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#1770551 - 12/27/12 08:46 AM What's your ethnic background?
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One thing I always find interesting in people's ethnic backgrounds. Just something I enjoy talking about and finding out more about everyone I know.

So, if you care to share, what is your ethnic background?

Mine is:
1/4th Western European - Scandinavian majority, with a bit of British and German sprinkled in.
1/4th Canadian - half being French Canadian decent (according to ancestry research, it was originally Eastern European - Hungarian and Romanian a few generations previous to relocation to Canada) and the other half being Northwest Coast Native Tribe (Haida/Tlingit).
1/4th Eastern Indian/Pakistani - Punjabi and Tamil, primarily, and then Pakistani (in all reality, Indian and Pakistani are both pretty much the same background).
1/4 Middle Eastern/Arab - Lebanese, Egyptian, Saudi, Iranian/Persian, mostly.

No one ever guesses I'm white, though. I've got dark olive skin, jet black hair, and eye so brown they're almost black.

So yeah, that's me. I'm proud of my highly diverse background. How about y'all? smile
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#1770554 - 12/27/12 01:34 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Ask me about my horses, or dogs...well, a couple of them..and I can pretty much tell you! smile
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#1770558 - 12/27/12 01:43 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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I kinda figure that - like the horses - once it's more than 4 or 5 generations back, it doesn't really matter. wink

Having said that, the little bit that I know about my family is primarily Scottish and Welsh, with a little bit of English and German thrown in somewhere along the way. They've all been here since before the Civil Way though...some of them trace back to the Revolution. My mother was very relieved when I showed no interest in either the DAR or the DOC. grin
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#1770559 - 12/27/12 01:46 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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#1770561 - 12/27/12 01:48 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Amen, BF! Just like most of my critters, I'm just a good ol' American mutt. smile
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#1770572 - 12/27/12 02:14 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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English, Scottish, Welsh, Black Dutch.
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#1770577 - 12/27/12 02:20 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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I didn't check those boxes on my 1003 so you'll have to use your best judgement. laugh

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#1770579 - 12/27/12 02:35 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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I too consist of the wretched refuse.
Mom's side were geneological maniacs. They have records that stretch back from the Mayflower. Going backwards, English, Irish/Celtic, Scandinavian/Norse.
Dad's side was a little less concerned. His father died when dad was an infant. My ancestors on his side were a little less educated (dad was the first to ever go to college). Most never finished grade school. Hence many of my relatives and ancestors on his side were superstitious. Speaking of the dead was considered bad luck, even rude. We know the family name is of Scotish extraction and that my great grandmother was full blood Cherokee. But that's about it.
So, I am a Cherokee Viking.
By the way, I am still quite upset that you can never find a good Viking restaraunt!
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#1770583 - 12/27/12 02:38 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? Bankbb1, PITA
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#1770587 - 12/27/12 02:41 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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German.

My mom was born in Germany. Dad's parents/grandparents were german. I spent 7 of my first 15 years in Germany.
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#1770591 - 12/27/12 02:46 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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By the way, I am still quite upset that you can never find a good Viking restaraunt!

When you make a good stove why would you need a restaraunt?
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#1770599 - 12/27/12 02:52 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? edAudit
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Originally Posted By: EdAudit
By the way, I am still quite upset that you can never find a good Viking restaraunt!

When you make a good stove why would you need a restaraunt?


Its the principal of the thing! We are unfairly discriminated against in the restaraunt demographic! Its a conspiracy I tell you! An unfair hate of haggis!!
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#1770600 - 12/27/12 02:52 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Perhaps you should open one yourself? Who knows..it may catch on!
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#1770603 - 12/27/12 02:55 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? RR Joker
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Originally Posted By: RR Joker
Perhaps you should open one yourself? Who knows..it may catch on!


There must be a reason there are none. Do not encourage him. laugh
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#1770604 - 12/27/12 02:55 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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"The Rape and Pilage Cafe"?
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#1770614 - 12/27/12 03:06 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Cherokee Indian among other things (as RR Becca says I'm a mutt too), however I was in Hong Kong several years ago and people kept asking me if I was Dutch....
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#1770616 - 12/27/12 03:07 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Isn't everyone a mutt these days?
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#1770618 - 12/27/12 03:12 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Arian until the ancestors were invited into White Russia, then they got mixed up with the Slavs...
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#1770626 - 12/27/12 03:18 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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Slarian?
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#1770636 - 12/27/12 03:26 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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My maternal grandpa was full blooded hispanic, but grew up in Durango and Silverton, CO (working the narrow gauge railroad).

My maternal grandma is pretty much Irish, with a bit of Scottish, English and French in the mix.

My fraternal grandpa is Italian, although some relatives argue that we are Swiss. I argue, that you are never really Swiss, you are either of the Italian, French or German part of Switzerland. Plus, I had a really cool Italian maiden name.

My fraternal grandma was about as German as they came.

Some may consider me a mutt as well, but I love and am proud of each part of the pie.

My daughter is pretty lucky, her father is full blooded American Indian - as you can imagine she is beautiful! The tribe is Tohono O'Odham from southern Arizona. (Papago is the common name for the tribe)
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#1770637 - 12/27/12 03:30 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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I hve ridden that train so many times and have hiked the entire length of track over the years. Your grandpa was a MAN if he worked on that thing!! That is a very cool bit of family heritage!!
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#1770645 - 12/27/12 03:41 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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He moved to the midwest as a young man. But, we took a family vacation there when I was in my teens and rode the train and visited both towns. He told us they use to hike up into the mountains to fish and things. And then in the winter when they needed to get home - they would chop down a pine tree and ride it down the mountain in the snow. That was such a wonderful time... He's been gone for 19 years now, I miss that man.
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#1770649 - 12/27/12 03:47 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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3/4 Irish. Paternal Grandparents were born in Ireland. This summer I visited the church they attended as children. Maternal grandfather was also Irish. 1/4 German. My maternal grandmother's family came over from Germany pre-Civil War. Settled mostly southeastern Illinois as farmers.
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#1770650 - 12/27/12 03:49 PM Re: What's your ethnic background? JMXN
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I'm Scottish on my fathers side and until this year I thought I was a Irish (that is for sure)/German mix...BUT we found out that my family was actually Russian and not German.

So weird because my great-grandmother always yelled at me in German and I never heard her speak Russian. ::shoulder shrug::

(and quite possibly my mother was the product of an affair with a Native American)
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