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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:27 AM
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What is your ancestry?
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 01:30 AM by Perseid
Dad's side: English, Irish, and Native American.

Mom's side: German, German, more German, and German.

You?

(of course, I'm just a star child)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:31 AM
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1. Swedish and Scottish from my mom's side...
English, Irish, German, French from my dad's...

Just call me Heinz 57 brand!

Pale skin, freckles, blue eyes, dish-water blonde in my prime...and red hair runs in the family!

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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:32 AM
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2. Mostly German, then some Swedish, and a bit of Irish
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:41 AM
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3. Okay, you asked for it
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 01:42 AM by LittleClarkie
Mom: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Dad: German, French, English, Cherokee, a touch Italian.

I'm a mutt.

What kind of Native American are you?

As someone else posted it: I have light reddish brown hair, hazel eyes, fair skin and mucho freckles.
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:45 AM
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4. I grew up being led to believe Cherokee
but, lo and behold, I'm Apache. Mescalero. Relatives were kind enough to provide info.

We're all mutts in this crazy country! Mutts are generally more intelligent than your average purebred, you know!
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:19 AM
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53. If mutts are more intelligent, how do you explain the existence of Republicans?
;)
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:07 PM
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61. but most Republicans are probably purists
especially the Ron Paul supporters.... (insert drum rimshot here)
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:45 AM
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5. Interesting question.
My father's side is pure German. My mother's side is German- however, her family's ancestry has been traced back to the Imperial Roman court (her family name is Pontzius). After doing some research a couple years ago, my sister found reason to believe she may have royal Roman blood (she says the royalty follows the matriarchal side).
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:48 AM
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6. Truly fascinating, isn't it?
that is so cool.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:50 AM
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7. Dads from Mars...
Mom? Venus.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:52 AM
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8. Mom:
English, German, French and some Plains Native Americans -- not sure which tribe.

Dad: German, Scottish, as far as I know. Stubborn as hell.

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:52 AM
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:55 AM
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11. you be Irish, me friend
now. Step slowly away from the Jew, and don't fall into the pool.

Accept yourself.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:53 AM
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10. Simian
:evilgrin:
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:56 AM
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12. just gotta say
:rofl:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:07 AM
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13. *Okay.
Maternal: Cherokee from my grandmother's side; Irish and English from my grandfather's side.
Paternal: German and English from both paternal grandparents.

I'm adopted, but my biological and adoptive mothers are sisters.
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:10 AM
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14. I won't ask, but
imagine you have many interesting tales to tell; many interesting experiences from life.

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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:36 AM
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16. I've had a good life.
My adoption gave me a second chance. :)

Nice to see you, Perseid. :hug:
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:17 AM
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15. mine
50% Scotch-Irish on my Dad's side
25% French-Canadian and 25% Ojibwa on my Mom's side...
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:36 AM
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17. Hi, my friend.
:hug:

That is all. :)
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:05 AM
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22. Backatcha!
:hug:
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Gonzo Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:42 AM
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18. Euro Mutt
Dad: German.
Mom: English, French, Irish.
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Indi Guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:43 AM
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19. My Uncle Tonoose was an olive stuffer from Lebanon...
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:45 AM
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20. This is what I've found.
Mother's side:

Grandma: Irish
Grandpa: Scottish, Danish and Irish

Dad's side:

Father: Irish
Mother: Irish and German
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:00 AM
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21. Scotts Irish and Portuguese n/t
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:11 AM
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23. Nordic, Christian
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:13 AM
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24. Standard mix
Dad: German and Irish

Mom: German and English
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:15 AM
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25. Ukrainian with a smattering of Polish
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skyblue Donating Member (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 04:05 AM
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26. English, Irish, German, Scottish, Dutch, French. nt
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 04:14 AM
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27. Mine:
Mom's side: German, French, Welsh, English
Dad's side: Jewish, German, Slavic, Mingo Native American

Probably some others too that I can't remember.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 04:42 AM
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28. Everything...
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 04:43 AM by regnaD kciN
50% Russian Jewish
25% German (with a period of time settled in Poland to avoid conscription -- a family tradition!)
12.5% Scandinavian (primarily Danish)
12.5% Celtic (Manx by way of Scotland and Ireland)

So, I'm both German and Jewish, Russian and Polish, Scandinavian and Celtic. I persecute myself in my spare time.

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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:20 AM
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29. Euro-mutt.
French, German, English or Welsh.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:24 AM
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30. Most recently...
Dominican and Puerto Rican.

Both my parent's families emigrated to the carribean from Spain, and my mom's grandmother was from Germany.

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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:30 AM
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31. Dad's German
(well, born in Germany, but we don't know much about his birth parents as he was adopted at the age of one). Mom's family is Irish and English. :hi:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:50 AM
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32. Don't know the specifics...
but as near as I can figure
Dad's side: half white, half native american.
Mom's side: half regular european, half eastern european jewish.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:51 AM
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33. English, Irish and Scottish on both mother and father's sides. n/t
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:53 AM
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34. Mostly German
Both my mom's parents came over from Germany in the 30's. I'm second generation born in this country.

On my dad's side is both Irish and English. One family member on that side traced us back to the Mayflower's John Alden and Pricilla Mullens.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:57 AM
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35. I am a mutt...best just to leave it at that
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:57 AM
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36. Irish, Swedish, Hungarian.
There's likely some English in there as well, and of course the Hungarian bit is ethnically messy (I think my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island record lists her as Slovak).
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:58 AM
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37. mixed.
Mom's side: Russian Jewish
Dad's side: Ukrainian, Polish, Italian Catholic.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:00 AM
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38. Mostly Greek
with mutt on my mother's side. ;)
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:12 AM
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39. Polish Hillbilly
hehe

Dad's side - Polish, Scottish

Mom's side - Irish - Scottish

:hi:
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:13 AM
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40. On my Mother's side it's Swedish. On my Dad's side it's been
said to be mostly English, French and Cherokee.:shrug:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:14 AM
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41. Norwegian, German, and Native American.
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:28 AM
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42. Earth Born
Most all of my ancesters were too.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:32 AM
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43. Me.
Mom's Side: Irish, German, Native American

Dad's Side: Mexican (Spanish & French before that)
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MaggieSwanson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:35 AM
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44. OK...
Mom's side: English, Irish, Polish, Czech, Yugoslavian
Dad's side: Yugoslavian

:toast:
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:06 AM
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45. 100% Brooklyn
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:10 AM
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46. French Canadian - 50%
the other half of my ancestry is half English, half Swedish
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:12 AM
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47. Pure Mick
Second generation Irish. My grandparents were from Cork and Roscommon.

If you want to get really nitpicky, there's some Norman blood in there. Irish names with the "Fitz-" prefix are generally Cambro-Norman in origin.

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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:13 AM
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48. Celtic on both sides:
Scottish from mom's side, English, Irish on dad's side.

That's my adoptive heritage. My birth ancestry is unknown on one side, but on the side I do know it's English, Irish. It's probably similar, as I have very fair skin (which burns, never tans), red hair, green eyes. I don't look out of place in Ireland or the British Isles.

Note: I am also very much an Anglophile, and have been most of my life. Finally got to the U.K. and Ireland in 1992 with my mom, which was great--nearly three full weeks, going a wide range of places, encircling a good part of the whole. (My favorite was Edinburgh, with a close follow-up of Windermere)
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:14 AM
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49. Welsh and German.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:16 AM
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50. Irish, German, Welsh.
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:17 AM
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51. French/Afghan
My mom is French, but we think she has some Jewish ancestry generations ago.

My dad is Afghani, and we think his mother was not purely Afghani or not Afghani at all. She may have been part Saudi or maybe Indian, no one ever knew what her ethnicity was, and she never told anyone.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:17 AM
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52. French-Sicilian, and I'm a Scorpio
I got the passionate thang down pat.

mikey_the_rat
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 12:13 PM
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54. yankee redneck
with a wetback mom from britain and a mexican dad whose family lived in texas since it was mexico.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 12:57 PM
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55. Irish.....yup, thats it.... Irish
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 12:59 PM
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56. Ukrainian-Polish, mostly
My mom and her family immigrated from Ukraine when she was very young. Might have a little bit of Croatian a few generations back on that side too.

My dad's third generation Polish. Also has a little bit of German and Irish mixed in for good measure.
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:01 PM
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57. Everything
It seems. :P Scottish, English, Irish, Greek, and Dutch, with a distant ancestor supposedly originating from Persia.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:01 PM
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58. 50% Italian, 25% Russian, 25% Polish
about to marry a 100% Italian girl.

Our kids will be 75% Italian and 12.5% Russian and 12.5% Polish.
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CherokeeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:04 PM
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59. You Can Guess from my ID...
Mother...Scottish and Cherokee

Dad...English and Swedish.
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:05 PM
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60. human, mostly
I am a Euro-mutt. Both sides have Scot, Irish, and English, and my dad's side adds German, French, and Spanish.

My dad's side has been researched more than my mom's, so there may be other.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:07 PM
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62. Dad's side: German (Prussian and Pomeranian) and Scots.
Mom's side: Irish, Scots-Irish, Scots


and one Native American Great Great Grandmother on each side.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:07 PM
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63. Scottish, Scots-Irish, Welsh, Flemish, Norman English, Anglo-English, German, and
some unknown nation of origin that was within maybe a 100 mile radius of Budapest and the family spoke Russian, but mainly because they were Russian Catholic.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:21 PM
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64. half Polish, 1/4 Sicilian and 1/4 Italian
My great grandparents came here around the turn of the 20th century, around 1900 or so.

I speak more Chinese than Polish, Sicilian or Italian, however, and not even a lot of Chinese.

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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:22 PM
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65. Same, but no Native American-though I do have some Chippawa
cousins.

:hi:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:28 PM
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66. As far as I can figure....
½ Italian (¼ northern, ¼ Sicilian)

¼ German (which might include some Russian... my family moved to Russia for a couple of generations before moving back to Germany during the 19th Century)

⅛ English

⅛ Cherokee
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:28 PM
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67. Mine...
Mom's side: English, Irish, Scottish, and some French.

Dad's side: German, French, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scandinavian.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:30 PM
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68. Both sides: Russian and Polish. Mom's side: A teeny bit English.
But the English part was probably Russian or Polish to begin with.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:30 PM
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69. Scots Irish, Korean. nt.
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