I'm about 50% English, 35-40% Irish, and 10-15% Scottish and Welsh.

Polish-German {ironic, eh?} with some Russian.

Polish-German {ironic, eh?} with some Russian.


Interesting.  Did you know the English originally came from northern Germany and Scandinavia?

I am 50% Mic Mac aborignal, 25% English and the rest don't matter cause if I had my way it wouldn't be there.

Interesting.  Did you know the English originally came from northern Germany and Scandinavia?


Figured. But you confirmed it.

I'm around 45% German, 35% Irish, and 20% English.

50% cree aboriginal. the other half is a general mutt mix of irish, welsh, english. whatever my newfie dad is really.

From my mom's side: 3/8 Swedish, 1/8 Dutch
Dad's side: don't know the percentages but its mostly Scottish, with some German/Austrian, and Native American (Cherokee, Comanche and possibly Seminole)

15-20% Native American(Cherokee).

The rest is Scotish, Welsh, and English. More Scotish-Welsh than English I think.

English, Scottish, Welsh as far as I know.  I do consider myself, however, to be 100% Australian. :)

Interesting.  Did you know the English originally came from northern Germany and Scandinavia?


Theoretically, you can throw some French in there, too...

English, Scottish, Welsh as far as I know.  I do consider myself, however, to be 100% Australian. :)


That is cool to hear, Jaytee.  :)

What I do know is I am English (whatever that constitutes as) with a little Welsh thrown in.

That is cool to hear, Jaytee.  :)

What I do know is I am English (whatever that constitutes as) with a little Welsh thrown in.



I'm 3rd generation Australian but I do have a desire to see the places where my great-grandparents emigrated from.  I'm happy to report that none of them were transported as convicts ;D

As I am from Asia, I'm part Chinese and part Iban (aborigine group from the island of Borneo. Ibans were headhunters up till to the not too distant past)

On both sides I am about 3/4 Swedish, 1/5 Irish and the rest is a mix of French, English and American Indian.  My mother's side can be traced back to Pocahantas and John Rolf.

I'm 3rd generation Australian but I do have a desire to see the places where my great-grandparents emigrated from.  I'm happy to report that none of them were transported as convicts ;D


It is great to have that desire to go to the countries where your ancestors came from.

Lol. I don't equate Australia with convicts at all.  ;D

Norwegian/English/Scottish/Canadian

Mother's side: English and Canuck

Father's side: Russian-Jew and Polish-Jew


I'm sure there are more of mix in there but those are the main ones. In other words, I am your run-of-the-mill American Mutt.  ;D




Cat

African-American, Welsh, Native American, and some other things.

Though I'm primarily African-American, I share many other ethnicities as do other African-American.

Tanya

i don't think canadian can constitute as a seperate ethnic group.

I am Canadian/Polish/Ukrainian.

(Just had to get this one in...)

My dad is Icelandic and my mother is Cuban...

...so that makes me an ice cube...!!

**Goes back to sleep**

 

  I'm mostly French-Canadian and Native American, you could through some german in their too.  Like Cat said,  an American Mutt. ;)

Mother's side: English and Canuck

Father's side: Russian-Jew and Polish-Jew


I'm sure there are more of mix in there but those are the main ones. In other words, I am your run-of-the-mill American Mutt.  ;D
Cat


Um, wouldn't that be run-of-the-mill American Feline???  ;)

(Just had to get this one in...)

My dad is Icelandic and my mother is Cuban...

...so that makes me an ice cube...!!

**Goes back to sleep**


Ha ha!  ;D

Well, I claim 100% Norwegian but there I am parte Swede.  I will never live it down. 
God lyk!

(Just had to get this one in...)

My dad is Icelandic and my mother is Cuban...

...so that makes me an ice cube...!!

**Goes back to sleep**


Good one!  ;D

i don't think canadian can constitute as a seperate ethnic group.


why not  ;) 8)

Scottish otherwise

Well...

From my mom's side I'm Italian (her mom was 100% Italian), Polish, German.

From my dad's side I'm a whole mix of things. German/Norwegian (grandfather), and Norwegian/English/Irish/Scotch/Dutch/French (grandmother). I am not entirely sure about the exact percentage of English/Irish/Scotch/Dutch/French, since I'd have to go back several generations to try and figure that out, but I'm sure about everything else.

In summary: 1/4 Italian, 1/8 Polish, 1/4 German, 3/16 Norwegian, and the remaining 3/16ths English/Irish/Scotch/Dutch/French.

Um, wouldn't that be run-of-the-mill American Feline???  ;)



You got me.  ;)



Cat

(Just had to get this one in...)

My dad is Icelandic and my mother is Cuban...

...so that makes me an ice cube...!!

**Goes back to sleep**



I heard this comedian (can't remember the dude's name) saying that he was Soux on this mother's side and Micmac on his father's side. That made him a Soux-Mac.  ;)



Cat

My Moms side is English & Scandinavian.
My Dads side is Italian & French Canadian

German from Russia.

My Moms side is English & Scandinavian.
My Dads side is Italian & French Canadian


what's that, i can't read the small print..f...r...e...dear god! ;)

what's that, i can't read the small print..f...r...e...dear god! ;)


French Canadian.  :)

-FHF  ;)

French Canadian.  :)

-FHF  ;)


YOU OUTED ME! ;D

There ve Cournoac...

Also German, Swiss, Dutch and English.

And a smattering of everything else if I go back far enough...

YOU OUTED ME! ;D


;D  By the way Canada is an awesome country!

;D  By the way Canada is an awesome country!


Canada is a beautiful country!  It's the French part that makes me queasy. ;)

Canada is a beautiful country!  It's the French part that makes me queasy. ;)



I have to agree

I have to agree


You must be a fan of Dora. :-\\

My youngest one loves her

My youngest one loves her


My oldest one gets excited whenever she sees your avatar.

My oldest one gets excited whenever she sees your avatar.



so does my baby, she knows the names of all the characters, Your oldest is around 3 right, mine just turned 3 in december.

so does my baby, she knows the names of all the characters, Your oldest is around 3 right, mine just turned 3 in december.


Yep, she'll be 3 in the beginning of March.  The things we'll do for our kids. :)

I have a picture of her and my son on the thread Kid brag.

I have a picture of her and my son on the thread Kid brag.


And where might I find that?

And where might I find that?


sorry It is playful penguin place i think it is on page 3 or 4

sorry It is playful penguin place i think it is on page 3 or 4


Found it!  They're adorable! :)

Found it!  They're adorable! :)


Thank you, I have another girl, she is 16. but I couldn't get her picture to post.

Thank you, I have another girl, she is 16. but I couldn't get her picture to post.


:(

I'm like half irish. The other half is british or something.

Predominantly English, with some Irish tossed in there somewhere. My ancestors arrived here sometime in the early 1800's  :)

Well i am about 1/8th Sioux, 1/8th Italian, 4/8th's Irish and 2/8th's sheeshty messed up mixture.

I consider myself American - Irish/English

However, if you want just the past couple generations i am Half American Half English (But the english is actually Irish they only moved here a couple generations ago)

My Mum is half German and half Dutch, and my Dad's family are part English and part Irish with just a hint of Welsh !

I was born in Australia.

My father was born in England.

My mother is Australian but her parents were both from Denmark.

Someone else work out the %'s  :)

Polish-German {ironic, eh?} with some Russian.
Poland is near Germany and Poles as a whole are a bit buigger and blonder than most east Europeans.

Well, I claim 100% Norwegian but there I am parte Swede.  I will never live it down. 
God lyk!
What's wrong with that?Ricky Nelson was swedish ancestry,and I am about 1/8 Swedish,too.I am also FrenchI,English,Russian,Polish,and possibly scottish or Welsh too.My mother wondered if her dad was a "hidden Jew",but my brother in law,who is european jewish(he says this makes him an expert0looked at my grandfather's photo and said ,no,not Jewish.he said there were really Russians in pennsylvania in the early 1900s.

Canada is a beautiful country!  It's the French part that makes me queasy. ;)
:ohey a couple of my canadian ancestors were French immigrants,which makes them French canadian.One was named Emma paris and she was born in paris,France.There's nothing wrong with that.

15% Native Canadian (Algonquin)
The rest is all Irish!!!

Half African-American New Yorker, half good old fashioned Caucasian hillbilly. It's a pretty sweet deal  ;D

Half African-American New Yorker, half good old fashioned Caucasian hillbilly. It's a pretty sweet deal  ;D
some of your ancestors came from the hills? ???

some of your ancestors came from the hills? ???


Mine too. I think he means "Appalachian". My father's family is originally from the Northeast corner of Alabama, which is considered to be part of the mountain region. Infact, my grandfather grew up ON A MOUNTAIN. Not NEAR some mountains, ON a mountain. But they called it "goat hill", for some reason.

I was born in Australia.

My father was born in England.

My mother is Australian but her parents were both from Denmark.

Someone else work out the %'s  :)


Well the above would be 50% English and 50% Danish, if you are talking about ethnic background only. If not then you would be 100% Aussie! ;)

Of course, if you go by the family tree you showed to me your maternal grandmother was born in London, not Denmark, with one English parent and one Welsh parent, so that would make you 62.5% English, 25% Danish and 12.5% Welsh...  ???

Well the above would be 50% English and 50% Danish, if you are talking about ethnic background only. If not then you would be 100% Aussie! ;)

Of course, if you go by the family tree you showed to me your maternal grandmother was born in London, not Denmark, with one English parent and one Welsh parent, so that would make you 62.5% English, 25% Danish and 12.5% Welsh...  ???


Ooooh !  Thanks !  :)

Perhaps 100% idiot may have been closer in my original email then ?

:P ;)

1/2 Mexican American (dad's side, 1/2 Spanish (mom's side)

my dads side......totally Italian
my moms side.....mix (welsh, polish, dutch, indian, russian, slovak)


Erin :)

All Italian.

Most of my make-up is Celtic Canadian, but I'm pretty much a Heinz Canadian being that I'm Scot-Irish (my great-grandfather came from Northern Ireland), French, English, Irish, Swiss, and American Indian.

On a side note this kid at school tells me everyday almost how i look like an Italian. And he insists I must have some mediterranean background, despite my telling him otherwise.

this was an interesting thread so I thought I'll revive it.


My mom is full Indian.

My dad was part scottish, english and gulp :-french

Guess ;)

I am British born and bred and damn proud of it  8)

Guess ;)


Um...full-blooded Eskimo?!!

I am 100% italian.

Polish/Jewish

(Just had to get this one in...)

My dad is Icelandic and my mother is Cuban...

...so that makes me an ice cube...!!

**Goes back to sleep**



Good one!  ;D


I think that should read "Good Grief"  :P

My mom's side of the family is Scottish, and my dad's side is Norwegian.  About a thousand years ago it was Norwegian royalty.  I am a direct male line descendant of Olaf Trygvasson (I'm not kidding).  My mom's maiden name is Lyle.  Many people say "Lyles", but my great grandfather (maybe two or three greats) said they were "too Scotch to add the 's'".  :)

My mom's side of the family is Scottish, and my dad's side is Norwegian.  About a thousand years ago it was Norwegian royalty.  I am a direct male line descendant of Olaf Trygvasson (I'm not kidding).  My mom's maiden name is Lyle.  Many people say "Lyles", but my great grandfather (maybe two or three greats) said they were "too Scotch to add the 's'".   :)


My dad's side is Norwegian, too!  8)

I think that should read "Good Grief"  :P


You now know why I never made a career out of stand-up comedy...

Not so much stand-up comedy, more like comatose-in-the-chair comedy...!

I'm Black

I'm not comfortable with saying African American anymore.

Posted: by jacks Miodrag, is that you?  no, this is your long lost cousin Michael Stojic.  ;D pronounced  (STOYCH) like Larry STORCH from F-Troop, just remove the R in storch and say it like TOY with and S in front. but I spell it the way it was given me. My mom was Serbian (the good ones)  ;) she grew up in Belgrade, lived in Pancevo, My sis was born in Graz Austria, My Mexican father drove his tank from Korea to Europe, married her and brought that little Yugoslavian honey to America. My older brother was born at Fort Worth, and I was born in Fort Polk, Louisiana. a bunch of army brats.


That's good that you're "keeping it real" :P  A lot of the people in my family add an H to the end of their name to make it look more like it sounds.  For instance we have some family with the last name Tomic, but they spell it Tomich.  Without giving out my last name, let me just say that we left the H off the end. ;)  Do you know any Slavic?

My dad was 1/2 Italian and 1/2 Israeli

My mom is English, German, Italian and Swiss, I believe...

Don't know the exact percentage, but I'm have Portuguese, Irish and German in me(and lord knows what else).

Don't know the exact percentage, but I'm have Portuguese, Irish and German in me(and lord knows what else).


I pictured you being japanese because of your screen name and your fascination with anime!

I pictured you being japanese because of your screen name and your fascination with anime!


I'd thought the same!

I pictured you being japanese because of your screen name and your fascination with anime!


The screen name was influenced from anime and video games, nothing more or less. :)

That's good that you're "keeping it real" :P  A lot of the people in my family add an H to the end of their name to make it look more like it sounds.  For instance we have some family with the last name Tomic, but they spell it Tomich.  Without giving out my last name, let me just say that we left the H off the end. ;)  Do you know any Slavic?
negative, do not speak any slavic because of parents diffrent ethinic backgrounds, we as kids got english and that was it. My mom spoke it well, she spoke german, and cooked some very interesting yugo food that i wish i had her recipes for. The H at the end of the name does make it easier to figure out. No one has ever pronounced my middle name correctly by just looking at it.  

I pictured you being japanese because of your screen name and your fascination with anime!




I'd thought the same!


You can add me to that list, too.



Cat

I'd thought the same!


My first full name is Stephen, I've played a few video games(Final Fantasy on the NES and the Dragon Warrior 1 ,2 & 3 remakes on the Game Boy systems) that only let me use four letter names, the first four letters of my name spell "Step". The "chan" suffix I got from watching alot of Excel Saga(anime) where the some characters use nicknames ending in "chan".

:)

I am Norwegian (Solberg) and German (Kalriess) and my married name is Irish...and all together that makes a mutt.

Dad's Side - Irish, 1/16 Native American (Cherokee & Osage), Welsh and English.

Mom's Side - German (my mom's 1/4), Irish, English and Scottish (possibly Russian/Ukranian due to the fact that my Grandma's side emigrated to the Ukraine in the late 1700's and settled there with fellow "Black Sea Germans")

negative, do not speak any slavic because of parents diffrent ethinic backgrounds, we as kids got english and that was it. My mom spoke it well, she spoke german, and cooked some very interesting yugo food that i wish i had her recipes for. The H at the end of the name does make it easier to figure out. No one has ever pronounced my middle name correctly by just looking at it.  


No, nobody gets my last name right either.  Did your mom ever make cheese pita?  I like that a lot.  I'm going to try to learn Serbian so that my kids will know it.

Great Grandparents were Russian Mennonites, My Grandfather was Irish, and My Father was Irish.  I can't, or shouldn't drink whiskey but Vodka suits me just fine.  So I guess I take after the Russians. ;D

I have Mohawk in my blood form my Mother's side.  I actually qualify to get a band card, but I'd have to live on the Indian reservation in order to get one, and I ain't doing that.  Saving the Post Sales Tax on stuff isn't worth living out in the stix  ;D

Being the fourth generation born in the Philadelphia area,
that makes me a Native American.Now for the generations
beyond four,they are from Ireland.I also have cherokee but
that is too far back to count.

100% pure Brit, born and bred  ;)

Although i'm aware that some of my nana's distant relatives had Scottish family, and my grandad's distant relatives are part German, but I don't think that blood carried to me

No, nobody gets my last name right either.  Did your mom ever make cheese pita?  I like that a lot.  I'm going to try to learn Serbian so that my kids will know it.
looking all over for this, I saw it earlier but no chance to reply. She didn't make the cheese pita thing, but she made great chicken and dumplings, Weiner schnitzel, some Yugoslavian crepes she'd fill with jam, those were my very favorite, I sort of know how to say but not how to spell, I'll try Polyshenkas or something like that. she cooked stuffed bellpeppers, sauerkraut, yuck. I evacuated when I smelled that. She mixed in some German cooking with her Slavic. I told my wife I want to get a Yugoslavia cuisine cookbook and see if I can do something with it. oh yeah, she made strudel and excellent chicken and noodles.

looking all over for this, I saw it earlier but no chance to reply. She didn't make the cheese pita thing, but she made great chicken and dumplings, Weiner schnitzel, some Yugoslavian crepes she'd fill with jam, those were my very favorite, I sort of know how to say but not how to spell, I'll try Polyshenkas or something like that. she cooked stuffed bellpeppers, sauerkraut, yuck. I evacuated when I smelled that. She mixed in some German cooking with her Slavic. I told my wife I want to get a Yugoslavia cuisine cookbook and see if I can do something with it. oh yeah, she made strudel and excellent chicken and noodles.


Yeah, a lot of their food is similar to ours.  You've named a few that you don't see much here, also sarma(cabbage rolls), baklava, burik and lamb.  Oh yeah, the crepes.  I've always pronounced it polachinka, but you're probably more correct. :)  I can get my hands on a cookbook for you, but you have to learn Slavic to read it. :P ;D  You could also try Russian and Greek cookbooks.

I just found this site that has some recipes that look familiar.  http://pages.prodigy.net/dkomar/ethnic_recipes.htm

I'm half hispanic, half European

I'm half hispanic, half European
seems to be a fairly regular combination

seems to be a fairly regular combination


yes, but I only took on the white form of my father, therefore no-one believes I'm the other half ;D

The funny thing for me is that I look mostly hispanic, but dont speak any, and mexicans all the time try to talk to me in spanish and I'm at a loss for words.

The funny thing for me is that I look mostly hispanic, but dont speak any, and mexicans all the time try to talk to me in spanish and I'm at a loss for words.



I feel like an undercover cop sometimes. I'll be standing around someone, and they'll say something racist to Mexicans, not knowing I am one.

Yeah, a lot of their food is similar to ours.  You've named a few that you don't see much here, also sarma(cabbage rolls), baklava, burik and lamb.  Oh yeah, the crepes.  I've always pronounced it polachinka, but you're probably more correct. :)  I can get my hands on a cookbook for you, but you have to learn Slavic to read it. :P ;D  You could also try Russian and Greek cookbooks.

I just found this site that has some recipes that look familiar.   http://pages.prodigy.net/dkomar/ethnic_recipes.htm
I read this earlier and wanted to comment:polachinka is probably correct. my mom passed away in 1988 and hadn't made me any for at least 10-15 years before that, I will ressurect her old recipes and cook them and have a fond memory of her. I never dug cabbage cooked too much. She was in this country almost 30years and never shook that accent. I'll be making my annual run to take flowers to her grave next month, probably on my birthday which will be a odd way of spending the day.

I read this earlier and wanted to comment:polachinka is probably correct. my mom passed away in 1988 and hadn't made me any for at least 10-15 years before that, I will ressurect her old recipes and cook them and have a fond memory of her. I never dug cabbage cooked too much. She was in this country almost 30years and never shook that accent. I'll be making my annual run to take flowers to her grave next month, probably on my birthday which will be a odd way of spending the day.


Sorry to hear that.  Sounds like you have great memories of her and her delicious cooking. :)  I think you should make something from her old recipes, that would be a great way to remember her.

Sorry to hear that.  Sounds like you have great memories of her and her delicious cooking. :)  I think you should make something from her old recipes, that would be a great way to remember her.
she was only 57, cancer whittled her down to nothing. I remember being at a softball tournament in Santa Cruz, and I swear I got this pain in my chest on the way home and for some reason I thought to myself she's passed away. When I got home the message from my older sister gave me the sad news. I'm a good cook, but could probably never duplicate that authentic Yugoslavian technique. this is heavy stuff isn't it

Just got back from Starbucks, and the girl working there asks me if my daughter is Philipino, and I explain, nope, she's Chinese, mexican,yugoslavian. Said she looks philipino and is very pretty and my kid says thanks and starts laughing and tells the girl she gets that all the time. I guess she does.but I know I dont, more hispanic than anything. My fathers side, the mexicans from Texas, have a small trace of comanche in the bloodline so thats pretty cool.