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Whats your ethnic background?

#1 Postby Turk February » Tue May 11, 2010 7:35 pm

From both your mom and dad.

Mine...
Dad-German
Mom-French
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#2 Postby Stephanie » Tue May 11, 2010 7:40 pm

Mine -

Dad - English, Welsh, Scottish
Mom - Italian, English, Irish, German
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#3 Postby LilGrimmy » Tue May 11, 2010 7:45 pm

Mom- Irish
Dad- Irish
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#4 Postby lester » Tue May 11, 2010 7:48 pm

Mom = African-American
Dad = African-American
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#5 Postby Dionne » Tue May 11, 2010 8:13 pm

Mom....German/Irish.....century farm/Pennsylvania....last name Ross.
Dad....French/Drummondville, Quebec....last name Dionne/Guoinne
Daughter...."the boogs"....Alaska born, bush child.....
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#6 Postby angelwing » Tue May 11, 2010 8:18 pm

Mother-Polish
Father-Polish

WW2 prisoners of war, in a German work camp, came here in 49 on Christmas Eve, got married at St Matthews in Germany in 1947...still researching family background, lots of info was destroyed
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#7 Postby LilGrimmy » Tue May 11, 2010 8:27 pm

I'd love to know as much as I can about my background. But I know both sides are from Ireland
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#8 Postby HURAKAN » Tue May 11, 2010 8:48 pm

My Dad & Mom are Cubans and looking back, as far as I know, my heritage is from Spain. I know one of my great-great-great grandparents came from the Canary Islands.
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#9 Postby somethingfunny » Tue May 11, 2010 10:18 pm

Mom - Eastern European Jews, everybody came over in the late 1800s from Russia/Poland (maybe others like Belarus, Prussia, Lithuania....national borders have moved around a bit since then)

Dad - 100% Swedish, he moved here after he met and married my mom on a business trip to America.
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#10 Postby CajunMama » Tue May 11, 2010 10:54 pm

Mom - Scottish
Dad - German
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#11 Postby Tireman4 » Wed May 12, 2010 6:30 am

Dad-Scottish/English
Mom-No Idea...
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#12 Postby brunota2003 » Wed May 12, 2010 6:44 am

I'm just a mutt
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#13 Postby dizzyfish » Wed May 12, 2010 6:51 am

Dad - Irish, German
Mom - Native American - Cherokee, Irish

Yup, I do have a temper. LOL
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#14 Postby O Town » Wed May 12, 2010 9:34 am

Mom.....Italian and Irish
Dad.....Italian and Irish

Both my grandmas were full bloodied Italians, one from N Italy and one from the south.

dizzyfish wrote:Yup, I do have a temper. LOL

DITTO that. :grrr: :cheesy:
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#15 Postby vbhoutex » Wed May 12, 2010 10:08 am

Mom-German-GGGG Grandfather was a Baron who gave up his Royalty to marry a commoner
Dad-Scottish-Farm was at Beatock, Northern Dumfrieshire, Scotland-GGG Grandfather???
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#16 Postby SETXWXLADY » Wed May 12, 2010 10:41 am

I haven't the foggiest. :cry:
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#17 Postby Stephanie » Wed May 12, 2010 11:40 am

brunota2003 wrote:I'm just a mutt


See mine above. ;)

I've done some research using the geneology websites and what my family has told me.
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#18 Postby brunota2003 » Wed May 12, 2010 2:19 pm

Stephanie wrote:
brunota2003 wrote:I'm just a mutt


See mine above. ;)

I've done some research using the geneology websites and what my family has told me.

Haha, I fall along similar lines!
Dad - Italian
Mom - Irish, English

Unknown - German...and I think there are one or two more, but unsure.
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Re: Whats your ethnic background?

#19 Postby MississippiHurricane » Wed May 12, 2010 2:30 pm

German,Russian,Irish,Scottish,Cherokee (no wonder why I love cold weather :) )
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#20 Postby RL3AO » Wed May 12, 2010 2:44 pm

I have no idea.

I think I have some sort of British in my from my mothers side. Not sure about my dads.
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