish sailors did crash aground in ireland but most were killed and the survivors went back to spain.

[tetsu ryu]

(southern accent) Well I'm mostleh amereken! :p

Nah, but for real.. I come from English Germanic and Scottish decent. A crumpet eating, nazi kilt wearer. And interesting breed eh? ;)

I love stereotypes.. :D

I went to Celtic fest and I bought a lighter... The thing blew up on me! :eek: Those crafty scotsmen.. :D

[harlan]

Like my favorite t-shirt says:

%100 American, made with Scottish parts. ;)

[p_rican fighter]

puertorican...

[Svart]

Mostly French (France not Canada), secondly German. Yes. I fight with myself.

[Nuklz]

I am half polish and half british (some different types of british), my half brother is half polish, half italian, when he was born his face was covered with mongolian birthmarks which faded away later.

I did some research and it turns out the mongol hoard invaded Poland, but not Italy. Because of the hoards sexual behaviour, I am lead to beleive that my polish side has a fraction of mongolian influence, possibly even from Genghis Khan himself...........possibly.

[Schmeag]

Biologically? Hardcore Chinese. Culturally? Hardcore Aussie.

[Southpaw535]

all i know is im english as far as i know down my family but that could be taken further britians been invaded so many times.

[locust]

depends how far back you want to go...

100 years and i'm south african
500 years and i'm mostly irish, bit of maori and some french

go back far enough and everyone's african again. ;)

thats perhaps the greatest answer , i cracked up reading it.

I'm part German,Maori,Irish,Chinese

[tellner]

Amphibian

[jfleshner]

I am have mostly german bloodline but some native american

[KungFuCandie]

*deep breath*...

I am ... part Irish, part English, part Dutch, part Cajun French, and (lastly and favorite-'ly' ... Native American.) ^_^

[vismitananda]

I am a bit of Spanish, Malay, Chinese ethnicity.

[progdan]

I'm very much Australian, ie. very multicultural in my ancestry.

I think I have pretty much equal parts of Anglo, Saxon, British, Picti, Scotti, Frankish and Viking... (ie. English, German, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French and Danish... :D )

[Arnoo]

Mom side: Dutch, Dutch and again Dutch

Dad side: Dutch, Dutch and again Dutch

not very spectacular is it ? :P

[Mano Mano]

English, Scots, Irish & Welsh.
Considering my Family have lived in the Northeast of England for generations probably some Roman & Danish as well.

[Satchoki]

Malay

[SMMA]

Italian all the way haha

[raging demon]

bungy

[warriorofanart]

My dad keeps a family tree that goes way back so I have an Idea.

1600 years ago my family originated in Saudi Arabia, in the next 300 years they moved around the Middle East, until about 500 years ago, one of the family members decided to move to Perisa, modern day Iran. He married an Indian lady of some note before he moved.

400-300 years later we somehow ended up in Iraq and it's been like that till 1982 when my dad decided to leave instead of being executed because of Saddam.

So about 300 years in Iraq would make me Iraqi.

[Danielzson]

My mom is swedish all the way.

And my dad is partly swedish and partly finish since his mother was finish.

So as far as i am aware of, i am swedish but also a little finish.

[pecks]

English. I believe that there is a tiny bit of Irish in there somewhere, and probably some Welsh too if you go back far enough.

[CKava]

My dad keeps a family tree that goes way back so I have an Idea.

1600 years ago my family originated in Saudi Arabia, in the next 300 years they moved around the Middle East, until about 500 years ago, one of the family members decided to move to Perisa, modern day Iran. He married an Indian lady of some note before he moved.

400-300 years later we somehow ended up in Iraq and it's been like that till 1982 when my dad decided to leave instead of being executed because of Saddam.

So about 300 years in Iraq would make me Iraqi.
I'm always sort of curious about how people go about creating really long family trees. I mean it's simple enough going back as far as a couple of generations but if you go back even just 8 generations you would be dealing with tracking down 256 great, great, great, great.... grandparents who could all come from different families.

What's the method?

[simon s]

I am English with Irish blood somewhere along the line.
I understand that my great grandfather has a hero in the Irish rifles.
I also understand that like a true Irishman he drunk himself to death.

[warriorofanart]

I'm always sort of curious about how people go about creating really long family trees. I mean it's simple enough going back as far as a couple of generations but if you go back even just 8 generations you would be dealing with tracking down 256 great, great, great, great.... grandparents who could all come from different families.

What's the method?

I don't know how other people do it, but in the case of my family tree, it was written into a book by one of our distant relative. In Iraq our family, extended and all, live in a close-proximity of one another, and it has been like that for at least a century. I'm not familar that much with the family tree concept, but in the east they draw the line from the men only.

Example would be,

John - Jill

Children:

Jake-Garret-Jasmine-Heather

The family tree would only continue from Jake and Garret respectively.

My distant relative had resources because some of our family members were well-known in their time. My family is often refered to by one of the names that was given to my great grandfather, many generations back, that moved from Perisa. That helped as well as the tradition that our family had of writing the names of their children and there birthdates. In a place that things pass down from generation to generation instead of being sold in estate sales, it was a valuable tool in making th family tree.

[Eisenaffe]

I´m braziliam
but I´m half portuguese half italian

[Kuma]

We're definitely a mix by this point, but I know the majority is Norwegian, as well as Hungarian, some German, and a small amount of Pennsylvania Dutch. My wife's mostly Polish and German, so my son will be even more of a mutt.

So needless to say I mostly come from a line of pillagers and raiders. Imagine that.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/666bjorn/Viking27.gif

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2673902424_6a8f84323e.jpg

[Fuzzy Panther]

Interesting thread!

As far as I know, my ancestors are English, Scottish, and I'm also 1/8 Norwegian.

[pmosiun]

My family came from Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and probably China too. One of the branch of my family a long time ago wrote a family tree and until now it has been rewritten to be up to date within the last 500 years.

[7heTexanRebel]

I'm mostly Irish, but some Scottish and a small part French. My mom is mostly Irish with small part French. And my Dad is Scottish and Irish. My maternal family only immigrated to America in the middle of 20th century, whereas my paternal family I'm not so sure about.

[Zen Warrior]

Greek mostly, and some Australian... if I were to go back 200 years I'd be British, German and still some Greek. Go back for enough and I'd be a Norman baron on my mothers side of the family and still Greek on my dads side of the family though under Turkish occupation. That's about as far back as I know.

[Ranzan]

100% Norwegian lol first generation born in Canada, PURE VIKING BRUTALITY !

[Zen Warrior]

Ahem....

When the romans invaded great britain everyone spoke what is essentially Welsh. The romans didnt succeed in stopping the britons speaking welsh in what is now wales....but elsewhere in 'england' the language began to change.

Romans left...welsh got on with their lives.

Then the Angles from GERMANY
and the Saxons from GERMANY.....came and stayed in england.

then others came..and so on...

So, basically the original britons became the welsh...and the german-german-roman-norman------people in england became the english.

footnote..

england ..means angle land....land of the angles....land of the people from germany!!!

Its a funny old world.....

And Welsh comes from the Celtic word for both foreigner and slave, which sums up the English occupation of Wales :)

England was abandoned by the Romans, conquered by the Norse but for a small pocket of resistance by Alfred the great, captured by the Normans though later "lost" due to the French capturing Norman territories. Ironically England was never really lost by the Normans, however the French speaking Normans began to marry English speakers due to the loss of the northern most part of the Norman empire linking it to England. and thus through the process of losing their native language became English by default.

The three most common languages in England over the last 500 years or so have been English, French and finally Latin due to the influences of the church and the Roman empire.

[Draven Azropht]

I'm Irish, German-Gypsy, Cherokee & God knows what else... My Dad's saide is straight Irish & Cherokee, Mom's side is German-Gypsy from my great grandfather who married into an Irish & Cherokee bloodline. The German-Gypsy part is funny sense culturally my great grandfather was Roma (gypsy) but was half German anyway. Only in America lol

Oh and I am blood related to Michael Collins, yes the big man himself... Something I am actually quite proud of...

[Fish Of Doom]

as far as i'm informed, i'm 100% spaniard-blooded

[ArthurKing]

Irish, probably some Scots, being Presbyterian by culture.
Jeez though, i've never heard of so many racial stereotypes in one thread.
I do know how to tell the difference between an Australian and a New Zealander though- the sex test!

[Zen Warrior]

fish and chips is another good one :D and for Canadians just get them to say "about"

[ArthurKing]

Mmmm, family pie chart... (apologies for delayed reaction)

[God'sGift]

Italian shows up mostly in me. I get Italian from father, French from my mother, and Puerto Rican from both.

[Johnno]

My sisters been researching the old family tree, and it turns out that we're actually slightly more English than I'd realised. In fact, we can trace some of our ancestors back here to the time of the civil war! (Although the majority of my ancestors did emigrate here at various times.)

[oldyonkyu]

Like most Americans, I would say I have a good mix of ethnic background. My maternal side dates back to being in the States as far back as the 1790's. My Dad's side is as follows: his mother was a native gaelic speaker from Co. Cork, Ireland and his father was the son of an Anglo-Dutch Englishman and a gaelic speaking Norman-Irish mother from Co. Mayo. My great grandfather became an American citizen but niether my grandmother or great grandmother became "legal" Americans. My grandmother only passed gaelic down to her oldest child (my aunt) as she wanted her children to be Americans.

On a side note, I have rather narrow eyelids and there was a rumor going around in my highschool days that I was a Chinese-Irish Jew. I niether confirmed or denied the story. Doing MA and being able to write a half dozen words from MA in kanji I think helped spread the rumor. LOL

[Eclectic_Fist]

My father is Puerto Rican. My line is mainly Spanish and Taino (One of the Native inhabitants of the island).

My mom is African American, and Native American (Algonquin). I claim to be all three, but the last part is really small, and I do mention that when asked.

[oldyonkyu]

fish and chips is another good one :D and for Canadians just get them to say "about"

Now what's that quote all Aboot, eh?

[Haggis kicker]

Scottish, with a wee bit o' Irish thrown in, here.

[Tout Prêt 1888]

Is it just me or is there a hell of allot of celts/part celts on here

and everyone on this who has said they are a 100% this or that sorry to tell you but no your not hahaa plain and simple its pretty much an impossibility after 200,000 years of genetic history.

as for myself Scottish First, Irish Second, English Third and I think some French and Welsh

A true mongrel =]

but first and foremost I am a human being

[TheWolf]

Mom: Cree Indian
Dad: Polish

[oldyonkyu]

Is it just me or is there a hell of allot of celts/part celts on here

and everyone on this who has said they are a 100% this or that sorry to tell you but no your not hahaa plain and simple its pretty much an impossibility after 200,000 years of genetic history.

as for myself Scottish First, Irish Second, English Third and I think some French and Welsh

A true mongrel =]

but first and foremost I am a human being

Do you have "Celtic" toe? That is where the toe next to thebig toe is either equal or longer than the big toe. While it is not exclusive to celtic peoples it does have a very high rate in Irish, Manx, Scotish, Welsh, Breton and Cornish people or people who carry such DNA from celtic ancestors. This "indicator" was first noticed in skeletons in early continintal diggings in central europe as well as as in the above mention ethnic groups.

Side note: in the area of humor, I have been working on a theory that we are out to take over the world as revenge for all that was lost to Rome. LOL

[Polar Bear]

100% badass!

The Bear.

[Taiji_Lou]

I'm 100% white American

[Tout Prêt 1888]

I'm 100% white American

hahaa there's no such thing

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Is it just me or is there a hell of allot of celts/part celts on here

and everyone on this who has said they are a 100% this or that sorry to tell you but no your not hahaa plain and simple its pretty much an impossibility after 200,000 years of genetic history.

as for myself Scottish First, Irish Second, English Third and I think some French and Welsh

A true mongrel =]

but first and foremost I am a human being

How far back do you have to go to say what ethnicity you are. From Wiki ( I know, I know)
"Pertaining to race; peculiar to a race or nation; ethnological. Also, pertaining to or having common racial, cultural, religious, or linguistic characteristics, esp. designating a racial or other group within a larger system; hence (U.S. colloq.), foreign, exotic."

So ethnicity is more than biological, an Irishman may be biologically mixed (Celt, Norse, Germanic etc) but culturally Irish, so where do you say the ethnic group starts.

For the record I am Half Italian, with a mixture of German (Prussian), Irish (Protostant but not part of Northern Island) and English. But I usually just say I am Australian, does me fine.

[Tout Prêt 1888]

How far back do you have to go to say what ethnicity you are. From Wiki ( I know, I know)
"Pertaining to race; peculiar to a race or nation; ethnological. Also, pertaining to or having common racial, cultural, religious, or linguistic characteristics, esp. designating a racial or other group within a larger system; hence (U.S. colloq.), foreign, exotic."

So ethnicity is more than biological, an Irishman may be biologically mixed (Celt, Norse, Germanic etc) but culturally Irish, so where do you say the ethnic group starts.

For the record I am Half Italian, with a mixture of German (Prussian), Irish (Protostant but not part of Northern Island) and English. But I usually just say I am Australian, does me fine.


true Like Iv said previous in the thread I don't think anyone can truly be defined there's no one a 100% anything. I was simply making an observation that there's allot of people who are Scottish or Irish or have Scottish or Irish origins not to mention Welsh and French people posting on here.

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true Like Iv said previous in the thread I don't think anyone can truly be defined there's no one a 100% anything. I was simply making an observation that there's allot of people who are Scottish or Irish or have Scottish or Irish origins not to mention Welsh and French people posting on here.

Agreed, but I suppose it comes down to how an ethnicity is defined.
It's not surprising that there are alot of Scottish, Irish, Welsh and French people considering the colonial empires that existed until fairly recently.

[Tout Prêt 1888]

Agreed, but I suppose it comes down to how an ethnicity is defined.
It's not surprising that there are alot of Scottish, Irish, Welsh and French people considering the colonial empires that existed until fairly recently.

hahaa Scotland, Ireland and Wales never had no empires :p they just got around allot you know escaping or being forced to move by empires but yeah I see were your coming from

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hahaa Scotland, Ireland and Wales never had no empires :p they just got around allot you know escaping or being forced to move by empires but yeah I see were your coming from

They were all part of the British Empire is what I am saying, and the British Empire did alot of colonising. But you know what I mean.:cool:

[Tout Prêt 1888]

They were all part of the British Empire is what I am saying, and the British Empire did alot of colonising. But you know what I mean.:cool:

haha we are going onto a touchy subject now so ill just say not by choice or without protest (to put it mildly)

[omglookitsagoat]

Mostly English. A little French and German. (Descent) Nationality - American

[slickoneuk]

Northern Irish and probably Scotish and English waaaaaay back. Family name is from west country and birmingham and my mothers name is of Scotish origin

[lowly monk]

Euromutt and iraquois with some african. Gee I have an excuse for anything!