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Arrian is offline Arrian
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My Dad's side is mostly English, with a little bit of Swede and Scot thrown in. He was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, but the family goes back a long ways in Devonshire. My Dad moved to Canada in '47 after the war, and then down to the US in the '60s.

My Mom's side is mostly Italian (Sicily, actually), with some English and Croat for spice. She's 2nd generation born in the USA.

So...

50% English
25% Italian
12.5% Croat
6.25% Scot
6.25% Swede

Give or take

-Arrian

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In order of percentages...

German (around Nuremburg)
Irish
Polish
Welsh
Scottish
French

Wouldn't be surprised to see some others in the mix.

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They were styling.


the best part is the resemblance to your avatar, Slow

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Vast majority French, with a pinch of Pole, a dash of English, and just a hint of First Nations... Lakota, IIRC.

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English, German, Russian. Forget the exact amounts.

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the best part is the resemblance to your avatar, Slow


You know, I hadn't noticed, but you're right.

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Father's father: Mostly German, with a little bit of French
Father's mother: General mismatch of German, Scandinavian, and other unknowns
Mother's side: she's half irish, half scottish

Which makes me exactly 1/4 irish, 1/4 scottish, and approximately 1/4 german plus about 1/4 unknown mismatch including some french and scandinavian

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Very interesting mixture, Vesayen.

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1/2 Scot
3/8 English
1/8 French

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this is an interesting bump

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Somebody was digging waaaaaaaaay back

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American Indian (Wyandot Tribe) (Father's Side)
German (Family Name "Kramer") (Father's Side)

Scottish (MacLean Clan) (Mother's Side)
German (Family Name "Somer") (Mother's Side)

Or in another word, a "Heinz 57"

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Lotsa Krauts in Amerika...

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Father's side: I'm pretty sure that it's entirely Finnish.

Mother's side: Mostly Irish, but also partly German and Dutch.

So, approximately:
50% Finnish
25% Irish
15% German
10% Dutch

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Some random combination of the following: Irish, Scottish, Hungarian, Polish, German and possibly some Belorussian.

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Norge (including by way of Normandy), Suede, Deusthland, Scotland, England, Wales.

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second-generation korean-american.

meaning, i'm 100% korean, but my link to korea is to be found in my parents, who emigrated over 20 years ago. i was born here, and raised here, so.

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Is that a kind of American nobility?


Miles Standish was a famous pilgram. The Mayflower was the ship that carried the first pilgrams over to Massachusetts. They had originally intended to settle at the Jamestown colony but were lost and running low on supplies. They were the second English colony in what became the US. Basically, having relatives who came over on the Mayflower is a slight prestige thing, but most of us really don't care.

As for me and Theben, we are 25% Italian, about 1/3rd English, then German, Irish, French, Welsh, Scotts, Spanish Jew, and possibly Mohawk and Cherokee. Basically, we're American mutts.

The Irish ancentors are decended from Vikings. They conquered England with William the Conqueror of Normandy, and from there settled in Irleand becoming landlords or nobility.

The Scotts were landlords, the Germans were minor nobility, the Italians were peasants, the Spanish Jew was probably escaping the Inquisition.

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a communist with noble roots?

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you are funny, all of you
the way you talk about your roots

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:cough:Turk!:cough:

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You don't get to choose your ancestors.

My Irish great, great grandfather, although a noble, was also a revolutionary. He was a member of Sinn Fein back in the 1800s, when it was a revolutionary army, and not just a poltical organization. This got him expelled from Ireland. He also married a peasant girl, which got him disowned by his family.

I come by my radicalism honestly.

Oh, and the Italians were peasants.

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1/2 Italian.
1/2 Czech.

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On my Mother side (born 1906). Grandmother is Irish, born in Ca. 1873. Her parents were from Ireland, county Cork (Henry O'Neil & Bridget McQuaid).

They left Ireland in 1850 or so and not sure if they knew each other prior to meeting here in San Francisco and was married in early 1850s. My grandmother had 1 brother and 3 sister. She was number 4 child.

Grandfather is Irish and what ever. Some of the Family left New York area in 1829/30 to come to LA Ca. Great-grandfather was born 1830 off the coast of Chile and a few weeks later landed in LA.
My grandfather was born in LA in 1872. Grandfather had 2 brother and 2 sisters, he is the baby. His name is William Denison. Denison Texas is named after one of my G. Uncle.

Father family came from northern England (two brothers) in 1634/5 to Boston and New York area. We believe that we are from the New York brother. Our name goes back to around the year 900 in England. We also have our own web site. Hildreth. Net. Grandfather was born 1868 in Mo.
Father (born 1905), Mother (born 1870 in Mo.) do not know for sure, however her grandmother was Cherokee, that we know for sure.

So part of my family has been here for thousands of years, another part has been here for 368 years and the other part for at lease 200 years and the last part for a 150 years.
Therefore I'm a American.

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I dont really know jack...

My mother's side is supposedly Lithuanian, but my grandfather's name was Witold Bura, a name Saras told me is very Polish. People on this side fought in the German army in the two world wars. Because the area changed hands so much over the past two centuries, I could be ethnically either Lithuanian, Polish, Prussian, or Russian.

My father's side is also confusing. He was born in Lebanon but the name is from Upper (southern) Egypt, almost the Sudan.


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Father's side is Irish, mixed with some French (which happened in the US). Mother's side is Scottish; a sept of Clan Keith, possibly.

And some others I'm sure.

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They come from America

well even my native american ancestors came from Asia long, long ago.

My other relatives are English, French, and German

 
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