Members Reverend179 Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 No clue, I'm adopted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by burdizzos Heritage is BS. It doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you're going that counts. You can cling to your heritage as something that defines who you are, but that's crap. Your genes only define you if you let them. +1and you are where your feet areheritage can influence your character in both directionsup and down....so your point is valid...we all can be better...or worseits up to us.. and our genes arent going to hold us back either...or promote usits personal effectiveness which counts in the worldtrue and deep relationships and a regard for other peoples welfare....you got to get jesus man!...dosotevsky said..."it takes more than intelligence to act intelligently"search inside:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by KeroseneTrewthe William Penn Bristol chap, also founder of Pennsylvania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1tallbassguy Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by burdizzos Heritage is BS. It doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you're going that counts. You can cling to your heritage as something that defines who you are, but that's crap. Your genes only define you if you let them. The apple don't fall too far away from the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ravelleman Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Father's side - English and ScottishMother's side - Irish (and, if you go back far enough, Norman)Definitely related to this guy Nicholas Gilman. He signed the US constitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rob Martinez Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 I am Hispanic from New Mexico, which means I am of Spanish, Mexican, Native American ancestry. I trace my family back to the first colonists of New Mexico of 1598. I play traditional New Mexcian music with my family, playing guitar and singing in Spanish. I also LOVE rock n roll music, play bass with bands and friends whenever I can!! VIVA ROCK!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonny Five Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by burdizzos Heritage is BS.It doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you're going that counts.You can cling to your heritage as something that defines who you are, but that's crap. Your genes only define you if you let them. I agree with you, to an extent. I still think it's interesting to trace one's roots. It bothers me when people get all gung ho about it. There's always some sort of history in your geneaology (sp?) and that's what i enjoy... mmm history channel. On me ma's side, I'm English and Dutch. My father is Cantonese (region of China) with a touch of Vietnamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 My dad's side is Irish. Mom's side is Austrian, German, Polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spark Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by mrcrow dosotevsky said..."it takes more than intelligence to act intelligently" Fyodor rocks the house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rachel Sampson Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 I am a true Heinz 57. These are what I've heard from different relatives: Scottish Irish English German Italian Native American (not sure what tribe, but from Southern Cali area) French Maori (aboriginal New Zealander) Scandinavian I've alway wished that I knew more about my ancestors and had a heritage I could pass on to my children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted July 9, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by gazman 1/4 Portuguese 3/4 Indian hmm, clearly, you're from Goa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members james on bass Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 1st generation Canadian on my Dad's side. He emigrated from Holland in the 50's. My mom's ancesters emigrated from Germany in the mid 1800's. Still on the same family farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dragoon Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 Originally posted by bholder On the one hand though, I agree with burdizzos, genes don't control us, we shouldn't feel limited or blessed by them, but I still think it's nice to know where you came from. Exactly. That's why I'm into it. Knowing one's roots, where you came from, the very particular history of it all. But, it has nothing to do with where you're going. I like knowing the background though, the context, it lets you know you're more than just a random, roots-less person wandering around this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Picker Posted July 9, 2005 Members Share Posted July 9, 2005 scotch/irish and Dutch on Dad's side -- all Swedish on Mom's... hmmm.... Vikings and Irishmen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Irish on my ma's side, Spanish & Indian (Native) on my da's. I'm a McSpic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicebigstrings Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 English, Scottish and Welsh. Also Sephardic Jew on my Mom's side a long way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mounds Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Easy? Dutch and German Not so easy? Dutch, German, English, Scottish, Irish, Sioux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seccho Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Scotch, Irish, English, Dutch, and German...good times! Basically, I'm a pale white guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Originally posted by Spark +1.I'm first-generation American and could not give a flying {censored} about my Greek heritage (although I dig the food--the Greeks got some of their recipes right, I'll be the first to admit!). There's a Greek place in Cleveland thta sell the goat cheese. They have it in a big barrel and break you off a piece. Wow is that good. I'm Czech. My Great, great uncle was Antonin Sova the poet and writer. That all I know of my heritage on my father's side. The Czech's invented the Octoberfest so you can imagine the beer drinking heritage. My Czech grandfather wasa baker and made homemade cinnamin raisin bread.My mother is 100% Hungarian. I grew up eating stuffed cabbage and all that good European stuff. Also, she made some great poppyseed rolls and struedle from scratch. That's the only thing to cling to your heritage about in my opinion. The food and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rippin' Robin Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Dutch, traceable back to the early 1800's, before that, French landed gentry on my mother's side, and probably Dutch on my father's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MacIlwraith Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 1/2 Ulster Scot 1/4 English 1/4 French My wife is some combination of Spanish, Mayan and German. I joke with her that our kids will be over 7 foot tall, red haired, blue eyed and brown skinned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 I asked an Irish guy who was visiting Baltimore about my family. I told him we were Kearney when Great grandad got off the boat. I asked what part of Ireland Kearneys might have been from. He replied with a smile that Kearneys are about 1/3 of Irelands population. Since he had some humor about it I bought him a long island iced tea. Someone else I spoke with via the 'net said I'd do well to check around Kerry or Cork. They told me Kearneys were south coast people before they proliferated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tlaloc Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Slovak, Polish, German. There may or may not be more, but I'm pretty sure that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fintucfin Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Scottish, English, Irish and French Canadian. I don't got soul and I am super bad. Well, pretty lousy with the bass. Three years away from the instrument isn't good, even though it was unavoidable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J the D Posted July 10, 2005 Members Share Posted July 10, 2005 Big, ugly, fat white guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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