Members PintoMusic Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by bikehorn hmm, clearly, you're from Goa Ha! For the record though, I've never said such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 um....... I'm a black dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hotblack Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Jamaican and German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SA Rios Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 My moms side has been here since the early 1800's and my dads since the late 1700's. I consider myself American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Mom was born in Koenigsburg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) Dad was born in a one-horse town in the Caucasus Mountains near the Terek River. I think heritage counts to an extent. It's nice to know where you came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bass8987 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Irish and Norweigan (I spelled this wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenshag Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 scottish/mexican/french/german/yaqui those being the main parts, many other little different bits here and there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beam Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 My mom can trace her family back to the early 1700s here, and my dad back to the late 1800s. When asked, I say my heritage is American rather than some mish-mash of European countries In my book, that's long enough for this to be my heritage. Everyone's family came from somewhere else if you go back far enough, so that's really the governing factor of what your heritage is I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B-Bottom Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm a Heinz 57. German,Irish,Croactian. but all that doesn't mean anything because I'm all American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Like most white Americans, I'm a mixture of things. 1/4 Swedish1/4 Swiss1/4 Bohemian1/4 German, Irish, English, and some other stuff The United States really is a land of immigrants. Three out of my four sets of great-grandparents didn't speak English as their native language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm a mutt. They say that mutts are supposed to be more mellow and more intelligent than pure breeds and, as usual, I'm the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members takeout Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Yankee honky mutt. So diluted that I couldn't really claim anything if I wanted to. GermanyFranceEnglandLuxembourgIrelandEtc. etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbl Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by burdizzos Heritage is BS. It doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you're going that counts. I couldn't disagree more!!! If you CAME FROM Ireland, you better not be GOING TO Costa Rica without sunscreen SPF 45 or higher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justing Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm 4th or 5th generation Canadian at least, but the word on the street is that the majority of my family came from England, Ireland, France, and Germany. I've got an interesting story though... I was talking to these two girls from Spain that are here on exchange, and they said that I was the first one they had met who claimed to be Canadian (they had been here for about a month and a half at this point). Everyone they had met claimed to be whatever their great-great-grandparents (or the last family member that wasn't born here) had been. The Spanish girls found it really odd but funny. I find that there's a lot of people like that around here though; it's almost fashionable to be from somewhere else. Being Italian seems to be cool right now with the high school and university age kids around here.. There are tons of kids that drive around the university with Italian flag stickers on their car and Italia shirts and whatnot, proclaiming how Italian they are as soon as someone mentions lasagna... But if you start talking to them, you find out they don't know a word of italian, their last name is Kirzpatrickson, and the last relative they had who was born in Italy died in like 1903. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 1/4: German Italian Irish Russian Feisty mix, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassgirl9 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 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. Easy now. You're from America- the melting pot. You Identity is American and you're proud of it. It's a great way to look at yourselves and your country. We Canadians are from a Mozaik point of view. We are all quite proud of our individual backgrounds that have constructed our country and made it the diverse blend that it is. I find my heritage quite fascinating. Half of My mom's family came over on the Mayflower and the other side, my Great Grand Dad was from Britain. He was supposed to gig his way over on the Titanic, but got bumped for someone more famous. His boat (that he eventually got to come over on) heard the SOS call, but were too far south to do anything about it. My Dad was born in Italy. It was very important to him that I learn about my Italian heritage and try to blend it into the identity of that which is a Canadian. I'm a spagetti western in the flesh and proud of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by 82Daion 1/4: German Italian Irish Russian Feisty mix, eh? So....do you drink beer, wine, whiskey or vodka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by Emprov So....do you drink beer, wine, whiskey or vodka? Any and all:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Insomniac Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Scotch-Irish, French, American Indian, and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vincent Liou Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 im chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ivanthetrble Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm from hell and so were my parents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 72Rick Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Scotch-Irish, Cherokee, Comanche', Kiowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lespauldouble Posted March 24, 2006 Members Share Posted March 24, 2006 My Heritage is a 1991 Gary Moore signature model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldivor Posted March 24, 2006 Members Share Posted March 24, 2006 English, Irish, Czech and Austrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted March 24, 2006 Members Share Posted March 24, 2006 75-90% English 20-25% Swedish 0-5% Irish I'm not sure exactly on the percentages, but I do know those are it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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