What is your Ethnic heritage/descent?

[Crono]

Bored... figured I'd make some kind of interesting topic. Not sure if we've had this before.

This is me:

Dad's Side: All French. He was born in Quebec, as were his parents, as were their parents, etc etc until it leads up to someone who immgrated from France. My Dad says his family line may have come here in the early 19th century (1800s).

The Family name: Lafrenière (including this is optional).

Mom's Side: Her mother is French, but her Dad is Scot/Irish. His last name was McCollough.

So you could say that I am 3/4 French, 1/4 Scot/Irish. There may be others but they would have been way too far back in the blood line to figure out.

And what about you?

I know for some people it may be hard because you have an extreme mix of ethnic backgrounds, but your last name will always tell some of what you have in you.

[bobcat]

My dad is from Sicily and my mum is from Calabria.

So Italian

[DimHalo]

This is tough for me... cause my mom has been remarried and i don't know anything about my real father.

My mom's family has been in the US for a really long time so there is not much about ethnic background. Her dad is from Texas which makes us believe the family owned slaves way back in time which leads me to believe that his family came here some time in colony stages. My mom's mother came from a farm in Kansas but based on her name I think the family was English (way back in time).

[Joeiss]

My name is Joe, and I AM CANADIAN.

[Jason1]

On my dad's side, its mainly German. I think maybe my dad's Grandfather might have been from Germany, or maybe his great grandfther, making him my great great grandfather.

On my mom's side it gets a little more interesting. My great grandma on my mom's side was actually from Italy, so theres definatly some italian in me. And my Great Grandpa was from Poland. So polish too.

so for me its Polish, German, Italian.

[Dyne]

My Father's father immigrated from Norway, he brought with him my family name, Larsen, but it was changed at immigration, and we had the choice of being Larson or Goodmanson. We chose Larson. When I have some free time, I'm legally changing it back for fun. (Probably in the next five years.)

My father's mother was from Regina in the Praries of Canada, and was a WASP, family name Grainger. So basically British Scottish, but I abbreviate and say UKish.

My mother's father came over from German relatives who lived in Poland; MIGHT be something else in there, but we just think it's German. He was held in a camp by the Nazis at one point. I can't say the name here because it's not a good idea to let people know your mother's maiden name.

My mother's mother is straight German. Relatives fought for Hitler's army, too. I met one of them.

And there you have it.

1/2 German, 1/4 Norwegian, 1/8 UK

[Acebot44]

My Dad is Ukrainian/Russian and that's basically what I look like

My Mom is Armenian from Iran but she looks white too. It's weird, we don't look anything like most Armenians.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Joeiss

My name is Joe, and I AM CANADIAN.

There's no such thing as being of Canadian decent, much like there is no such thing as being of American decent (unless your Native American). We're colonies, meaning we were founded by other ethnicities.

I'm Scott Irish and German.

[Joeiss]

Naw, I'm Canadian.

My background is Ukrainian... But I only eat the foods, don't do anything else, lol.

There is still a Canadian identity. It definitely is not finalized, but Canada is slowly but surely gaining one. There, I am Canadian.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

There's no such thing as being of Canadian decent, much like there is no such thing as being of American decent (unless your Native American). We're colonies, meaning we were founded by other ethnicities.

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There is too such thing as being of Canadian or American decent.

As i said below, my family came here to colonize canada before it was a country, so therefore ever since it has been called "Canada" my family has lived here. The Native Americans never lived in "Canada" or " America" by name, but only by land. So if anything, they are North American IMO.

Just because your a colony, that doesnt mean you cant be that. thee are Australian decent people, but Australia was a prison colony of England.

IMO anyways.

[Tombor]

My mom is Norwegian-German and my dad is Scotch-Irish-German I think. All I know is my dad's side drinks hard and my mom's side laments while supressing everything.

That's probably why I'm an English major...

[Su-Yin]

chinese .......from southern region of china...cantonese...
i would say im a malaysian...but i dont think it quite applies here...*shrug*