What's your ancestry? (curious)

[Guest Tenngunner]

Hi, Y'all-

This came up (briefly) on another thread, so I'm asking it, here.

I'm Scot/Irish, on dad's side-German/Italian, on mom's.

How about you?

[tntnixon]

Mick/Injun, here.

[Smith]

Scottish, English, Cherokee, and probably a few other European links in there as well. Pretty much a normal American mutt.

[Guest Tenngunner]

tntnixon:

Mick/Injun, here.

Cherokee, I presume?

Your mention of 'Injun' brings back a good memory...when I was in elementary, I spent an entire school year studying up on all the tribes. The funny thing is, it was not an 'assignment'-I did it all on my own, just out of curiosity. It was a fascinating study, and the knowledge gained still comes in handy, at certain times in life. If I had to say, I'd reckon it was probably caused by the (Shawnee) character Ed Ames played on the old Daniel Boone TV series:

Fess Parker (I)

It's available on DVD now, btw:

Stootsi Store : Daniel Boone TV Series, DVD Set Seasons 1 through 5, Digitally Restored & Remastered Daniel Boone Season

Edited January 15, 2010 by Tenngunner
Additional link.

[Defender]

Scot/Irish, and before thant, the Norse lands.

[Mike.357]

American

[Steelharp]

Mom Sicilian, Dad French/German... that's why the French name came out on top, the other language I (kinda) speak is German, but I'm mostly wop... she's a 1st gen American. My grandparents came through Ellis...

[Guest Tenngunner]

Mike.357:

American

Yeah-very informative. The question is about ancestry, not nationality.

[Smith]

American

While a cute answer, I don't think American is hereditary lineage.

[Guest Arko]

Italian

[Transplanted Hoosier]

Scot/Irish on me dad's side and Tex/Mex on me mum's.

[Guest Ae-35]

AMERICAN:usa: No disrespect meant, just over the last 25 yrs. when this "diversity" crap started , all I here and we focus on is where someones ancestors came from. I'm a "African-American" or Mexican-American, or I'm a German-American, etc. Accept the "American culture" you don't have to give up yours, ........ Just Be an American FIRST , not something ELSE first!!!! I don't CARE where your ancestors came from, I care what YOU are !!!!! OK, I'll get off my soap-box now. Once again, No Offense meant. Just people putting something else in front of being an American bites my buns!!!

Edited January 15, 2010 by Ae-35

[Raoul]

Mutt.

[Punisher84]

Irish. Maybe a little other stuff mixed in but I'm mostly Irish. Only 3rd gen off the boat on my Mom's side.

[Guest mustangdave]

I've been doing research on my "family"...its truly a mixed bag...on my mothers side of the family its looking very English and Swedish with Pennsylvania Dutch thrown in. My fathers side is mostly Scots-Irish and German. Mothers family has been here the longest...the late 1690's, I have discharge papers for a family member from the Revolutionary War. Both families came west as the country grew...moms family settled an area of western Kentucky...my fathers family came to Ohio.

[ncomarc]

Made in the Philippines - and proud to be American.

[Guest HexHead]

Sicilian.

[Guest Caveman]

My Grandfather spent three years tracing our lineage. The first Caveman on record was a Lord William Caveman in 1676. He lived by the Cave River in Yorkshire England. As far as he could tell with his research, my family are the only ones in the US. We even found our Family crest, which I had made into a pendant. I have one and my brother has one.

[tennessee01tacoma]

On my dads side German thus my last name Heidle. On my moms side my great x11 grand dad came over from england in the early 1600's his name Longmire.

[enfield]

Scot/English, with a dash of German and Dutch for flavor.

[creeky]

Scottish... Clan MacGragor (S' Rioghal Mo Dream!!)

[Garufa]

AMERICAN:usa: No disrespect meant, just over the last 25 yrs. when this "diversity" crap started , all I here and we focus on is where someones ancestors came from. I'm a "African-American" or Mexican-American, or I'm a German-American, etc. Accept the "American culture" you don't have to give up yours, ........ Just Be an American FIRST , not something ELSE first!!!! I don't CARE where your ancestors came from, I care what YOU are !!!!! OK, I'll get off my soap-box now. Once again, No Offense meant. Just people putting something else in front of being an American bites my buns!!!

I am Northern European-American. Scotch/Irish/English/German.

[poak]

Irish. Maybe a little other stuff mixed in but I'm mostly Irish. Only 3rd gen off the boat on my Mom's side.

Same here.

[1gewehr]

Unless you are a first-generation immigrant, you're pretty much guaranteed to be some sort of mutt.

That said, mother's side - English, French Huguenot, Scots. Father's side - Irish, English, Scots. Like I said, a mutt!

[Guest jackdm3]

Total MUTT, here. To be specific, French, German, Scottish and Cherokee. Daniel Boone is a distant uncle to me like most everyone here.