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    Default Your Ethnicity/Heritage.

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    What is your ethnicity? (preferably in percent.) Do you look like the typical person of your major ethnicity?



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    I am 100% Italian American. Furthermore, I am 75% Sicilian American and 25% Neapolitan (Naples) American.

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    50% Swedish (Hälsingland), 25% English (Derbyshire), 25% American (Kentucky).


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    25% French-Canadian, 25% Dutch, 50% Chinese.

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    From there, they moved to Midwestern America, in which my grandfather met my Dutch grandmother. My family moved later on to Southern California.

    My mother's side.... is unfortunately untraceable. All I know is that they are Han Chinese. Other than that, I do not know.

    Ah well. I still think my entire name is awesome, what with its literal definition.

    I am quite literally, "The Tatooed Wandering Man of the Black Rock Clan."

    Yeah, I'm a Chi'ite, although cultural-wise, I probably consider myself more 75% White, and 25% Chinese.
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    Half German, half Polish (though I couldn't care less about the latter one).
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    100% Slavic! (75% Russian, 25% Ukranian)

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    25% Norwegian
    50% Anglo-Saxon (Basically Danes in England)
    25% Irish, Scottish, Tad bit of french, and welsh.
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    10% - English
    15% - Scottish
    10% - French
    15% - Portuguese
    10% - German
    40% - Spanish

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    50% Pashtun
    50% Kashmiri
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    Mom's side: American
    Grandfather: 25% All American (6.25% native, the other 18.75% white colonial)
    Grandmother: 25% German

    Dad's side: Canadian-American (Don't ask how the Canadian got there )
    Grandfather: 25% Danish
    Grandmother: 25% Greek (Smidgen of Turkish and Italian) from from Odysseus' true home of Ithaca on what is now Paliki. Go Odysseus!


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    My fathers side is German. My forefathers name was Cölmann but is now Coleman after they moved to England from Frankfurt or Saarbrücken, in around 1100-1300AD. My Mothers is Welsh and herself carries a Welsh first and last name, along with her family.

    I have a really old hand drawn and written crest that says "Coleman - Englisch". Notice the German spelling of the word English. It also says the founder of my family was named Cölmann I. Interesting eh?

    Today I have German family who carry the name Brack. The half of my family who didn't move.
    I still speak German and support my Deustcher Fußball-Bund and 1. FC Saarbrücken.
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    My dad changed his name after he moved out of his mothers house. Before that it was something else for one generation because the Nazi's killed my Great grandfather and my relatives had to flee. I think our name was Danish or something like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy View Post
    My fathers side is German. My forefathers name was Cölmann but is now Coleman after they moved to England from Frankfurt or Saarbrücken, in around 1100-1300AD. My Mothers is Welsh and herself carries a Welsh first and last name, along with her family.

    I have a really old hand drawn and written crest that says "Coleman - Englisch". Notice the German spelling of the word English. It also says the founder of my family was named Cölmann I. Interesting eh?

    Today I have German family who carry the name Brack. The half of my family who didn't move.
    I still speak German and support my Deustcher Fußball-Bund and 1. FC Saarbrücken.
    So after 900 years your familly still speaks German and you are still in contact with them? WTF! That beats the record of 99.99% of self regarding Euro-Aristos. I can safely say that it is highly unlikely you would be able to trace your family back to 1100 - unless you are royalty or very, very old established aristocracy.

    Altogether improbable, you'd have more than a 'I have a really old hand drawn and written crest'.

    Sorry to be a buble burster.

    Me?

    50% English - father
    50% Dutch - mother. They came to Holland from Italy via Prussia, France and Indonesia. Mother actually born in Borneo where my grandfather was a colonial administrator. I think someone was born 'on the wrong side of the sheets' over there as my mother's familly and I have a orientalish look. I tan easily

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    I'm considered a mutt.

    25% Italian
    12.5% Irish
    25% French
    12.5% German
    12.5% Native American
    12.5% Something else

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    25% Spanish (Dad) + 75% Meso-American (Mum) = 100% Mexican.

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    Mom:
    50% Armenian from Sepastia/Sivas
    50% Armenian from Gesaria/Kayseri

    Dad:
    87.5% Irish from who the hell knows where.
    12.5% Czech, also, from who the hell knows where.

    In conclusion I'm more Armenian

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    I don't have any percentages I've never cared that much but I'd say I have strong Scottish and Irish routes with a hint of Native American.

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    Father is 100% Irish from Co. Monaghan, my mother is Spanish from Bilbao but I don't really care about my Spanish heritage, I've been there once when I was a kid, I don't look even remotely Spanish and speak pretty basic Spanish. Although I'd like to take up interest in Spain and learn Spanish one day.

    I never say to anyone "half Irish/half Spanish", always "Irish". Guess I'm just proud of my Irish side and lack interest in my Spanish one.
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    On my mom's side is a mix of Boer and English.
    On my dad's side are German's and many different nationalities from Europe who immigrted to America.

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    I'm 75% Greek and 25% Scottish

    how strange of a mix is that? LOL
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    never seen this thread before

    polish, czech, slovak, transylvanian (or whatever), german, irish, cherokee in varying percentages

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