10 Random question for the lounge (about Ethnic origin)

1 - What is your ethnic background?

2 - What is your hair color?

3 - What color are your eyes?

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

1 - What is your ethnic background? Scotch-German

2 - What is your hair color? Brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? No

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? I guess.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I don't have any children, no children are being contemplated, hell, there won't be any children, period.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

Irish, English, Scottish

2 - What is your hair color?

Red

3 - What color are your eyes?

Green or hazel, depending on the light

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

Barely. Some German, a very tiny amount of French and Spanish, and I took Latin for 5 years. Doesn't mean I know it, but it looks nice on a resume. :)

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

Yup--Mom and I went in 1992 to England, Scotland and Ireland

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

Not really. The districts of Boston with a large portion of Celts were on the other side of town. We lived in an area which was fairly diverse.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

I know some Irish and Scottish tunes, but mostly none of them by heart, unless they're old and short ones. My dad was a Newfoundlander (a goofie Newfie we used to call him) and I can recognize tunes but not all the words. I found some online that I barely remember from when I was younger, but I downloaded them to see if I could hum along with them.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

I used to do the Highland Fling, but never really got into the dancing on any real basis. Never got into the games.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

Way too many to name

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

They should be proud of their heritage, regardless of what their background is, and should learn as much about it as possible.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Italian on Mom's side of the family, Hungarian on Dad's.

2 - What is your hair color? Auburn

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Not fluently.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Well, there are a shitload of famous Italians. Famous Hungarians? All I can think of are the Gabor sisters.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? My kid's Dad is adopted, so I can only give him partial info about his background. I don't see it as being a huge deal anyhow.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Irish/German/Welsh

2 - What is your hair color? Brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Yes,profanity

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes, Germany

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? No. Where?

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? I can't sing, period.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Too numerous to mention

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Not at all

1 - What is your ethnic background? Predominantly Irish/Scottish with some English and Dutch

2 - What is your hair color? Brown with strawberry blonde natural highlights

3 - What color are your eyes? Hazel/Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Ubby Dubby

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No, but I hope to

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No -- WASPY neighborhood in mid-Michigan

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes, several

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Millions

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Very

1 - What is your ethnic background? English and German

2 - What is your hair color? Light blonde

3 - What color are your eyes? Blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Arabic (kinda)

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Hell no to England. I have been boycotting it for a while because they are the ones that f-ed up the middle east after WW1. And for Germany, I spent one night there on the way back from Morocco and got really bad food posioning. I will never go back.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? I am white, everywhere is my ethinic origin in the US

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? George Washington and my ancestors are from the same hometown.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? They will grow up with a mulicultural background because I love world cultures

1 - What is your ethnic background? Western European (including the British Isles) and Scandinavian

2 - What is your hair color? Light golden brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Not fluently, but I can read German pretty well and also Spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes. I went to England, Scotland and Wales in 2000.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Sort of. There were a lot of WASPs there. :rofl:

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Sort of.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Many.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I don't have kids, but if I did, it would not be a gigantic issue. I'd want them to be aware of their geneaolgy (which my mother has painstakingly researched), though. Mom has traced her side of the family back to England and Scotland in the 1600s.

1 - What is your ethnic background? - German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian.

2 - What is your hair color? Ws brown, now graying...

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Pascal

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Who knows?

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Not very.

RL

1 - What is your ethnic background? 100% Czechoslovakian

2 - What is your hair color? Brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Some French

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Not yet

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? It was a mix of people from "The Old Country" and their descendents. PA

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No, but I learned some as a child.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No... same as #7

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Probably!

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Well, we tried, but we live too far away from our "roots' now. And they weren't very interested in learning the old ways.

2 - What is your hair color? Blond/Red...

3 - What color are your eyes? Green...

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Light conversational Spanish & French...

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes...

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No...

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes...

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes...

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Oh yes...

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Important...

1 - What is your ethnic background? Slovak, Polish, German, Croatian, English, and Swiss

2 - What is your hair color? brown

3 - What color are your eyes? brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? not fluently

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? no

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? no

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Some of them, I'm sure

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I'm not sure. I think it gets harder with every generation and every marriage into another ethnicity to hang onto customs and traditions

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Half Greek, qtr Irish, qtr German

2 - What is your hair color?
Brown/gray

3 - What color are your eyes?
Brown/hazel

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
I know a few phrases in French, Italian and Spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Only Ireland. I plan to go to Greece soon because I have many relatives there, but the trip would require at least 2.5 weeks to do properly and I don't get enough time off.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Not really, lily-white suburb. Gack.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
I know some Irish songs, but not Greek.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
I know a bit of Greek dancing.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Exactly? Well, one of my siblings is an actor if that counts.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
Well, my children (if I have any) will be half Filipino, qtr Greek, and a pinch of Irish and German. So I suppose they'll probably be more in touch with their Filipino heritage because their father was born there. I think it's mildly important but I'm more interested in the world as a whole. I celebrate different cultures but I also celebrate what makes us the same.

1 - Italian - from north-central Italy

2 - Brown to strawberry blonde

3 - Light brown

4 - Italian; French; Spanish

5 - I was born there!

6 - Born and raised among them.

7 - Yes

8 - nothing comes to mind.

9 - plenty....

10 -Very important

1 - What is your ethnic background? 75% Irish & 25% Swiss...I ignore the Swiss part though

2 - What is your hair color? Very dark brown, but currently dyed burgundy

3 - What color are your eyes? Blue...I've got the Black Irish look going on

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? No, but I used to be able to understand Spanish and speak a little French

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes. I've been to Ireland. I'd move to Dublin in a heartbeat.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No. It was mostly Cubans then we moved to a mostly Jewish neighborhood.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Well I can't sing but I do know the words to Johnny Tarr.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? I drink.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Lots

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? If I had kids, then yes. We have major Irish pride in my family. I actually have an aunt that judges people on how Irish they are.

1 - Swedish and English, but mostly identify as Swedish
2 - Blonde
3 - Bluish green
4 - Some Swedish
5 - Briefly
6 - Yes, Ballard in Seattle (well, it's mostly Norwegian, but it's a traditionally Scandinavian neighborhood)
7 - Yes
8 - Yes
9 - Lots!
10 - I think it's important and a good thing. I'm glad I was raised with an appreciation of my heritage and I hope to pass it onto my own child one day. :)

And what's with all the questions today?

But here goes...

1 - What is your ethnic background? Dutch, English, Irish, Jewish and Cuban

2 - What is your hair color? Black

3 - What color are your eyes? Brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Some Spanish, Thai

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes - the UK and Cuba

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Nope

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Nope

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Nope

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Hmmm - LOTS

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? It's important, but honestly I think learning a language is more important than ethnic self-awareness.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

I'm half Italian - my mother was the daughter of Italian immigrants. On my father's side, I'm English and Irish - the Irish from a mid-19th century immigrant, the English from 1630.

2 - What is your hair color? Dark brown.

3 - What color are your eyes? Hazel.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? No, not fluently. A smattering of phrases in Spanish and German.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Well, yeah, but it's a pretty homogenous origin. New England is full of English/Irish and there are quite a few Italians as well.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No Italian.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Again, no Italian.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? I would imagine but I don't know offhand.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I think it's important, mainly because I want them to understand that America is a land of immigrants and that unless one is purely Native American, their ancestors came from somewhere else at some time which is why this country is the way it is. The people who settled it were people who weren't afraid of a challenge, or of trying something new. I think that's what gives us much of our energy.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
EuroMutt: Danish, Norweigan, British, Scotish, and a little French too

2 - What is your hair color?
Dark brown

3 - What color are your eyes?
Hazel

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
HTML, I used to speak Fortran...

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Spain, Portugal, Africa, Texas

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Nope, though where I live now it's as if Earth became 10,000sq ft...

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Nope

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Nope

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Sean Connery and a bunch of others who are also Scotish, British, Danish, Norweigan, and/or French

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
Meh. Couldn't care either way. If they want to know, they will ask.

1. Mostly mick, with a little Welsh thrown in.
2. Brown, but prematurely greying.
3. Blue
4. Um..bad German, and a (very) little bit of Japanese.
5. Sadly enough, no. But I live 20 minutes from Boston...there's really no reason for me to travel see Irish people.
6. Nope, I was actually raised in a neighborhood full of Italian-Americans in New Jersey. It wasn't till years later, going through my elementary school yearbook that I suddenly realized this.
7. Um, no.
8. I can drink you under the table if necessary. Does that count?
9. Yeah, like every single politician that came out of Mass.
10. Not particularly. My wife is French Canadian and Native American, which is much cooler. Luckily, my kids take after her in terms of skin tone, so they don't burn as easily.

Is that slang for a Scotsman?

I have some Scottish in me too! Wow...I'm a Celtic mongrel.

eg: MacDaddy

1 - What is your ethnic background? Native American, Irish, English

2 - What is your hair color? Sandy blonde

3 - What color are your eyes? Hazel

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? No

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Well, uh, America

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? I am a mutt, so I am sure I was among other mutts.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Huh?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Indian Rain dance??? does that count???

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? I guess

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? They should be aware.

1 - What is your ethnic background? American on both sides for at least 8 generations. Before that my people came from Africa, just like every other human's

2 - What is your hair color? Reddish brown, what's left of it

3 - What color are your eyes? Brownie Hazel (not to be confused with a Brownie named Hazel

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Spanish, some German, and conversational Pig Latin

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? daily

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? exclusively

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "On Top of Ol' Smoky" (a perverted forest fighting song), and "O Tannenbaum"

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Meringue, Salsa, Texas Two-Step, and the Boogie in Da Butt (aka, the White Boy Shuffle)

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Tony Dow, Morgan Freeman, Alberto Gonzales, Bill Clinton, and Sarah Silverman, among many others

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Extremely.
Otherwise they're liable to fall for artificial identification scams that depend on patrilinear accidents ("our last name is Italian, therefor we're really Italian") or intellectually dishonest political moments (KKKers, reparations-for-slavery, English-only laws, and regressive taxation policies) . Fortunately for my family, we happen to come from an ethnic background that encompasses practically every other ethnicity in the world, so there's not a single pride festival we can't participate in.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Maternal grandfather: Cornish (Celt), English, some Am. Indian. MGM: French, Norman French, German. PGF: Yankee, PGM: French Canadian. In short, the only thing keeping me from being the whitest dude in the world is Finland.

2 - What is your hair color? cranial-brown, facial-brown with red and blond bits.

3 - What color are your eyes? Like a royal blue like my mother's mother, not a grey blue like my father and his brother.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? No. (Thanks grandmother & public school) Know a few bits of French and German

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes, England and United States. (Yankee part of the family has been here since 1620. Can't really call them English after 400 years in the New World. Also, there is a bit of indiginous blood there too.)

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Leicester, at least during HS. Everyone was from a mixed background with a lot of people with French names or Yankee.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Frere Jacques, frere Jacques, dormez vous?...

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yeah, head games and the family favorite, let's all get stinking drunk.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Yankees, Englishmen and Frenchmen? Yeah, there might be a few.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Why do you assume I have children. We decided not to do so. We have no reason to add that expense or burden to our lives and the one thing this Earth does not need is more of us.

Blond, green, Spanish, No but I want to, Nope; 100% suburbia, No, Not that I know of, pretty important

1 - What is your ethnic background? Irish/Scottish/English/German... there's a bunch of other stuff too that I can't think of right now.

2 - What is your hair color? Light brown with natural red highlights.

3 - What color are your eyes? Hazel/Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? A little Spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? No.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Sort of.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Yes.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I think it's important for them to be aware of it, but not for them to base their indentiy on their ethnic background.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Irish, English, Scottish

2 - What is your hair color? Blonde

3 - What color are your eyes? Blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Just a tad Spanish because I lived in South Florida most of my life.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes, have been to Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? I don't know. There were many people from different backgrounds. This was in Miami, FL.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Can't think of any.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Too many to name. The infamous Edward Teach (Blackbeard) was an ancestor of mine.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Not awfully important.

1: Euro-mutt (French, German, English).
2: Really dark brown.
3: Blue-green.
4: Spanish, albeit not very well. I intend to learn German and either Mandarin or Arabic sometime in the future.
5: No, although I want to go to England and Germany sometime in the next few years.
6: No.
7: No.
8: No.
9: Probably.
10: Mildly important.

1 - What is your ethnic background? I'm Haida, Dane, Norwegian....I usually just say american indian, and scandianivian...

2 - What is your hair color?d brown

3 - What color are your eyes?brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?not fully, I use to have a 100 word knowlege of taglog...

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?yes, British Columbia, my haida roots, come from BC

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Yes, and I didn't realize it until high school really...i was raised around other natives, but never paid attention to that sorta thing until high school...

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?hmmm, no...

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?dancing, carving, painting/drawing from my haida roots...some cooking from dane/norwegian side

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?probably, but i don't know who...

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?very important, its good to know where you came from, and where your roots lie. I get tired of the RW response of "your american, period" and they lack the sight, to notice that we are not just all americans, but we also hail from other points of origin...I also think its good for diversity reasons...who all wants to be the same?

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Russian and Polish. Jewish.*

2 - What is your hair color?
Brown.

3 - What color are your eyes?
Brown.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
Marginally -- bits and pieces of Spanish, Esperanto and Mandarin.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
No, although I have been to a city with the greatest numbers of people of my ethnic origin in (the world? outside Israel?)...anyway, it was New York.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
I didn't live in an exclusively Jewish neighborhood, but there were lots of others of Eastern European Jewish extraction. Buffalo Grove, IL.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Sure. Not well.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Sure. Not well.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
I thought we ran Hollywood and Wall Street. :shrug:

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
I'm a "food Jew." I'll cook the appropriate foods at the appropriate time of year. As for the Russian/Polish part, I'd like my kids to know where they come from (me as well as their dad), but I'm not necessarily going to send them to Motyl, Russia (a small town where many of my ancestors are from) on an exchange program or something.

* I do consider Jewish to be an ethnicity as well as a religion in that I'm very ethnically Jewish but not at all religiously so.

:hi:

... I've got Albert Einstein.

1. What is your ethnic background?
   Japanese, Norwegian and Swedish: I'm a Scandanippian!
   
   
2. What is your hair color?
   Black with a few brown highlights.
   
   
3. What color are your eyes?
   Brown
   
   
4. Do you speak any languages besides English?
   Nah, but I can mumble a couple phrases in a few other languages. :)
   
   
5. Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
   Spent eight years of my childhood in Japan.
   
   
6. Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
   I grew up on American military bases overseas. On such bases, halfbreed mutts like me were as common as sand on a beach. It wasn't until we moved to Florida and dad decided to move off base that people started looking at me like some kind of bizarre-looking bug at the local natural history museum.\
   
   
7. Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
   Hum, maybe, sing, no, unless you count anime theme songs or ABBA tunes.
   
   
8. Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
   Does jankenpo (rock, paper, scissors) count?
   
   
9. How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
   Pretty important, but I can tell you from personal experience that you don't want to feed Scandinavian-American kids lutefisk (aged fish prepared with lye) unless you want to permanently traumatize them. So of course many Scandinavian-American families serve it at holiday times.

Ugh. Now I brought up lutefisk. I'm going to have bad flashbacks for a while. If you need me, I'll be in that corner curled up in the fetal position and twitching uncontrollably.

I can't stand the stuff...my folks love it though. Ish.

That's how you separate the real Scandanavian-Americans from people who just happen to be descended from Scandanavians. Say the word "lutefisk." If they cringe, twitch, throw up, or (worse) express interest, then you've got a real Scandanavian-American on your hand. If you don't get some fairly extreme reaction, then you're dealing with a mere descendent who is out of touch with his or her heritage (and probably better off).

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Mexican, Spanish, Native American, a little French too

2 - What is your hair color?
Brown

3 - What color are your eyes?
hazel brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
Not really--if you dont count my horrible Spanish skills

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Yes--Mexico is about 45 minutes away!

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Not really--grew up on the "east side" of town. Though a few of the neighbors kids were of Mexican heritage as well (we bonded as being Mexican kids who spoke no Spanish).

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Yes, I know some songs by heart

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Yes

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Yes, quite a few

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
I believe it is extremely important. My mom grew up in a time where speaking Spanish was discouraged by the school system and she didnt teach her own children the language but taught us to be proud of our heritage---as a way to get back at the "white people" (ha). Now as an adult, I wish I spoke Spanish fluently. When I have children, they will learn Spanish and be proud of who they are.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Irish--Mick plus a bit of Scots-Irish

2 - What is your hair color? Light brown with lots of white--hence the henna.

3 - What color are your eyes? Hazel.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? A bit of Spanish.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Not yet.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Nope. (Semi-rural Texas, near Houston.)

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes, but not very well.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Is drinking Guinness a game?

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? A few: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? No children, but I think children should learn about their own ethnic background. AND about other ethnic backgrounds, as well.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Latino

2 - What is your hair color? black

3 - What color are your eyes? brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? yes

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? yes, Utica NY

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Puerto_Ricans

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? very

1 - What is your ethnic background? English, Swedish, Scottish, German

2 - What is your hair color? blonde

3 - What color are your eyes? green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? very small amount of French

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? no

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? WASP hybrid seem to be everywhere. :shrug:

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? probably

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? My ancestors have been in the US anywhere from 200 to almost 400 years (some on the Mayflower on my dad's side), so individual culture has long been filtered out. My grandma can cook some Swedish dishes (which I don't like) and basically any culture has long been washed away. My kids are 1/2 Irish on their dad's side, but he grew up with French Canadian foster parents and is a Buddhist. My culture (mostly English, old-time WASP) is the culture that pretty much shat upon everyone else who came to this country after (and the Indians) and run most things anyway. I guess it just doesn't excite me much.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Lemme see...um...

2 - What is your hair color? When there was color? Brown. Now? Grey. Chosen hair color? Auburn.

3 - What color are your eyes? Green. No changes in the past 40 years.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Italian (see any pattern developing?)

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Not yet.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Yes--Rochester, NY, has a big Italian-American population.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? A couple of folk songs.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Um...the Chicken Dance? (Too many Italian weddings.) Yeah, and the tarantella, of course.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Some guy named Frank, I think. Sin...sin...something.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Very. MorningGlow Jr. is half Italian, half German--what a fun mix. He'll be fun to teach. He knows a few Italian words now, at 2, just from hanging out with grandma. Hell, my grandma taught me how to swear in Italian; I think the tradition should continue. Maybe when he's got a few more years under his belt.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
German, Irish, Belgian, and Swiss

2 - What is your hair color?
Light brown

3 - What color are your eyes?
Grey-blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
A smattering of French and Spanish.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Nope.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
My community is heavily German, so I suppose yes, though it was suburbia, so it's been heavily Americanized.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
I used to be an Irish dancer; with that came lessons on the Irish penny whistle and folk songs.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
See above.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
German/Irish? Lots, I'm sure.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background
I loved it. We went to St. Patrick's Day parades and German/Oktoberfests for years and I always had a great time; I'm only 19, but if and when I do have kids, I'd think I'd do the same.

I loook forward to your conclusions!

1. Anglo Saxon
2. Blond
3. Blue
4. French
5. Yes
6. Yes, Kentucky, in a very WASP-y neighborhood
7. Yes, big English/Celtic folk fan here!
8. Yes- dice, board games, chess and riddling are all Anglo-Saxon
9. Yes, lots!
10. Important to know family heritage and history. Of course, most kids are instructed in school in Western Civiliazation and literature courses anyway.

2. Medium brown hair
3 Medium brown eyes
4. Yes, Italian
5. No.
6. Yes, most people in my neighborhood growing up were also White American Mutts. Central CA.
7. Does Ring Around the Rosies count?
8. ? Probably
9. Most white Americans share my origins
10. Since White American Muttdom is still the dominant background, there's not much I need to do to teach them about it. It's all around them, taught in the schools, etc.

1 - What is your ethnic background? German

2 - What is your hair color? Brown/gray

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? German

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yes

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Albert Einstein See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germans

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? N/A ... Question assumes that I am heterosexual or that I have (or plan to have) children.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Irish and Swedish

2 - What is your hair color?
Dirty-ish blond, I guess.

3 - What color are your eyes?
Blue.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
French, though it's rusty as hell these days.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Nope.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Nope.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Do Flogging Molly songs and Refused songs count?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Nope.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Plenty of Irish I'm sure, not sure about Swedes, aside from Dennis Lyxzen, punk rock God.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
Not too important, though it's always good to know about it.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

German, both sides as far back as anyone can tell


2 - What is your hair color?

Black - when it isn't shaved

3 - What color are your eyes?

Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

Ein bissen Deutsch

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

Once when I was young


6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

Probably , the neighbourhood encompassed all ethnic origins


7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

yes

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

yes

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

yes, Dr Z for one

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

Pretty important

1 - What is your ethnic background? Scottish and French

2 - What is your hair color? Dark Brown, but reddish in the sun.

3 - What color are your eyes? Blue and yellow

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? A little spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Yep, I've been to France and Scotland

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Erm... not really

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Frere Jacques and Loch Lomond if they technically count.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? no

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? yep

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? It would be kind of weird if I had children since I'm 15.

1 Russo-German Jewish
2 Dark Brown (BLack inthe winter)
3. Brown
4 Sort of, A little Spanish and some Hebrew (mostly prayers)
5. No
6 No
7 Depends what that is. I can sing/chant prayers and other itmes like that.
8. Not sure
9. Most likely
10. Very

1. German, English, Irish, Scots

2. Grey, was brown

3. Green

4. No

5. Yes, several in Europe, Mexico, Canada, Egypt

6. Yes, Bay City MI

7. Yes

8. Yes

9. Yes, one or two :)

10. Although I have no children, I consider it very important.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Scots/French/ 1/16th Cherokee

2 - What is your hair color? Dark Brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Black

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Mi Espanol es muy poco.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Born USA; been to Paris, France; hope to visit Scotland.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Yes/No - Oklahoma.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Me Bonnie Lies O'er the Ocean....

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Yes

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Yes, it is our heritage.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

Anglo-Saxon, as far as I know

2 - What is your hair color?

Dark brown

3 - What color are your eyes?

Grey/blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

No :(

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

I live in England... ;)

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

Yes, in England :P

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

Do nursery rhymes count?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

Many

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

Utterly unimportant, although I have none.

I guess this questionairre wasn't really aimed at me, right? :P

1 - What is your ethnic background?
About 30% Irish, 13% Russian, 12% English, 25% Polish, 10% each of Swedish and German. I'm a real mongrel.

2 - What is your hair color?
Dirty Blonde/Brown.

3 - What color are your eyes?
Green.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
Spanish.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Unfortunately not.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
No.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
I can sing and play "Danny Boy" on guitar, but that's it. ;-)

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Not to my knowlegde. :-(

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Where to start?

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
It's not a huge deal for me. You should be aware of your past, but look towards the here and now.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
English, Irish, Scotch, German, French, Swedish

2 - What is your hair color?
Silver

3 - What color are your eyes?
Blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
French and a little Spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Yes

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your
ethnic origin? Where? Yes....almost everywhere I've lived.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Probably

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? They are aware of it...Northern Europeans dominate Western culture.

1 - What is your ethnic background? By birth, I am Russian and British; by adoption, Norwegian

2 - What is your hair color? Blonde (with quite a bit of covered-up grey!)

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Some Spanish, and am trying to learn French

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? I used to live in England, and have also been to Norway (among several other European countries)

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Yes, many Scandihoovians in Iowa; grew up in Decorah (BEAUTIFUL spot! About 35 miles west of the Mississippi River, bluffs and trout streams and woodland...it's gorgeous)

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? I don't know any British or Russian stuff, but I know several Christmas carols in Norwegian, and I can sort of muddle through the Norski National Anthem

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes, I have done several folk dances from Norway; we used to do them in gym class, and there is a Nordic dance troupe in Decorah that I tried out for as a kid

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? King Olav, the late monarch, whom I got to meet as a child (presented him with a bouquet of flowers as part of the official welcome to him when he visited Decorah back in the late 1960s)

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Not as important as many other things, but I do think one's ethnic heritage is something of which to be informed and proud! But I also think it's crucial to raise them with awareness of others' cultures and to respect them. It's one of the best lessons I ever learned from my parents. We had people of many races, ethnic backgrounds and cultures in our home when I was a child, and my folks always had me look up the country in the encyclopedia, learn about their land, make some placemats and table decorations related to that country, and then my mom would serve food from that country, in preparation for the visit. I really respect them for that, and feel very privileged to have grown up with pride in my own heritage, but not to the point where I believed us to be in any way superior to those from other backgrounds.

1. Russian, Polish, Lithuanian.
2, 3. Brown
4. Nihon-go.
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Yakov Smirnov? j/k
10. Not too important, but if they ask, they shall recieve the answer.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

Primarily Cajun

2 - What is your hair color?

Brown (before I shaved my head)

3 - What color are your eyes?

Brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

There are other languages?

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

Canada is partly the country of origin of the Cajuns, so yes.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

I guess. We never really talked about it that much. I'm originally from Baton Rouge (don't be fooled. Baton Rouge is NOT Cajun), but I'm now living in the middle of Cajun Country. Heck, there's a bayou across the street from me.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

Mai yeah!

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

Nope. I'm handicapped, and there are no Cajun games (unless you count pock pock). Oh wait. I take that back. I drink alcohol. :)

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

Many.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

I don't have children

Hope this helps :)

1. English/Scottish/Irish/Danish/German
2. Reddish brown
3. Blue
4. Very little Spanish
5. Nope
6. If by my ethnic origin you mean European Mutt, then yes. Nebraska.
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. Quite a few, probably. European Mutt is very popular. ;)
10. Eh. I'd tell them, but it's not that big of a deal.

1 - What is your ethnic background? Puerto Rican

2 - What is your hair color? Dark brown

3 - What color are your eyes? Very dark brown (you can't see the pupils)

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?..Spanish

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?..Not exactly a country..not independent but yes I have been there many times and actually lived there for almost 12 years.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Yes, Bronx, NY. My neighborhood also had lots of Italians, Irish, Polish and Jewish Americans.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes, but not very well

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Yes, but only when I am drunk or at least tipsy. I am not a good salsa dancer.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Rita Moreno, Jose Ferrer, Chita Rivera (although she is ashamed of it), Rosie Perez, Jimmy Smits (well, 1/2 of him), and of course JLo.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I don't have children but if I did I would make them aware of the history and contributions of our culture.

2. Brown
3. Green
4. A little bit of Spanish.
5. None of the above.
6. Western PA has a lot of folks of German and Slavic heritage, so probably yes.
7. no. But I once heard a Ukranian folk song called "Mockingbird." The Ukranian word for mockingbird sounds like "cellophane."
8. no.
9. Umm... Oksana Baiul, Bono, Queen Elizabeth II, Andy Warhol (real name was Warhola), umm..Sequoyah?
10. That's a tricky question. On one had, it's at least interesting to know your past, but I'm not into ethnocentricity of any stripe.

1. Scottish, Polish, Greek

2. Brown

3. Brown

4. No, but I could probably find us a toilet or a pen in France if I had to.

5. No, but some of my cousins went with our grandparents a few years ago

6. No, but my parents were and their parents even more so, if that makes sense.

7. Yes

8. Yes

9. Yes

10. I think it's important. Both sides of my family are very proud of their backgrounds, as well as very proud to have made it to the US. (My grandparents on both sides were the first in the family born in the States, so we're relatively new here by some standards, though of course not by others.) Now, I don't think it's so important that I'd refer to myself or my theoretical kids as Polish-Americans or what have you, but I think it's important to know your family history if you can, to know who or what you came from, to pass down stories and traditions--all that stuff--as you go on making your own stories and traditions in your family.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
White - mostly Anglo-Saxon, some Scottish, some Welsh, possibly some Irish, and a little French and Cherokee

2 - What is your hair color?
Brown

3 - What color are your eyes?
Brown and proud

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
Sort of speak Italian

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Yes, all of them

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Oh yeah, East Texas

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
haha - all of the songs of the patriarchy

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
no, I don't do Morris dancing

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
No, I'm the only one

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
Important to be aware of family history and collective memory, biological or adopted. If I adopted a child of another ethnicity, I would embrace that history to a certain extent and give them that connection, as well, since others will perceive them as part of that group

Brown

Blue

No

No

No, my neighborhood was all Asians in Oakland

Not really... a few English/Irish songs, but that's about it

Nope

Not so many famous Swedes that I can think of... some Irish musicians and writers... several Germans kicking around dontcha know

I feel sorry for people who don't know anything about where they're from, so I guess it's important to tell the future theoretical kids

1 - What is your ethnic background? Greek

2 - What is your hair color? Brown (and some gray)

3 - What color are your eyes? Brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? None, a little Spanish.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? I was born in Greece, but left when I was 2.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? No.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? No.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Sure. Lots.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? I'd want them to know, and if their interest was piqued, that would be cool.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Scottish Norwegian with French and Brit blood, mixed with some Nemasket Indian. Were I a closedminded asshole hatemonger, I'd be a Stormfront wet dream.

2 - What is your hair color?
Dirty blonde.

3 - What color are your eyes?
Blue.

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
French, some Russian. Also fluent in some underground hand signaling.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
England (briefly), France

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Uh, sure. My neighborhood as a youth was overwhelmingly caucasian.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Only if I were descended from pirates.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Monopoly rules.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Many. Also many infamous.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
MY children? Very important if I had any.

1 - What is your ethnic background?
Mum's side: Scottish, New Zealander, Australian
Dad's side: French, German, Australian

2 - What is your hair color?
Brown with blonde highlights

3 - What color are your eyes?
Blue

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
No

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Only Australia. LOL

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
Aussies yes, Germans yes, others no.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Does Waltzing Matilda count?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
Dances probably, games as in sports? Cricket. LOL

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Plenty I would guess.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
OMG! I have children?

1 - What is your ethnic background? British & French

2 - What is your hair color? Blond

3 - What color are your eyes? Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English? Yes. French

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin? Many many times

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where? Nope. Raised in a WASP neighborhood.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Does Frere Jacques count?

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin? Not really applicable to me.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin? Too many to list here

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background? Being gay, I will likely never have children, so the question is moot.

1. Anglo-Welsh-Scots-Irish-Franco-American, or if that's too much, "Celtic". B-)
2. Brown (What's left of it.)
3. Also brown.
4. German.
5. Yep. All of them.
6. No. I grew up on Army posts. People of ALL ethnic backgrounds. I liked that.
7. I can sing "Suo-Gan", a Welsh lullaby, in the original Welsh, but only phonetically.
8. Nope. Can't dance. Several local ordinances have been enacted enjoining me from dancing.
9. You mean my particular mix? Can't think of any; it's a pretty eclectic grouping. :P
10. Not very. The Scots fight the English, the English fight the French, the Welsh fight the Scots, and the Irish fight EVERYBODY. But inside me, they all get along. Getting along is what I'd like my children to know.

Irish, Italian, Polish, Russian Jewish, maybe some English

2 - Brown
3 - Blueish
4 - Spanish badly
5 - Yes - Italy and if the English part is true also England
6 - Well ah I guess it was a typical American Suburb with many different types of American Mutts I think :)
7 - Haha No (The laugh is at myself or rather the thought of me attempting to sing something like that)
8 - No
9 - Well considering the number of ethic roots I think it's safe to say yes...with my particular mix? There's know way to know
10 - Mildly - I'd like my son to be aware of the fact he has ancestors from a diverse selection but he's American. It's been a few centuries of mixing in this land so I think we can start thinking of ourselves as "American" in an ethic sense as well as a national sense. To put it another way, he and I recently went hiking in a nearby conservation area, we climbed a moderate hill with a nice view of the surrounding land and I said to him. "America is your nation but this - " indicating the view " Is your country."

1 - What is your ethnic background?

Mostly English (Anglo-Saxon and Norman), also Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, French, and Dutch

2 - What is your hair color?

Brown

3 - What color are your eyes?

Green

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?

Not very well.

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?

Yes

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?

I'm not sure...I suppose.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

Yes

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?

I know how to play snooker and darts...does that count? :D

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?

I Think so, yeah.

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?

I think it's important. Not as important as some other things, but they should be aware of it.

1 - What is your ethnic background?

Mom is Colombian, dad was German-American, but his anscestors came to the U.S. from Weisbaden in the 1700s. so it probably got pretty diluted by the time I was born.

2 - What is your hair color?
Black

3 - What color are your eyes?
Brown

4 - Do you speak any languages besides English?
Fluent in Spanish, basic Italian

5 - Have you ever been to a country of your ethnic origin?
Been to Colombia many times since I was born as the bulk of my family still lives there. I went to school in Bogota for a year when I was 15. I will fly down to Bogota this December to visit family. I visited Germany once.

6 - Were you raised in a neighborhood comprised of others from your ethnic origin? Where?
I was born and raised in Miami. My best friend, who lived across the street, was born in Miami, but his dad is Colombian and his mom Cuban. Most of the kids in my neighborhood were Cuban, but we had some Anglos, Dominicans, Peruvians and other Colombians.

7 - Can you sing any traditional songs from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
If I get drunk enough and if other people are singing along with me.

8 - Can you do any dances, games, etc, from the group that makes up your ethnic origin?
I can dance cumbia, vallenato and salsa. The more I drink, the better I dance.

9 - Are there any famous people who share your ethnic origin?
Ever hear of Pablo Escobar?

10 - How important do you think it is for your children to be aware of their ethnic background?
Very important. You have to know where you came from in order to know where you're going.