Hi, im back, more on race/ethnicity =)

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  • tamtamzz
    tamtamzz Posts: 142
    My ancestors helped settle New York City. My family has been in New York and New Jersey since the 1600's. Although my ancestors were African slaves from Angola, I was able to find their birth, marriage and death in the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. From what I can gather, my ancestry is largely Dutch, West African, and German.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    Native Canadian...as per my papers, however I'm mostly just Canadian.
  • NZhellkat
    NZhellkat Posts: 355 Member
    LOL cause if I said I was American I would be lying LOL

    I am a kiwi from New Zealand with Maori, Yugoslavian and Russian background. Parents both from NZ though.

    I'm a Kiwi living in the States. Dad's a NZ Maori, and mum's English, French, Norwegian and Gypsy mix.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I'm American, but my grandfather was Cherokee and the rest of my ancestors are English and Scottish.
  • pullipgirl
    pullipgirl Posts: 767 Member
    Cherokee and Scottish
    Czech and English
  • moran1917
    moran1917 Posts: 1,133 Member
    I am English Canadian (my parents moved to Canada from Scotland before I was born)
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    1/2 welsh, 1/4 english, 1/4 maltese

    Mother Canadian, but her parents were english (my grandmother) and maltese (my grandfather) .
    Birth Father Welsh (so were his parents)

    Funny when you think of it... my grandparents families were the same, culturally, waaaaay back for many generations (in some cases have been documented/traced back at least to 1400s, and in one case back to the doomsday book).. and yet nowadays, the odds are that this, and future generations will almost surely be a combination of cultures.

    Both sad and exciting at the same time, to me *S*
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    I'm of African and Native American descent. But mostly -

    I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free,
    And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me,
    And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today,
    'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A.

    (Sorry... I just had to. This song always brings a tear to my eye.)
  • misscristie
    misscristie Posts: 643 Member
    Proud, boring, American, white girl here :)
  • Marirosa79
    Marirosa79 Posts: 7
    I'm Dominican American both my parents were born in the Dominican Republic. I usually always say I'm just Dominican, I always identified more with that side of me but I find myself embracing my American side more :bigsmile:
  • spiregrain
    spiregrain Posts: 254 Member
    I had ancestors on the Mayflower (no kidding), so my family was here long before this was a country. I had ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War. I have two ancestors who were American Presidents.

    I'm American.

    You're like me! Which presidents?

    I'm related to Patrick Henry, Herbert Hoover, some dude from the Mayflower, and General Sherman.
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    I am American. Why doesn't anyone ever say that?

    actually i said this the other day! some drunk dude was saying really rude racial slurs to me and my fam in an elevator and then asked what we were and i go ACTUALLY, WE'RE AMERICAN. BORN AND RAISED.

    I'm a 3rd generation Mexican American.
  • Ashleyr_85
    Ashleyr_85 Posts: 36
    I am Mexican-American
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    Human being!
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    Lithuanian, Arab, Irish, via grandparents.'
  • jcmartin0313
    jcmartin0313 Posts: 574 Member
    Mutt!
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    I'm American; 1st generation American on my father's side & 2nd generation on my mother's side...I think that's kinda cool : )
  • LesIsMoreXX
    LesIsMoreXX Posts: 169
    Mom is Canadian ( with English ancestors ). My dad is from Romania but he's Transylvanian Saxon.
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    Human being!

    that's what my mom says whenever anyone asks : )
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    Interesting topic.
    My grandparents and parents were all born in American but I think all great-grandparents were born in other countries and came here either as children or young adults...does that make me 3rd generation American?

    Anywho...on my mom's side, one of my great great-grandfathers came here in 1850s-- family is originally from Belarus (I think it used to be called Prussia, land that's been claimed as either Russia or Poland throughout history). On my dad's side, the family is from Austria and Germany and came to America sometime around early 1900s...

    I used to be really interested in genealogy and this is making me interested again...
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i'm american. My fam has been here since 17th century. i have ancestors who came on the mayflower
  • Anaconda62
    Anaconda62 Posts: 181
    On my Dad's side: he was born in Nicaragua, as was I, so mostly Spanish with some bits of Nicaraguan Indian thrown in
    On my Mom's side: a mix of European ancestry. She was born in South Carolina.

    But just for fun, I'm a Jayhawk through and through!!
  • LatinaButterfly
    LatinaButterfly Posts: 192 Member
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    Puerto Rican, my family was born on the Island. :)
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Scotch-Irish, Scandinavian, German
  • roachhaley
    roachhaley Posts: 978 Member
    i'm white
  • BarbWhite09
    BarbWhite09 Posts: 1,128 Member
    Moms side is mostly Irish...dads is Native American...Im a ginger...Both my parents have dark hair, my mom has lighter skin but my dad is SO DARK...Everyone thinks Im adopted, but I'm not...Lol.
  • wildcelticrose
    wildcelticrose Posts: 40 Member
    a friend of mine who is also of Celtic descent came up with a clever idea for filling out those forms that ask for race.

    Mark "other"

    and then write in, "North Atlantic Islander"
  • Kupe
    Kupe Posts: 758 Member
    My ancestory is from Lithuania, going back to the 1800's. I was born and raised in South Africa. However I consider myself Australian having lived there for almost a quarter of my life. I now live in Canada.
  • julzzz4
    julzzz4 Posts: 72 Member
    Australian with a background of German/Hungarian/English!
  • AlessisMore
    AlessisMore Posts: 179 Member
    French/Jewish one side French/Gentile the other side. Both sides happy to be in America.

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