What Are You?

[Bopper]

approx 50% Irish; 50% French Canadian; 1% or less Native American

 

[k1v1116]

My family all came to NY in the early 1900's at the great grand parent level, they were all in their teens I think. My moms side is all from western russia as are two of my dads great grand parents, of the final two great grand parents one is from ireland and the other germany. so 3/4 russian, 1/8 irish, 1/8 german.

 

[Revvy]

You ALL would be Spanish if my Gramp's invasion of Florida had gone through.

I hear he was a mean SOB.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

You ALL would be Spanish if my Gramp's invasion of Florida had gone through.

I hear he was a mean SOB.

Knowing this now, you will forever be pictured as Father Guido in my mind.

 

[Revvy]

Knowing this now, you will forever be pictured as Father Guido in my mind.

But wasn't he Italian?

 

[HenryHill]

You ALL would be Spanish if my Gramp's invasion of Florida had gone through.

I hear he was a mean SOB.

Oh, so third generation loser.

My mom traces her ancestry back to Boston and a relative was in the Real Teaparty.

My great grandfather was from Germany, Stuttgart IIRC, but my paternal grandma was half Irish, so I make it 1/2 Brit, 3/8 Kraut, 1/8 Irish.

A very fine drinking heritage.

EDIT: what is the locally heralded beer type for Stuttgart?

 

[ohiobrewtus]

100% German, 25% awesome.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I'm American, shocking to hear actually?

I would be a "new england mutt" if anything. Italian, Irish, and early american (if that's a term?)

My irish part of the family is from Cork, my italian part of the family is from Calabria, and the early american was english... but that part of the family has been here since the 1600s.

Part of my French side goes back to the first non-native children born in NA.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

100% German, 25% awesome.

What's the other 75%

 

[Kittyfeet]

I'm all Mutt as well. I have some Scottish, English, and Canadian French. My mom traced her family back to the 1600s; two of my ancestors were hanged in the Salem witch trials. Eep!

 

[niquejim]

I'm French/English/Welsh/Native American

 

[Short Drive]

Mutt.... On my dad's side the line goes back to when Edward Bumpas came in The Good Ship Fortune, November 10, 1621 (The next ship after the Mayflower). He was English.

Me too. Except the ships passenger list has it listed as Bompasse. It is said the Pilgrims would have perished had it not been for the passengers on the Good Ship Fortune.

 

[Borisbbadd]

Mutt here also.....

English
Irish
Scottish
Welsh
Dutch

+ you never really know what the Milkman was...........

 

[Nugent]

Man, you gotta love us mutts!

Dad's side - 100% Irish from County Tipperary - poor and Catholic to boot! But . . . moved to Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. The old man moved to Canada in '65.

Mum's side - uhhh . . . 1/4 Cree from Manitoba, 1/2 Scottish (1/4 from Manitoba and 1/4 from Jamaica) and 1/4 from Hambleton in Yorkshire. Proddies all around.

Raised on the Irish side of Catholic, but very proud of Canada's British heritage. I hold both Canadian and Australian citizenship (born there).

M'eh . . . it's North America. Whatdaya want?

 

[c.n.budz]

I'm half Irish(mother) and half Polish(father). My mother's family has been in the U.S. since the mid 1800's, my father and his siblings were the first generation born in the country for that side of my family. My grandparents on that side never even learned English, of course this was in the 1920's so this was a bit more common back then.

So yeah, I'm Irish and Polish... Genetically a dumb drunk....

 

[silvervan83]

I bet I could count on 2 fingers how many black people there are on here.

I'm 50% black (Louisiana) 50% german ( born in Erlangen- Echenau)

Baptized in Kirchrottenboch, had my first beer in Herpersdorf (where my grandma lives) First cigg in Bullach. First kiss in Lauf.

 

[GregR]

I'm an American.

but I suppose if you must know, My moms family is from Kansas, and my fathers family is from California.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I bet I could count on 2 fingers how many black people there are on here.

I'm 50% black (Louisiana) 50% german ( born in Erlangen- Echenau)

Baptized in Kirchrottenboch, had my first beer in Herpersdorf (where my grandma lives) First cigg in Bullach. First kiss in Lauf.

I can do it on one and a half fingers, I think

 

[hopdog]

German, as far as I know.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I'm an American.

Good for you! That is the correct answer for every US citizen. I, too, am American. 100% of my ancestry can be traced to Germany, but for about 8 or 10 generations now my family has lived in Wisconsin. Pretty much makes us American.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Good for you! That is the correct answer for every US citizen. I, too, am American. 100% of my ancestry can be traced to Germany, but for about 8 or 10 generations now my family has lived in Wisconsin. Pretty much makes us American.

......And that is the correct answer!

 

[david_42]

100% corn-feed*American! Ancestry is 50% Prussian, 25% German (different emigration waves) , the rest is mainly English, Irish, maybe a little Native American.

* Much of that corn was turned into beef first, as I was born and raised in rural Illinois.

 

[eschatz]

100% German with generations living in Indiana.

 

[GregR]

Good for you! That is the correct answer for every US citizen. I, too, am American. 100% of my ancestry can be traced to Germany, but for about 8 or 10 generations now my family has lived in Wisconsin. Pretty much makes us American.

yeah it always seemed weird to me when Americans say they're this or that. . . c'mon. you're American. I'd only be willing to say otherwise if your great grandparents immigrated. anything after that and you are completely assimilated.

 

[McKBrew]

My sister knows more about our ancestry than I do. I grew up thinking I was more Scottish, but her research shows more English and Irish ancestry in our background.

There are McKellar's from my side of the family in Northern MI. I've also seen high concentrations in certain parts of Canada, Australia, and places named after McKellar in Tennessee.

I personally like to claim that I am Native American. I was born and raised here, now I just want to be able to hunt a whale.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I was born and raised here, now I just want to be able to hunt a whale.

A brief look at your avatar tells me that an SUV is the wrong vehicle for whale hunting. Maybe some kind of boat would be in order?

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

North American, with a bit of native american. Family members on both sides go back to the mid-1600s. On my mother's side, they were dutch merchants who settled in what would become "New Amsterdam". They later moved on to "Breucklin" to start a family of 11. My father's side is mostly from Ireland and Scotland, but I think the Irish side were religous refugees from Scotland IIRC. Due to the religous turmoil in great britain, many left to the "new world" in the early 1700s.

That's it...based on the family history books on both sides of the family, most of my ancestors lived and died right here in the colonies/USA.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

My home town (Southampton) Has a Mayflower memorial. Southampton was the last scheduled stop en route from Holland for the Mayflower. I missed the boat by a few hundred years though.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I personally like to claim that I am Native American. I was born and raised here, now I just want to be able to hunt a whale.

Funny!!!!

As an aside, I lose patience with the whole "Native American" thing. As a race, they are really no more native to this land than anyone else. They emigrated from somewhere else, too, they just did it a lot sooner.


Back on topic, kind of:
My great-uncle was a Capuchin priest in Mount Calvary, WI. He took the time to research and publish a family history, tracing the family back to the man that got off the boat in New York in the first half of the 19 century. The book was printed before I was born, so I'm not in it, but I can still use it to look up people I meet and see if they are in some way related to me. My last name is fairly rare, so if somebody has the same last name, chances are that they or their parents or grandparents are in the book. Anyway, that's kind of neat-o.

 

[McKBrew]

Funny!!!!

As an aside, I lose patience with the whole "Native American" thing. As a race, they are really no more native to this land than anyone else. They emigrated from somewhere else, too, they just did it a lot sooner.

I feel exactly the same way.