Where were your ancestors from? I am 50% Italian, 25% Portuguese, and 25% Lithuanian. What are you?

I know people of many different nationalities. One of my friends is Italian, Dutch, French Canadian, Irish, German, English, Russian, Chinese, and Polish. I am also the only person in my class with no Irish heritage. Most of my friends are Irish or Italian, and some are mixtures of all different ones. America is certainly a "melting pot"!

american, irish, english, german, belarusian

Forgot to add, mine is actually American of Italian, Portuguese and Lithuanian decent. I was raised saying it like that because I was born in this country.

Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Italian. But there's a rumor that my great grandfather was from China. I dont know how true that is though. Its never been confirmed so...

Nice to see people of all different ethnic backgrounds posting here! This board is a melting pot!:lol:

50% Italian
25% Polish
25% Hungarian

Scottish, Irish, German and English

I am about 75% German. Both of my parents have German blood. My dad is a full blooded German. His parents emigrated here in the early 1900's. My Mom is about half German with some Scots , Welsh and English thrown in!:D
So I consider myself German! ;)

Originally posted by ElvisDustyfan
Scottish, Irish, German and English

Me too! Maybe we are related! :lol:

Half Italian, half Irish.

The best of both worlds, baby!

;)

A lot of half Italians here!

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Me too! Maybe we are related! :lol:

Could be! :D

German, English and Welsh

Originally posted by mr roper
German, English and Welsh

Welcome to the family!;)

Italian
Hungarian
Armenian

German, Italian, French-Canadian, Polish , Belgian

English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

Irish and French

I'm 25% Italian, 25% German, 25% Swedish, and the other 25% is a mixed bag. I'm a mutt.

40% Welsh, then I'm a mutt. I have a little Irish and German in me, and I'm 6% Sioux Indian.

Are there any people here who were born in another country? Everyone tells me I look French.

i'm Dutch-Indonesian

Well, I really have no idea, but my last name is English and I think there's German in there somewhere. Afterall, I'd be the perfect Aryan if my hair were blonde.

Uhh...50% German; 25% Italian; 25% God-knows-what.

I'm really not that sure about any of my background. I do know that I have an Irish last name, though.

Irish, French, Welsh, and Swiss

100% Polakiem.

French, German, Swedish, Polish

Irish, although my grandfather was part German.

I'm almost all German and an extremely tiny part Bohemian.

50% Danish
25% German
12.5% Scottish
12.5% Swiss

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100% Puerto rican
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French
Italian
Irish
English
Polish
Russian
American

Originally posted by Swimfan85
French
Italian
Irish
English
Polish
Russian
American

Boy, I bet you have to go to a lot of parades...

;)

Irish, Scottish, and English

what are the most common ethnicities in people? judging from these boards, probably German and Irish...

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
what are the most common ethnicities in people? judging from these boards, probably German and Irish...

Italian is pretty big, too...at least where I live it is. Everyone either has Irish or Italian in them...or both.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
Italian is pretty big, too...at least where I live it is. Everyone either has Irish or Italian in them...or both.

Yea, I'd assume in big cities, it's different. Like you have the Italians in New York, the Scandanavians in Minneapolis/Milwaukee. Almost everyone in Chicago can claim some Polish...about a million of the people in Chicago ARE 100% Polish, such as myself.

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
Yea, I'd assume in big cities, it's different. Like you have the Italians in New York, the Scandanavians in Minneapolis/Milwaukee. Almost everyone in Chicago can claim some Polish...about a million of the people in Chicago ARE 100% Polish, such as myself.

Good 'ole Scandanavians. :D


Myself...I'm 50% German, 25% Polish and 25% Russian. My German side shows the most. ;)

12/32 Irish
11/32 German and Ukranian
8/32 Italian
+1/32 Norewegian
32/32--one whole ME.

Choctaw
Cherokee
Irish
German
Scottish
French

there is a great mixture here

French, Irish, German, and Bohemian.

German, polish and i have some Cheyenne in me.

England (my grandparents on my dad's side were born in England)....my parents and I were all born here in Canada.

Originally posted by ElvisDustyfan
Scottish, Irish, German and English



Me too.. :)

Edit: I am not a racist. :)

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
I don't look Syrian, though...thank God.

Oh, I know. I would hate to look middle eastern too.

:thumbsdow

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
Oh, I know. I would hate to look middle eastern too.

:thumbsdow

It's weird, because my dad is half Syrian and he looks completely Italian. Nobody in my family looks middle eastern other than my grandma.

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
It's weird, because my dad is half Syrian and he looks completely Italian. Nobody in my family looks middle eastern other than my grandma.

Er, I was being sarcastic.

If I had middle-eastern blood in me, I wouldn't be thanking God that I don't look it. What if you DID look middle eastern? What would be so bad about it?

Despite sterotypes, not all middle-eastern people are extremist muslim terrorists whose only goal in life is to bomb other countries and kill people.

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
Er, I was being sarcastic.

If I had middle-eastern blood in me, I wouldn't be thanking God that I don't look it. What if you DID look middle eastern? What would be so bad about it?

Despite sterotypes, not all middle-eastern people are extremist muslim terrorists whose only goal in life is to bomb other countries and kill people.

Thought so, but I didn't want to jump down your throat about it and then look like an idiot if I was wrong.

I didn't mean to be offensive, and I'm not stereotyping. Just making conversation.

Originally posted by Faith
Me too.. :)

:D

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
Thought so, but I didn't want to jump down your throat about it and then look like an idiot if I was wrong.

I didn't mean to be offensive, and I'm not stereotyping. Just making conversation.

You ARE sterotyping if you don't want to look middle-eastern. You still didn't answer my question - what's so bad about looking like you come from the region?

This is why we will never aceive world peace. Because people always relate everything back to race and sterotyping. Sad, sad world we live in...ohno:

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
You ARE sterotyping if you don't want to look middle-eastern. You still didn't answer my question - what's so bad about looking like you come from the region?

This is why we will never aceive world peace. Because people always relate everything back to race and sterotyping. Sad, sad world we live in...ohno:

Why would I be stereotyping against my own ethnic background? That makes no sense. And don't tell me that "people like me" are ruining chances for world peace. I made one comment that I maybe shouldn't have made, but other than that, you don't know me. If you did, I don't think you'd be accusing me of being racist and intolerant.

I don't want to fight, so I'll just edit my post and be done with this, okay?

Double post...

Originally posted by david&maddie4ever
Why would I be stereotyping against my own ethnic background? That makes no sense.

You tell me.

And don't tell me that "people like me" are ruining chances for world peace.

I never said "people like you." You only use quotes to quote something someone else said. I said people in a general sense. That's why there's no pronoun alluding to you.

I made one comment that I maybe shouldn't have made, but other than that, you don't know me. If you did, I don't think you'd be accusing me of being racist and intolerant.

I don't want to fight, so I'll just edit my post and be done with this, okay?[/

No point in editing since it's already quoted.

Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
You tell me.



I never said "people like you." You only use quotes to quote something someone else said. I said people in a general sense. That's why there's no pronoun alluding to you.



No point in editing since it's already quoted.

Look, I'm sorry. Looking back on my post, it was offensive, but I swear, I never intended it to be. :( I apologize for everything I said.

Unless this is a new thread, I've already posted the answer...

Lauren, i sent ya a PM!!!

African American and Cherokee.

I really am not sure but I think on my dad's side I have some Scottish in my and I know on my mom's side her grandma (my great grandma) was Cherokee Indian. So really...I'm just a white girl

African American and Cherokee.

I thought I was the only African American on this board..My mom is french, african american, and souix indian, and daddy is african american. and puerto rican. hmmm

Iv'e been interested lately in finding out more about my heritage, and where my ancestors came from, and Iv'e learned alot that I never knew before. I even found a cool website that allows you to look up your families maiden names, and it gives you the origins of those last names. Here's the link to it: http://www.genealogyweb.com/surnameorigin1.htm?OVRAW=name%20origins&OVKEY=name%20origin&OVMTC=standard. Here's a list of the different ethnicities I was able to find out that I had:

German
Irish
French
English
Native American

So basically, I guess in dog terms, I'm a mutt. Those are the ethnicities Iv'e been able to find that I have so far, but I'm sure there's more. Anyway, what is your ethnic background??

German
Irish
English
Native American (Cherokee)

I am also G.R.I.T.S! :D

Girl
Rasied
In
The
South




:D

England
No idea
No idea
Scotland
Scotland

and that's all the last name's I could think of.

German
English
Scottish
Italian

Estonian
Norweigan
Irish
Scottish

Half Italian
Quarter Hungarian
Quarter Polish

German
Welsh
English

Irish, Scottish, and some German. I've often been mistaken all my life for being Italian or Greek, and even sometimes Spanish-Mexican for some strange reason.

Irish, with a little German on my maternal grandfather's side.

German, Spanish..I'm Puerto Rican

Pretty cool. The last name I have originated in Germany and that's all I could find.

Italian
Puerto Rican
and a lil' bit O' Irish

German
Italian
Swedish

Italian
Puerto Rican
and a lil' bit O' Irish


What side of your family is Puerto Rican?:)

i am mostly italian and portuguese, but my maternal grandfather is part Lithuanian (which accounts for my very pale skin). :p

My grandma was Cherokee, but I have Welsh, British, Irish and Dutch as well.

German
Irish
Native American (Cherokee)

Mostly German

My dad 100% German

Mom- half German. Also some English, Welsh and Scottish


But according to my Dad I am ALL German!:lol:

England
No idea
No idea
Scotland
Scotland

and that's all the last name's I could think of.
I remembered another name...and it was English too. So I guess I'll just say I'm all British...with a little I have no idea mixed in.

Until recently, I could only speculate about this, but I'm now reasonably sure: 1/4 Scottish, 1/2 English, 1/4 Cherokee

Here's the thing: My ancestors on ALL sides were already OVER HERE by 1800, so at what point does one drop this Scottish/English/etc baloney, and become other than the sum of their parts. As far as I sit, I'm of AMERICAN descent for the last 200 years, and that's that. (Well, at least unless I get a job offer elsewhere)

Due to conflicting reports..I am english and/or german and irish and/or scottish.

Cherokee (My Great-Great Grandmother was full blooded Cherokee)
English
Irish
Scottish

Half Irish (from my dad), half Italian (from my mom).

My mother was three-fourths German and one-fourth Polish. My father was Scottish, Irish, and at least two other European nationalities. I don't know if there's any Italian, French, Russian or Czech in me from my dad's side.
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Portuguese

I'm italian :D

Irish and Italian.

Very surprised with the results; here is my hertiage..
English
Irish
Welsh
Swiss-German
Scottish..

and I also have Cherokee Indian:)

Apparently I'm Scottish, Jewish, and Spanish/Mexican.

Mine isn't even on there! I could've told you that though lol.

Irish and French

Cajun ( mixture of Cherokee, Chotaw and French ), Irish, German, Scottish.

German
Italian
Puerto Rican
French
Spanish

Irish
Scottish
German
English

Indian
English

French, Irish, German, and Czech.

My paternal aunt keeps track of geneaology. As far as she's told me and that I remember, I have some Spanish, French, and some Native American on my dad's side. On my maternal side, my family is all from Mexico, so I am half Mexican. They don't know what else is part of that. Sadly, that's common on my maternal side because they had very little education from my ancestors. Therefore, they didn't really keep track or even write/account of past ancestors. :( Hmmmm.....

My dad is white(Irish) and my mom is black(Haitian)

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I didn't realize there were so many Scottish roots on the board. Woo-Hoo! :dance:

I'm Scottish, descended from Irish.

Guma sona a bhitheas sibh
Agus ré na Bliadhn' Ùire
Móran sunnd is toil-inntinn :)

J

Irish
Scottish
English
Welsh

italian

Filipino

Italian and German. :)

Canadian :)

Mostly Irish with some Scottish and Cherokee mixed in.

italian
And a hot one at that. ;) [/shameless flirting]




Anyway, I know I replied on the first page... but I'm not just German, altho I am mostly German (75%). I've got some Polish and Romanian in me, too. Apparently I had family in Romania, but I haven't heard any stories about my family from earlier than 1860 to confirm I had family there. Nevertheless, I think it's cool that I have Romanian blood :)

Welsh
French
Swiss
Irish

and a little bit Lenape (Native American)

I'm Caucasian. Although I'm English, my mother is American, so I'm half American. My Dad is half Irish, so I'm quarter Irish too.

So I'm English, Irish and American.

Allison - I don't know how I know this, but Romanians share a common ethnic and cultural background with other Europeans who speak a Romance language and descend from the ancient Romans. Therefore, Romanians have the most in common with Italians (which i am half Italian), Portuguese (1/4 of my heritage), Spaniards, and French. Just thought I'd share that with you :)

Scotish
Irish
Norwegian
Canadain

Allison - I don't know how I know this, but Romanians share a common ethnic and cultural background with other Europeans who speak a Romance language and descend from the ancient Romans. Therefore, Romanians have the most in common with Italians (which i am half Italian), Portuguese (1/4 of my heritage), Spaniards, and French. Just thought I'd share that with you :)

True the Romans did incorporate Romania into the empire and influenced the tribes that lived there, but Romanians are mostly made up of Dacians, Vlachs, and Wallonians. Those groups were more closely associated with ancient Albanians and Greeks than the Latins of western Europe. Aside from linguistics, modern day Romanians don't have much to do with Italians. Because being so geographically seperate from the other Roman pronvinces, they're heavily mixed in with neighboring Hungarians, Bulgarians, and other various slavic groups. The language, however, is 100% Romance. :) Though, with a lot of loan words from Hungarian and Slavic languages. It's also the most closely related language to original Latin, because only it and Latin have declensions in their grammar. All the other western Romance languages (French, Spanish, etc.) gave those up and adapted articles instead.

I've always found the country really fascinating, though. :D Because they, along with Hungarians and Germans, are the groups that physically seperated Slavs from each other. Which is why you have north slavs (Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians) and south slavs. (Croats, Serbs, Bulgarians) Which then causes the languages to evolve in differen't directions, culture, customs, etc.

Irish
French

Scottish
Irish
Norwegian
Canadian

Now that's just greedy :lol:

Just kiddin', I know where your heart lies Clansman :)

J

True the Romans did incorporate Romania into the empire and influenced the tribes that lived there, but Romanians are mostly made up of Dacians, Vlachs, and Wallonians. Those groups were more closely associated with ancient Albanians and Greeks than the Latins of western Europe. Aside from linguistics, modern day Romanians don't have much to do with Italians. Because being so geographically seperate from the other Roman pronvinces, they're heavily mixed in with neighboring Hungarians, Bulgarians, and other various slavic groups. The language, however, is 100% Romance. :) Though, with a lot of loan words from Hungarian and Slavic languages. It's also the most closely related language to original Latin, because only it and Latin have declensions in their grammar. All the other western Romance languages (French, Spanish, etc.) gave those up and adapted articles instead.

I've always found the country really fascinating, though. :D Because they, along with Hungarians and Germans, are the groups that physically seperated Slavs from each other. Which is why you have north slavs (Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians) and south slavs. (Croats, Serbs, Bulgarians) Which then causes the languages to evolve in differen't directions, culture, customs, etc.

It's the same situation with the French and the northern Italians, who have a lot of Celtic heritage, however their languages are Romance as well. Most of the populations of Spain, Portugual, Italy, France, and Romania aren't actually descended from the Romans themselves, but rather they are a mixture of the people who conquered these regions over time. There is a lot of Arab/Moorish mixture in Spain and Portugual (the Moors were a Muslim group from Morocco) and in Sicily.

I find all of this very interesting, and thanks for sharing some of your knowledge about this :) I also have Italian-speaking relatives who understand Romanian, French, Spanish, etc. because of the similarities. It's pretty cool.

I know you're from Poland, where a Slavic language is spoken. Do you understand any other Slavic languages?

Slovak I understand pretty much all of it. Czech, a little less but still a lot. I can also pick up on Ukrainian about half the time. (mostly from reading) Everything else falls behind there. So even though languages like Russian and Serbian are Slavic, I really don't understand them besides a word here and there.

Spanish and Italian are really close together. I've never even studied Italian, yet can understand so much of it through my Spanish. French however is a different world to me. :crazy:

I don't know this for a fact, but I'd think Spanish is much closer to Portuguese than it is to Italian. But all those are related languages, so I'd expect there to be a similarity between all of them.

What I never understood is, why can't speakers of English understand speakers of other Germanic languages without studying those languages? For example, speakers of Romance languages can understand eachother to some extent. So why can't I (or other speakers of English) consistently understand German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, etc.?

That really has to do with the fact that English is a mutt. It's mostly Germanic, but it has heavy borrowings from Latin (via French). Which is why a lot of our words are almost exact to that as Spanish, minus the ending. So English isn't really purely Germanic. People who speak German can understand Dutch pretty well and Danish, Swedish, etc. to some extent. (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are almost mutually intelligeble, they're really only divided politically) But those other Germanic languages didn't borrow nearly as much from Latin like English. (They say that English is up to 30% Latin based) That's how what I've heard anyway and it seems to fit the case.

Another thing I never understood was why the American accent of English sounds like it does. For example, America was initially settled by English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh people from the British Isles. So was Australia, yet in the Australian accent, it actually shows. You can tell by listening to an Australian accent that it derives from English and Irish mostly. So why does the American accent sound the way it does? It could be from the settlement of non-English speakers (Italians, Germans, French, Polish, Russians, etc.) yet their accent when speaking English doesn't come close to sounding American.

Am I correct in stating that the Australian accent is English/Irish based?

That really has to do with the fact that English is a mutt. It's mostly Germanic, but it has heavy borrowings from Latin (via French). Which is why a lot of our words are almost exact to that as Spanish, minus the ending. So English isn't really purely Germanic.

Gah...so that's why I can sit and look at German and think, how is English like this?? I used to think English and Spanish were a lot alike in certain words, but couldn't understand that because everyone always said it was Germanic, not Romantic.

Wow, this is nice to know. :lol:

Another thing I never understood was why the American accent of English sounds like it does. For example, America was initially settled by English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh people from the British Isles. So was Australia, yet in the Australian accent, it actually shows. You can tell by listening to an Australian accent that it derives from English and Irish mostly. So why does the American accent sound the way it does? It could be from the settlement of non-English speakers (Italians, Germans, French, Polish, Russians, etc.) yet their accent when speaking English doesn't come close to sounding American.

Am I correct in stating that the Australian accent is English/Irish based?

Probably from the immigrant base. Canadian English is also similiar to Ameircan English and it was settled by mostly English at first, and then by Germans, Poles, Ukrainians, etc. with the exception of Quebec, which was settled by French.

Australians have an accent to our ears, but it's not really that close to British English. It was mostly settled by Brits, so theirs is closer to British English than ours, but it's still a little harsher/rougher around the edges than British. Thought Brits themselves have various accents on the island, so there really is no "standard" British accent. What we usually associate with Britain is the Cockney accent which is played up in movies and television.

Also what's interesting is the southern accent. Why did it develop different from the NE and MW accents? In this case, I still support the immigrant theory, because the South was mostly settled by English, while the other mainland European immigrants stayed in the cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc.

Gah...so that's why I can sit and look at German and think, how is English like this?? I used to think English and Spanish were a lot alike in certain words, but couldn't understand that because everyone always said it was Germanic, not Romantic.

Wow, this is nice to know. :lol:

Yea, there's word that are almost identical (Haus, Bett, Buch) and then some that English dropped in favor for French words (Turm is a tower, whereas in French it's tour)

I am mostly English, a little German, and Native American(Cherokee)

Probably from the immigrant base. Canadian English is also similiar to Ameircan English and it was settled by mostly English at first, and then by Germans, Poles, Ukrainians, etc. with the exception of Quebec, which was settled by French.

Australians have an accent to our ears, but it's not really that close to British English. It was mostly settled by Brits, so theirs is closer to British English than ours, but it's still a little harsher/rougher around the edges than British. Thought Brits themselves have various accents on the island, so there really is no "standard" British accent. What we usually associate with Britain is the Cockney accent which is played up in movies and television.

Also what's interesting is the southern accent. Why did it develop different from the NE and MW accents? In this case, I still support the immigrant theory, because the South was mostly settled by English, while the other mainland European immigrants stayed in the cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc.

This may sound odd, but to me the southern accent sounds like a slowed down British accent with drawn out vowel sounds. I have heard many others say this too, so it must be true. The south was settled mostly by people from southern England, while the north sounds different. I have sometimes heard a southerner speak and at first I thought their accent was British, but then I recognize it as southern and it doesn't sound English at all. :lol: I doubt you'll agree.

The NE accents (I have an eastern Massachusetts accent) are derived from East Anglia, a region in England to the northeast of London. Therefore the accent here has very similar vowel sounds to British, and the r-sound is dropped in words when following a vowel, and replaced with an 'ah' sound. My friend from Massachusetts moved to Las Vegas and she says her accent sounds somewhat British to the people there.

The midwest accents are very flat, with little intonation and I have no idea how that accent came into existence. But I do know that eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, etc.) was settled by Scottish and Irish mostly, so their accents tend to sound like that. Some southern Ontario accents also sound similar to New England.

Yup, another one of these threads. It's about time for another one I guess. :p

I'm half Italian, a quarter Polish, and a quarter Hungarian. :)

And because I'm bored, I'm gonna go ahead and post their flags respectively. :)

http://www.conferenceguideuk.com/Maps%20for%20web/flag_italy.gif http://www.tygielski.org/images/basicpolishflag.gif http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1455&rendTypeId=4

Half Italian, part American indian

italian from my dad.
portuguese, lithuanian, and filipino from my mom.

the amount of filipino is very small but it showed up in my brother, and everyone has always asked where his asian eyes come from. we found out about a filipino great great grandparent recently which we never knew about.

I am 1/2 Irish 1/4 German 1/4 Scottish
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Half Italian and Half African American. My dad is an Italian my mom is African American

i'm surprised so many of us are part italian on here, around here where i live i'm one of the only ones i know who is.

Irish on mother's side, Italian on father's side.

Which is why my hair is dark brown but my facial hair is red.

i'm surprised so many of us are part italian on here, around here where i live i'm one of the only ones i know who is.
where I'm from, most people are part Italian actually...central upstate ny is filled with them lol.

I'm just plain white.:cool:

where I'm from, most people are part Italian actually...central upstate ny is filled with them lol.

lol well in my case it's because my mom, who came from an area in massachusetts where mostly everyone is portuguese, moved to new jersey (A LOT of italians there) and met my dad, who then moved back here with her. so i live in a heavily irish, portuguese, and brazilian descended area with an italian dad and portuguese mom.

lol well in my case it's because my mom, who came from an area in massachusetts where mostly everyone is portuguese, moved to new jersey (A LOT of italians there) and met my dad, who then moved back here with her. so i live in a heavily irish, portuguese, and brazilian descended area with an italian dad and portuguese mom.
You never really hear of anyone being Portuguese around here. That's pretty cool :)

A Third Irish, German & a Third Taliban.


sike, only half and half- irish & german.

You never really hear of anyone being Portuguese around here. That's pretty cool :)

my grandmother came from portugal actually, but she and her sister were here when they were little, and speak both languages (which is how I know some, my grandmother had a big part in raising me) :) . in massachusetts there are specific areas where everyone is part portuguese, including the town my mom lived in as a child.

A Third Irish, German & a Third Taliban.


sike, only half and half- irish & german.


You must have one hell of a temper:lol: :p I am speaking from experience

You must have one hell of a temper:lol: :p I am speaking from experience

LOL oh yeah....my irish impatience (gets the best of me) lol

random guy "no you're just a drunk."

50% German, 25% Irish, 25% unknown, 100% Boring.

LOL oh yeah....my irish impatience (gets the best of me) lol

random guy "no you're just a drunk."

LOL... yeah the impatience thing gets me everytime.

LOL... yeah the impatience thing gets me everytime.

Same here lol. I'm impatient as f*ck lol but otherwise I'm pretty good.

I am 1/2 Irish 1/4 German 1/4 Scottish
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Wow, that's interesting. We're almost the same heritage lol, except you're a little bit scottish as well. Interesting.

Wow, that's interesting. We're almost the same heritage lol, except you're a little bit scottish as well. Interesting.

Yup :D

100% Filipino.

http://www.jellymuffin.com/images/filipino/images/04.jpg

http://www.jellymuffin.com/images/filipino/images/04.jpg

:lol:

I live in a pretty mixed neighborhood though. ;)

75% German, 12.5% Polish and 12.5% Romanian.

You'd think with the above in me, I'd be as pale as the day is long, but nope. Dark, dark, dark. :lol: Dark like Stepfanie Kramer in my avatar, if I make a small effort to tan.

I am a white southerner primarily of Scottish and Irish origin

75% German, 12.5% Polish and 12.5% Romanian.

You'd think with the above in me, I'd be as pale as the day is long, but nope. Dark, dark, dark. :lol: Dark like Stepfanie Kramer in my avatar, if I make a small effort to tan.

romanians are actually very close to spaniards, italians, portuguese, and the french despite being located in eastern europe.

i am predominately of chinese origin but was born in middlesex, england, uk. my mum is originally from china and my dad is from hong kong

I have really mixed background. I have Italian, Spanish, Native American, French and Dutch in my background.

German

Cool thread! :)


Ok here goes. I am part English, Irish, Scotish, French, Welch, Swedish, Norweigan, German, Spanish, Mexican, Italian, and Australian. :D


Just another comment that I have to add. Don't you hate when you fill out an application and they ask your race and they only give you a few to choose from like

White- not hispanic
Hispanic -not white
Black

That sux! I just write down 'human' inside that space. :lol:

I am Scottish, English, Irish and American Indian :)

Cool thread! :)


Ok here goes. I am part English, Irish, Scotish, French, Welch, Swedish, Norweigan, German, Spanish, Mexican, Italian, and Australian. :D


Just another comment that I have to add. Don't you hate when you fill out an application and they ask your race and they only give you a few to choose from like

White- not hispanic
Hispanic -not white
Black

That sux! I just write down 'human' inside that space. :lol:

My husband just writes down his name when they ask... because like you, he has a mix of everything.

^ That's a good one. I also started writing there. "I don't answer stupid questions." :lol:

^ That's a good one. I also started writing there. "I don't answer stupid questions." :lol:

:lol: I like that

I am Scottish, English, Irish and American Indian :)


OOO we're close! (I always wished I had native roots - I admire the NA indians) :D


I'm Scottish, Irish, English, French and German. Primarily Scottish though. My mom's family were supposedly of French nobility and escaped during the French Revolution to England and anglosized (sp?) their last name.

Most of the guys I've dated though are Italian and I grew up in a very Italian neighbourhood so I relate heavily to them. As a matter of fact, when I was with my ex, people would think I was the Italian (black hair, tans easily) and he was Scottish (blonde hair, blue eyes and fries like a chicken). lol

[QUOTE=MonarC]Cool thread! :)


Ok here goes. I am part English, Irish, Scotish, French, Welch, Swedish, Norweigan, German, Spanish, Mexican, Italian, and Australian. :D


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Don't forget native american.

I'm a mutt. I believe I'm a little bit of European (Scottish, Anglo) with some Native American thrown in. I don't know much about my father's side, since I'm estranged.

My mom was three-fourths German and one-fourth Polish. My dad was part-Scottish, part-Irish, and.... I'm not too sure about the rest. I thimk that one of his ancestors was Italian or Czech.

^ That's a good one. I also started writing there. "I don't answer stupid questions." :lol:


Go nuts - check them all off and really get them scratching their heads!

Frankly, there's no reason that question should even be asked. It's illegal in Canada because it could encourage discrimination. The only questions they asked if you're a "visible minority" - that takes in ALL colours even if you're purple!, They ask also gender and if you're "aboriginal" (that's what we now call our native Indians). And actually when you check off any of those, it's in your favour.

That said, come to think of it, how would a transgender answer the sex question! Just goes to show, ya gotta keep up with the times these days!

I'm German, Irish, Dutch, English and Scottish. Please don't ask me the % because I'm not sure.

I am Black-Irish (with Spanish blood) Welsh, English, German, and Native American...but, I am mostly English hertiage.

Most of the guys I've dated though are Italian and I grew up in a very Italian neighbourhood so I relate heavily to them. As a matter of fact, when I was with my ex, people would think I was the Italian (black hair, tans easily) and he was Scottish (blonde hair, blue eyes and fries like a chicken). lol

My Italian family consists of people with both light skin with dark hair and blue eyes (northern Italian) or very tan with brown eyes and black hair (almost Middle Eastern looking, and are Sicilian). I got none of this at all, I am snow white with light brown hair and hazel eyes. I got the light skin from the Lithuanian part of my mom's family and the eyes and hair from the Portuguese part of her family. Some of my facial features are from my Italian family but I got none of their coloring.

Don't forget native american.

Oh yes, that too thanks sis. :D Im sure there are a few others im forgetting.

White. Pale white, like I crawled out from under a rock. So European I guess...whatever. I'm American.

For anyone who is interested in learning about your family history I suggest Ancestry.com I traced my roots all the way back to 900 a.d.

1/2 German
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1/4 Native American


1/4 English
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i used to make fun of indians. then i found out that i'm part indian. now i make fun of them even more.

i used to make fun of indians. then i found out that i'm part indian. now i make fun of them even more.
:lol:

German, Irish, and a little French. I think the French in me is where I got my kissing ability from. ;)

i used to make fun of indians. then i found out that i'm part indian. now i make fun of them even more.


:lol: :lol:

My mother is 1/3 Native American and 2/3 African American. My father is 50% German, and the rest is a mixture of Ethiopian, Native American, and Creole. We are very interesting and exotic looking people to say the least.

Italian, 100% Sicilian, to be exact, but I hate shows like the Sopranos. I'm afraid that I am not the image of your typical Sicilian and my family is in no way connected with the mafia.:lol:

My family is so Americanized. My dad's family goes back to the 1800's in NYC. My grandmother grew up on the East Side of Manhattan in the late 1800's. If anything, I spent more time myself growing up on 'Irish Hill' in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, along with Norwegians and Puerto Ricans, and then when we moved to New Jersey, to a small town that was established by Puritan settlers from Connecticut in the 1600s, and growing up with some of their descendants.

I've lived with so many varieties of people, I've kind of lost my Sicilian identity, except for a few 'salty' expressions and a few special dishes that have been passed down. The younger generations of our family have intermarried with every ethnic group, so they're now Heinz 57s, with every shade of hair, eye-color, skin color and surname. We are all, even if some of us now only are 1/8th or 1/16th Sicilian, still proud of that part of our heritage, but at the same time aware that we're a product of our great melting pot, so we consider ourselves more American than anything else.

My mother is 1/3 Native American and 2/3 African American. My father is 50% German, and the rest is a mixture of Ethiopian, Native American, and Creole. We are very interesting and exotic looking people to say the least.


Kewl!

I have a friend from Fiji who's family has someone represented in just about every part of the world - black, white, east and native indians, you name it. I saw some wedding photos and it looked like the U.N.! :lol:

It was great to see. As you say - very exotic. And the mixtures of traditions and foods can be amazing!

but I hate shows like the Sopranos. I'm afraid that I am not the image of your typical Sicilian and my family is in no way connected with the mafia.:lol:


i'm in complete agreement on that one.

Irish, Welsh and Brazillian/Portuguese

Irish, Welsh and Brazillian/Portuguese

i have cousins in brazil.

Italian, German, Irish and British. Those I know for sure.

i have cousins in brazil.


That's cool. Yeah, my grandma is Brazillian but most brazillians have portuguese in them and she's not super dark so I'm guessing she probably does.

Italian and Irish.

Italian.

That's cool. Yeah, my grandma is Brazillian but most brazillians have portuguese in them and she's not super dark so I'm guessing she probably does.

most brazilians have some portuguese in them but portuguese people look VERY different, so the look we think of as "brazilian" comes from a mix of african, portuguese, native american and others, not just portuguese.

like my mom and grandmother look very portuguese, but not brazilian. and if you said they looked brazilian, they'd get mad. lmao.

German, English, Irish and Puerto Rican

most brazilians have some portuguese in them but portuguese people look VERY different, so the look we think of as "brazilian" comes from a mix of african, portuguese, native american and others, not just portuguese.

like my mom and grandmother look very portuguese, but not brazilian. and if you said they looked brazilian, they'd get mad. lmao.


Yeah. Sometimes I wish I could be portuguese, lol, that's why I say that. They're totally different though, even the language sounds different.

Yeah. Sometimes I wish I could be portuguese, lol, that's why I say that. They're totally different though, even the language sounds different.

ohh it does. i can barely understand brazilian portuguese, its like portuguese with a spanish or italian accent and the words all sound longer with more syllables. it sounds very nice, but it's not how the portuguese language should sound to me.

how much brazilian are you? 1/2 or 1/4?

Italian, 100% Sicilian, to be exact,

Maybe you can answer this for me. Are Sicilians Italians or are they considered as a separate ethnic group?

I know that they speak in a different dialect of the Italian language and apparently the Sicilians are mixed with Middle-Eastern blood.

My father's family migrated to the US from Palermo so I am have Italian (Sicilian) and 1/2 Irish.

Maybe you can answer this for me. Are Sicilians Italians or are they considered as a separate ethnic group?

I know that they speak in a different dialect of the Italian language and apparently the Sicilians are mixed with Middle-Eastern blood.

My father's family migrated to the US from Palermo so I am have Italian (Sicilian) and 1/2 Irish.

italian is a nationality, not an ethnic group. italians from different regions (like other europeans) can trace their ancestry to different regions. italy was not a unified country until 1860, it was a collection of city-states and independent kingdoms. sicily was not incorperated into italy until later.

in ancient times, the first people to settle sicily were the greeks, who established colonies along the coast. sicily later became part of the roman empire and after the roman empire fell, a semitic group of people called the saracens (also known as the moors), who came from north africa, settled in sicily and doubled the population of the island. these people have middle eastern/arab origins. they were eventually expelled from the island, and later on there was settlement in sicily by people from normandy, france. so sicilians today are a mixture of all these ethnic groups but yes, many do have middle eastern heritage.

in contrast, northern italy was inhabited by a celtic people called the gauls (who also inhabited pre-roman france) before the romans expanded into the upper half of the italian peninsula. anyone born in italy today is an italian, regardless of whether they are from sicily, lombardia, rome, campania, etc. in ancient times, people from different parts of europe didn't stay in one location - many places were conquered and people moved from place to place.

and for the record i am part sicilian and some of my relatives look very typically middle eastern, especially my dad.

ohh it does. i can barely understand brazilian portuguese, its like portuguese with a spanish or italian accent and the words all sound longer with more syllables. it sounds very nice, but it's not how the portuguese language should sound to me.

how much brazilian are you? 1/2 or 1/4?


1/4th I guess. My grandma's pure but my mom's only half. I'm a bunch of other things too, but Irish, Welsh and Brazillian are what I am the most.

Irish and Italian, but I'm totally 100% American.

Polish and German on my mother's side. French and American Indian on my dad's side.

Michelle

Half-British and half-German.

I saw this asked on another message board and though it was an interesting topic.

I'm American but my dads German and my moms French.

Spanish, Italian, French, Sephardic Jew, Native American

English and German

English and German
Ditto.

Dutch

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Mostly German, like 27% or something.

Next is Italian, which is 12.5%.

Then I'm also part Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English so I basically call that British Isles, which equal to probably 13%.

I'm also part Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and probably Native American.

I'm actually part African-American, part English-American. Are there any other African Americans here?

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a little bit of this a little bit of that

100% badddddasssssssssss soul brother :cool:

I'm half Drunk.

I'm half Drunk.
And 100% Conservative, like me. ;) I gotta toss in Irish and German too.

German, English and Welsh.

im german and irish oh good this works now

Polish and irish.

i'm british born but of chinese origin

I'm told I'm a little bit German, little bit Irish, little bit Ukranian, and a little bit Polish.

I am a white Southerner primarily of Scottish and Irish origin. I am also an
actual descendant of Robert E. Lee(which is why my parents gave me the
middle name Lee).

English, Scottish, Irish and American Indian.

part irish and part german

I'm German, Dutch, English, Irish and Scottish

Im greek american.

German and Irish.

Italian.

I believe mine is American but how would I find out?

Polish, Lithuanian, Russian & Hungarian . My Grandparents came from Europe in the early 1900's, from Poland and Lithuania. And finding out from 23 and me, I am also of Russian and Hungarian ancestry.:)

My maternal grandfather was born in Poland. He moved with his family to America at a young age.

My father's side is Scottish or English.

Thank you guys for your entries :)

All 4 grandparents (and my mom): born in Greece

I am 40% Klingon, 30% Romulan, and 30% Wookie. :winkgrin

I am 40% Klingon, 30% Romulan, and 30% Wookie. :winkgrin

:lol::D

African

I'm of French descent on my late mum's side and Irish on my dad's side