What is your ethnic background?

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JBM
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01 Feb 2007, 11:47 am

Geneology used to be one of my special interests, so here comes all the boring details:

Mom's side: almost entirely Scottish (direct paternal ancestor coming from Isle of Skye, the rest is mixture of highlanders & lowlanders), with one French Huguenot and one German ancestor

Dad's side: Haven't had contact with that side of the family in 10 years, and my father was an alcoholic who died when I was 6 months old. They claimed to be Welsh with one African American ancestor. Based on their very dark complexion and location (far Southeastern KY) I suspect they are Melungeon. Pictures of my father look like someone I would describe as Hispanic or S. Italy. (Olive complexion, Euro. face features) Cherokee is also a strong possibility, one of my aunts married a full blood Cherokee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon

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Tequila
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01 Feb 2007, 11:54 am

My heritage? English. My identity? Ribble Valley, Lancashire and the Union all the way.

Jameson
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01 Feb 2007, 11:59 am

3/4 German... some Austrian mixed in there somewhere
1/4 French-Canadian

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SovietChess
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01 Feb 2007, 12:19 pm

i was born in the united states

my parents were both born in cuba

both my fathers parents were born in cuba, but half his grandparents were born in spain, pther half in cuba

my mothers father was born in cuba, his parents also.. my moms mom was born in spain

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agmoie
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01 Feb 2007, 2:55 pm

100% Irish

Dart
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01 Feb 2007, 3:47 pm

Mostly British, but part German and a little bit Irish too.

diseased
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01 Feb 2007, 4:50 pm

Not sure of the proportions, but
Irish, Scots, German and either Chiricahua Apache or Cherokee.

TheBladeRoden
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01 Feb 2007, 4:53 pm

Irish and Scandinavian

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weeOne
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01 Feb 2007, 5:53 pm

All I can say is there must have been a whole lotta loving going on in my family tree...when I travel to Mexico, Spain, Italy, etc., folks assume I speak the language. Sometimes people get mad thinking I am pretending I do not understand LOL!

(btw that is a picture of the amazing Katherine Hepburn, not me. I've been told I look like Superman's girlfriend, which, at that time, would have been Margot Kidder!)

Tim_Tex
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01 Feb 2007, 8:23 pm

Cherokee, Scottish, Alsatian, possible Haitian creole (this cannot be verified), Irish, German.

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headphase
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01 Feb 2007, 8:45 pm

1/2 Irish
1/4 German Swiss
1/4 Welsh & ??????

TheMachine1
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01 Feb 2007, 9:11 pm

Mom's side Irish some members claim Cherokee blood
Father side Scottish and I think French

But like alot of Americans I could be alot of other things to.

9CatMom
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01 Feb 2007, 10:09 pm

Mother's side: 100 percent German
Father's side: American of Italian descent

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01 Feb 2007, 10:35 pm

My mom is 100% Danish, and my dad is mostly Russian with some family members from Romania and Ukraine.

bookwerm
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02 Feb 2007, 3:59 pm

50% slovak, my dad is 100% and I am pretty sure he is AS or similar
50% my mom, a mix of german, irish, french and welsh
1% alien DNA per the DNA analysis, along with the small metal bead found in the back of my brain

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02 Feb 2007, 4:31 pm

7/8 Scottish (came to Australia in gold rush c1870) 1/8 English

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