Randomguy Posted July 29, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2014 I am from Cleveland, Ohio, so I guess that is mine. Otherwise, I am mostly Irish, but I think a grandfather was 1/4 German with the rest Irish. My grandmother on the other side said that we have a cherokee in the line somewhere, but that was when she was way deep into alzheimers and said all kinds of crazy irrational stuff that wasn't true, so I kind of doubt that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 29, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2014 England. the first jsharr to come to the colonies was pressed into service, got to the colonies, deserted, joined the revolutionary army and fought for Murica. My branch of tree came to Texas in the 1840s, then went west to chase gold then came back to Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted July 29, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 29, 2014 No idea. My family is very small, but fragmented, and I'm not sure how much of what I was told as a kid was the truth. Possibly: Italy Poland France / Canada England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted July 29, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2014 According to Carl Sagan, the stars. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted July 29, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 29, 2014 German/English/Native American.....y'all can leave now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted July 29, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2014 I was the 3rd generation of my family in the Albany-Schenectady, NY area. My heritage is mostly Polish (my mom is 100%) and Lithuanian. I cheered hard when Majka and Navardauskas won their Tour stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted July 29, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2014 According to my mother's parents: Irish Scottish German (biggest chunk) Flemmish (kinda same as German?) Algonquin (Native American) Omaha (Native American) My father was my stepfather who adopted me, and I've never met my real father, so I don't know about that side. Isn't that enough just from my mom's side, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted July 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2014 I'm a mutt. On my dad's side, it's a mix of English, Welch and Norwegian for the most part. My grandmother on my mom's side was Pennsylvania Dutch and my grandfather was Scottish (Angus Erastus Cunningham... can't get a more Scottish name than that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted July 29, 2014 I forgot to mention that I am a light-skinned black man when it is convenient to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 29, 2014 Share #10 Posted July 29, 2014 Ireland, County Tipparary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted July 29, 2014 Share #11 Posted July 29, 2014 Norway. Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 29, 2014 Share #12 Posted July 29, 2014 Irish on my mother's side. German and Scottish on my fathers side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted July 29, 2014 Share #13 Posted July 29, 2014 Raised in San Francisco, Genetic roots are Welsh and German. Basically a combination of Nazi and Royalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted July 29, 2014 Share #14 Posted July 29, 2014 Raised in San Francisco, Genetic roots are Welsh and German. Basically a combination of Nazi and Royalty. Since it's pretty well accepted that Nazis were assholes, does that make you a royal asshole? NTTAWWT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted July 29, 2014 Share #15 Posted July 29, 2014 Since it's pretty well accepted that Nazis were assholes, does that make you a royal asshole? NTTAWWT Most likely, see insensitive thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted July 29, 2014 Share #16 Posted July 29, 2014 According to Carl Sagan, the stars. According to James Taylor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted July 29, 2014 Share #17 Posted July 29, 2014 Both my maternal grand parents were German. Photo's I've seen of the folks from my grandfather's branch looks Jewish. It wouldn't surprise me if they left Germany pre-war and dumped their Jewish heritage. On my father's side, both grandparents were from Canadia. I don't know from whence they came before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in MN Posted July 29, 2014 Share #18 Posted July 29, 2014 Easy one for me Ringebu, Norway Goteborg, Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted July 29, 2014 Share #19 Posted July 29, 2014 According to James Taylor as well. <shrug> ...when he was on heroine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted July 29, 2014 Share #20 Posted July 29, 2014 Easy one for me Ringebu, Norway Goteborg, Sweden Norwegian and Swedish. That's a crazy combination. I didn't mention I may be Swedish as my Norwegian grandmother would wake from the dead and summon The Gods and have me struck down. Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted July 29, 2014 Share #21 Posted July 29, 2014 Norwegian and Swedish. That's a crazy combination. I didn't mention I may be Swedish as my Norwegian grandmother would wake from the dead and summon The Gods and have me struck down. Couch Norwedish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted July 29, 2014 Share #22 Posted July 29, 2014 Norwedish Watch out for a bolt of lightening. Shu King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted July 29, 2014 Share #23 Posted July 29, 2014 I'm a Mennonite and I know my ethnic and cultural heritage, but I don't know how to answer questions about an ancestral homeland. In the last 500 years, my ancestors have been in the Netherlands, an area often disputed between Germany and Poland, Ukraine and parts of Russia and now Canada. Which one do I pick? On both sides of my family, my grandparents were the only ones in their families to come to Canada the former Soviet Union in the 1920s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted July 29, 2014 Share #24 Posted July 29, 2014 Dad: Scotland (both sides) Mom: Swiss Jew and Lenni Lenape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted July 29, 2014 Share #25 Posted July 29, 2014 My mothers family is Norwegian. My fathers side is French, German and Lakota Indian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted July 30, 2014 Share #26 Posted July 30, 2014 Gotische (Germany/Austria) now Slovenia http://www.gottschee.org/history.html We hail from house Numbers #13 and #20 My great grandparents road the boat over in 1916, my grandmother was born in 1917 in Cleveland Ohio. The other side was from Germany and came over in the late 1800's.. This side landed in WV, and thats where I get my redneck side from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted July 30, 2014 Share #27 Posted July 30, 2014 Mum, born and raised in London, England. Dad, born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 30, 2014 Share #28 Posted July 30, 2014 <shrug> ...when he was on heroine. Carly Simon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 30, 2014 Share #29 Posted July 30, 2014 Mutt. German and a smattering of Italian are all I know for sure. I am guessing the rest is Englich and/or Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted July 30, 2014 Share #30 Posted July 30, 2014 is Englich and/or Irish. You can't claim it if you can't even spell it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 30, 2014 Share #31 Posted July 30, 2014 You can't claim it if you can't even spell it. Hey! I am schpeaking Englich as it should be schpoken! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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