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 Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:44 pm
Ethnicity has always caught my attention. It's fun to trace, see who's what. mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:59 pm
I guess this is for the purpose of getting it down on words....... to sort it out.
I'm a full fledged american mutt.
For the longest time, I thought half of me was dutch (specifically Netherlands), a forth was Norwegian, and the rest mutt. I have only just discovered that this is definately not the case. I'm still possibly a forth Norwegian from my Grandpa on my mom's side, but my dad, it turns out, is definately not 100% dutch. Grandma on his side is actually a little dutch with english, french, little bit Jewish with a touch of who knows what else. That basically cuts me down to 25% dutch, assuming my dad's dad is 100% dutch. My mom's mom's family has lived in the Americas since the first colonies. Actually we think the first lady to step foot on the colonies was our ansestor from England....from there, we could be anything. Atleast 50% mutt.
Ask for any ethnicity, my sis and I probably have it somewhere down the line.
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:07 pm
As far as I know, I am Scottish, Irish, Polish, and Native American.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:14 am
| Streu mir Sand in meine Augen... | ~*~
@ soulless: So what do you pick when you're asked
what your ethnicity is? You've got a lot going on. xD
All of my family on my father's side are Irish. Most
of them still live there, but a few moved to Canada.
My mom's grandmother was born in Ireland, but moved
to England where she met my grandfather. They later
moved to Canada, and then back to England. When they
split up, my gran moved back to Canada, and grandad
stayed in England. Most of their children eventually made
their way to Canada as well.
I was born in Canada, but grew up partially in England
and Ireland as well, because my parents were young and
wanted to stay near family members. I have an Irish and
Canadian passport, but tend to officially call myself
Canadian on forms (even though I don't sound Canadian)
because it's easier to just claim one citizenship. xD
Most people just assume I'm English though, and tend
not to believe me even when I tell them otherwise. xD
People on the internet though tend to think I'm German
because I speak the language and am attending University
in Germany, but I'm not German at all. xD
~*~ | ...und weck mich nie wieder auf! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:02 am
@Star: Well, on US government forms I've come across so far, they usually just ask for which citizenship. All my grandparents, my parents, my sis, any close relatives and I have been US citizens, born in the states. When they ask for some kind of ethnicity -that's disappearing because of our mosaic of people- I used to put dutch. I really thought...... now My sis and I will put 'all of the above', I think our question for ethnicity has that answer. ^^
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:55 am
I vaguely know that I'm english, scottish, and a little welsh
never been outside of canada or the province, so would like to visit and live in the uk if I like it there
idk about going to wales though, since I've had people come down and I have no clue what they're saying lol
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:59 am
I know that on my mother's side, they are all Irish. But from my dad's, he is a mix of everything, but mostly Irish.
So in conclusion, I am basically Irish with a little bit of everything mixed in.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:24 am
| Streu mir Sand in meine Augen... | ~*~
@ Kur ai: Wales isn't as bad as some people let on. xD
Do you have trouble understanding their English, or
Welch? I don't understand the Welch language at all. D:
I would like to though, so I can figure out why all those
signs are so goddamn long! o:
@ silent: Irish descendant, or are any of them from Ireland?
An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? pirate
~*~ | ...und weck mich nie wieder auf! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:41 pm
The Wayward Star | Streu mir Sand in meine Augen... | ~*~
@ silent: Irish descendant, or are any of them from Ireland?
An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? pirate
~*~ | ...und weck mich nie wieder auf! | Well, Irish descendant. My grandmother's grandmother, was from Ireland.
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:15 am
I'm actually not sure. I only have my mother to go by, so I call myself a complete French.
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