Prettyphile Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Maybe it's just an American thing, but we American's love the idea of where we come from, so what's your background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I find it an interesting topic too.Not so much for the ethnic aspect, but I've always had an interest about the origins of pretty much everything (why I love history), which includes my family origins too.A couple of years ago I managed to put together a family tree. I found ancestors all the way back to the XIII Century (though I'm not completely certain on the oldest ones) on my father's side, and back to the XVIII Century on my mother's side.So, for my dad's side my ancestry is mostly spanish. And for my mom's side I have german and basque background.I assume I have some indigenous background too. Though I haven't found anything about it on my family tree, here in Chile pretty much everyone have some native ancestry, be it mapuche or others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clauds Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 My mother's family is Half Spanish (Canary Islands) and Half German, my father's family is Half Spanish (Mainland Spain) and Half Native.So I guess it makes me 2/4 Spanish, 1/4 German & 1/4 Native? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby.Jude9 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Ahhhhh, what American school child could forget that day in elementary school when everybody went up to the board with those tiny little international flag stickers and made a bar graph of everybody's ethnic backgrounds to show how culturally diverse (sort-of-not-really-depending-on-where-you-grew-up) America is? My dad is straight-of-the-boat Italian - Calabrian born and raised My mom is an old-fashioned American mutt who lost track of the exact percentages of all of her ethnic backgrounds a while ago but if I'm correct she's mostly Irish and German with an itty-bit of French, English, and Dutch in her? I've never really practiced or adhered to any of the ethnic traditions of my mother's backgrounds, while most of my upbringing with my father has been super-stereotypical Italian, so I guess I would really consider myself 1/2 Italian and 1/2 American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkCouture Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 An American who is 7/8 Chinese and 1/8 Portuguese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katchitup Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Interesting topic!My great grandmother was from switzerland, and she migrated here early childhood. and on my other grandmothers side, she was very dutch (not sure when her fam migrated over) So I'm very Dutch.But on my fathers side, my great grandfather was from Germany. So pretty german too. Mostly Dutch, the rest German and a sliver Indian wayyyyyyyyyyy down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe > Average Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Part African American and part Afro-Mexicano, so 1/2 black and 1/2 black . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliSuperSaiyanv12 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 ^ My grandpa from part of my dad was 100% italian, from part of my mom 100% PuertoRican, grandma from from part of my dad was 100% PuertoRican, from part of my Mom 100% PuertoRican. So I have 5% italian , 95% Puerto Rican with all the greatest proud of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchkiki Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I am so French and white is not even funny.I am certainly have Vikings blood in my veins but it is extremely diluted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2324lebron Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I am so French and white is not even funny.I am certainly have Vikings blood in my veins but it is extremely diluted.the Vikings were in Normandy, no? Norman is like North man?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchkiki Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 yeap! Vikings control Normandy for about 100 years. They raped & killed like crazy mother fu*ker! My dad was from Brittany and it's a region next to Normandy.Most of French people of today are decedent from the vikings. And Germans from the ones living in the north and Italian & Spanish for the ones living in the south. We basically had sex with everyone around us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronx_Bomber* Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 On my mother's side: Mexican & SpanishFather's side: English, Irish, Scottish, Swedish, & German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa_gxox Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Mostly English but I am also quarter Indian, and recently found out I am quarter Argentinian too, weird mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_dub Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 My mother is 1/2 black and 1/2 German. My dad is Black, English, Cherokee, and possibly some Irish. I can't exactly figure out the percentages per se, but I believe my great-grandfather on my dad's side was white. Couple that with my Grandmother on my mom's side that would make me a quarter German and 1/8th English/Irish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parisienne Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Part African American and part Afro-Mexicano, so 1/2 black and 1/2 black . That's great. I like black people. I am totally white with no colored ancestors and I find it kind of boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauiKane Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 ALOHA! I'm an American who was born and raised in Hawaii. Ethnic background: Filipino, Portugeuse, Okinawan Japanese, Polynesian Hawaiian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe > Average Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 ^ My grandpa from part of my dad was 100% italian, from part of my mom 100% PuertoRican, grandma from from part of my dad was 100% PuertoRican, from part of my Mom 100% PuertoRican. So I have 5% italian , 95% Puerto Rican with all the greatest proud of the world. You're also part Saiyan as well . ALOHA! I'm an American who was born and raised in Hawaii. Ethnic background: Filipino, Portugeuse, Okinawan Japanese, Polynesian Hawaiian Those are a lot of places on my to do list in terms of tavel. Well, Hawaii again anyway. To be honest, that also made me hungry because I love food from all of those places . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkCouture Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 ALOHA! I'm an American who was born and raised in Hawaii. Ethnic background: Filipino, Portugeuse, Okinawan Japanese, Polynesian Hawaiian You sound hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limerlight Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 ALOHA! I'm an American who was born and raised in Hawaii. Ethnic background: Filipino, Portugeuse, Okinawan Japanese, Polynesian Hawaiian You sound hot Match made in the depths of BZ's mod/admin dungeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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