Regradless of your current nationality, what are your earliest known roots? Use the flags. (based on Pape's post in the illegal immigrant thread)
Here is me, from greatest proportion to least;
:finland:
:france: :germany:
:ireland:
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Regradless of your current nationality, what are your earliest known roots? Use the flags. (based on Pape's post in the illegal immigrant thread)
Here is me, from greatest proportion to least;
:finland:
:france: :germany:
:ireland:
:scotland:
:sweden:
:england:
:portugal:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...ags/sweden.gif
and either
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/germany.gif
or
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/bohemia.gif
my mom said 'bohemian' which I suppose could be either or.
:ireland:
:germany:
Not that it matters really. Though I do like saurkraut, my mother makes it like her mother did and so on I suppose.
Mine: :wales: :sweden: :england: :northernireland: :scotland: :england: :sweden: :wales:
My Wife's: :taiwan: :taiwan: :taiwan: :china: :taiwan: :taiwan: :taiwan: :china:
Therefore my kid's:
:wales: :taiwan: :sweden: :taiwan: :england: :taiwan: :northernireland: :china: :scotland: :taiwan: :england: :taiwan: :sweden: :taiwan: :wales: :china:
:england: (mostly) :wales: :scotland: :france: :norway:
Oh so many to pick from but the ones that I know that are on the flag list.
:spain: :scotland: :cherokeenation: :england: :ireland: :germany: :czechrepublic: and several that are not on the flag list that is available
Which makes me
:unitedstates:
:iran:
But who knows? Perhaps there is a bit of:
:saudiarabia: :iraq: :pakistan: :afghanistan: :mongolia:
In my blood. :book:
My ethnic Background: :wales: :germany: :scotland: :ireland:
Girlfriends Background: :ireland: :germany: :iran:
mine :ireland: :wales: :england: :unitedstates: :spain:
wife :isleofman: :wales: :england: :india: :scotland: :germany: :turkey:
my background: :sweden: :norway: http://www.fjallen.nu/sapmi/images/small_flag.gif
my wifes: :panama:
:scotland: vast majority :ireland: :england:
:finland:
Mainly :england: with some :germany: and a bit of :scotland: .
There might be a bit of :northernireland: or :ireland: .
To a very large part :switzerland: with a little bit of :italy: and a very tiny bit of :germany:.
Quid
:gibraltar: Great-grandmother :scotland: great-grandad :england: Grandad :england: Grandma :england: Grandad :england: grandma :england: Mum :england: Dad
Then 1 of my Grandkids has 1/4 :ireland: 2 more are 1/4 :scotland: :2thumbsup:
:england: :england:
:england: :marshallislands:
:england: :wales:
:netherlands: andSpoiler Alert, click show to read:
Don't shoot me ~D
That accounts for 3 generations back, further on then that I have no idea and don't care much.
By far mostly: :germany:
With a touch of: :switzerland: and :france:
Last names would be fun too I guess: Köberle
This is not too easy to answer: I'm guessing from most people's answers that they are counting where an ancestor is born, rather than real ethnicity. On that basis then, given that my direct line goes back over seven hundred years, here's a potted history, going back in time, male first column: ~:)
:ireland: :russia: (Me, my wife)
:ireland: :unitedkingdom: (Irish mother born in Liverpool, capital of Ireland ~D)
:ireland: :ireland:
:ireland: :ireland:
:unitedstates: :ireland: (Born in the States, considered Irish)
:ireland: :france:
:ireland: :france:
:ireland: :ireland:
:ireland: :france:
:france: :france: (Born in France, but considered Irish)
:france: :france: "
:france: :ireland: "
... Before 1758, when we abandoned Ireland for safety in France, mainly :ireland: with the odd useful marriage to :france: and one :scotland: around 1380.
Mother's side -
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/austria.gif
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/hungary.gif
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/croatia.gif
Father's side -
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...lags/italy.gif
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...s/slovenia.gif
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...chrepublic.gif
The question reflecting all of this is: 'How the hell did all those people end up in the same place?'
Also, my national feeling is not particularly strong, with so many natonalities around in my family tree.
:england:
The clue was in the name...
Within the last few generations: :france: :netherlands: :belgium: (both Flanders and Wallonia)
My mother's family can be traced back to 16th century Westphalia, Germany :germany:
My father's surname apparently is ultimately derived from Norway :norway:
Mostly :norway:, and a little bit of :denmark:
:belgium:
mostly:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
:wales: :wales: :wales: :wales: :wales:
and a chunk of
:cornish:
and a little
:ireland:
and a bit
:england:
Half this ::netherlands:
half :unitedstates:
And a little bit of :hungary:
which makes me : :netherlands: :unitedstates: :hungary:
:balloon2:
:sweden: :sweden: :sweden: :sweden: :sweden: :sweden: :sweden: :sweden:
I've heard about :finland: blood on my mothers side and both my parents surnames comes from :germany: though.
I guess that means you're a very large person ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch_guy
:germany: + :england: = :germany::germany:
you have no idea !:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kralizec
:balloon2:
Me: :denmark: :sweden: 50/50 and further out I have :germany: :italy: and I am about 1/16 :israel: (as in Jewish, too far back for the state to even have existed).
GF: :mauritius: :denmark:
[EDIT] Why is the Danish flag smaller than most?
My mother's side is entirely :ireland: all the way back to the start of time.
My father's side is mostly :scotland: with a little :england: somewhere along the way.
Thus, I am :ireland: :unitedkingdom: in equal amounts.
Dad: :england: and a little bit of :wales:
Mum: :england: and :scotland:
but I consider myself to be :isleofman: :2thumbsup:
Well,well. There are mine:
:ukraine: me, granddad
:spain: granddad
:russia: dad, grandmam,
:germany: great granddad, great grandmum
:kazakhstan: mum
:poland: grandmum
on both side mostly https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...ags/france.gif but a bit of native blood from the gran gran mother of my mother side.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...itedstates.gif
both my parents were born here, i was born here, so im usa...
there parents were more atuned to the ethnic traditions and prejudices of the day, but for all practical purposes i'm 100 ummerikan...
Father's side: :scotland: :england: :ireland: , with a sprinkle of :france: :russia: and others
Mother's side: :germany: :england: :scotland:
Which makes me :unitedstates:
more https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...ags/france.gif than I'm willing to admit, plus some https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/ireland.gif and https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/germany.gif somewhere down the line. Do I have any national pride towards these places? Nope. Because I'm still 100% https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...itedstates.gif
My family's pretty much all Welsh and English. Mostly Welsh.
I'm told that both of my parents' families come from yörüks -the traditional nomadic tribal Turks, that is. I'm proud to be a local of where Ataturk 's paternal lineage used to live. Nobody knows if there are very slight mix-ups but I'm an annoying : :turkey:
BTW, it's interesting to hear that Tribesman 's wife has some Turkish heritage and that in terms of Middle Asian values, SwordsMaster is a far-relative as well. We know Kazaks as a Turkish race.
Anyway, cheers for all from around the world. :medievalcheers:
:norway:
Damn, I was hoping they'd have a Soviet flag. :shame:
Mostly https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...lags/wales.gif (in fact my last name is pure https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...lags/wales.gif)
Some https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/england.gif
With a smattering of https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...s/scotland.gif and https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...gs/ireland.gif
jones? :idea2:
i always get confused watching the welsh rugby team, too many "jones's" :D
:italy: (3/8ths)
Then
:germany: (2/8ths)
Then
:austria: :poland: (1/8th each)
And lastly
:england: :ireland: (1/16th each)
Go Kaiser!
Oh and lets not forget
Quote:
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just covering up
[chorus:]
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man
[chorus]
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you understand"
[chorus]
I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/arch...sa_212466g.jpg
You do know about the sarcastic undertone in 'Born in the USA', don't you ?
Yeah,Quote:
Originally Posted by doc_bean
BUT!
It's title is Born in the USA (as I was) and it's a great song. So therefore, I can use it in this case. As long as you don't read into the song and attribute it to the meaning of my post :2thumbsup:
Oh, and last names. I have one of the most popular last names in Italy: Piazza.
I only count 7/8ths, Capo. Now you're not hiding 1/8th of your heritage out of shame for us, are you? ~:)
Let's see, which could that last 1/8th be?
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
3/8ths Italian, 2/8ths German, 1/8th Austrian, 1/8th Polish, 1/16th Irish, 1/16th English.
3+2+1+1+.5+.5= 8
Cool to be named Kaiser Piazza!:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
If only my first name was something as cool as Kaiser. ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraxis
Actually, my granddad's sister married a Tatar from Crimea. Small worldQuote:
BTW, it's interesting to hear that Tribesman 's wife has some Turkish heritage and that in terms of Middle Asian values, SwordsMaster is a far-relative as well. We know Kazaks as a Turkish race.
There are so many Tatars in Turkey, most of them from Crimea. Yes, that's a small world.
What?!?!? You have lied to us using that nick? I'm shocked!~:eek: :shame:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
I love the Frenchies.~:grouphug:
:germany:
:ireland:
:italy:
In that order.
You rather I use Scott?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraxis
Deutschland uber alles?Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiahou
:wales: :wales: :wales: :england: :england: :england: :england: :england:
Which all add up to make :unitedkingdom:
No, Deutschland über alles ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kralizec
Quid pro quo.
Hard to know, my grandfather never knew his father. But for what I heard, I'm descendent of italians that came here over the many migrations, I don't even know if my surname is the real one of one of the many created to non-spanish speaker inmigrants that received a random one upon arriving. I'm also brazilian because of my mother and uruguayan from the side of my grandmother.
So it will be like this::italy: :brazil: :uruguay:
:ireland:
With a dash of German and Dutch thrown in.
Crazed Rabbit
:unitedstates: + :unitedstates:
+
:unitedkingdom: + :norway:
led to
:unitedstates: (ma)+ :unitedkingdom: (pa)
and resulted in
:canada:
BTW, it's interesting to hear that Tribesman 's wife has some Turkish heritage
Just a little something they picked up from the Sultan , I suppose you could have called her a perk of the job .
:italy: :italy: :italy: :italy: :england: :england: :england: :england: (no welsh...My uncle needs a geogphary globe)
I'll use calculus to illustrate my heritage:
https://img530.imageshack.us/img530/...hnicity3fg.jpg
However, there is a bit else that would fall under "other."
Awww... kill the joke will you...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
*holds smoking gun*Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraxis
Shouldn't it be a derivative rather then an intergral?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
Scottish, Irish, Norwegian, English, Bohemian.
In that order, I think. But I may be more Irish than Scottish, or at least that is what my mom told me a little while ago...
I don't care I consider myself Irish.
Pape - I wasn't sure which would be more correct. I'm too tired to try to figure out what made me use an integral, other than that I like integrals more. :help:
3/8 :germany:
1/4 :finland:
1/8 :netherlands:
1/8 :sweden:
1/8 :scotland:
I'm an alumnus of a small college founded by Norwegian immigrants and toured Norge with the college orchestra, so I also consider myself slightly :norway:.
Well I'm am not entirley sure on my Hungarian side.
My Great Grandfather was killed by the Gestapo, his son my Grandfather entered the german ran Hungarian secret police until the Russians took over.
He then fought for a free democratic Hungarian parliment. This is when he met my Grandmother, three months after they were engaged she was captured by the Communist secret police and tortured for three days (her father had been anti-communist before he was executed, she had also been tortured by the Commies as a thirteen year old girl). After this my Grandfather decided to flee Hungary for Britain with a few friends, most of them were gunned down a border guardpost (luckily my grandparents escaped). After this I believe the Comies burnt loads of family records and such. Thus I have no Idea about our complete ancestry but Szabo is a Magyar name.
On my fathers side I am all Saxon
so I guess
:england:+ :hungary: =:unitedkingdom: :2thumbsup:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image...ags/norway.gif
I know of no fresh foreign meat in my family whatsoever.
(May adopt some later)
Typical US mongrel here. Everything from indigenous Ohio Valley eastward thru GB and western Europe to about modern-day Ukraine. The Kukri family has yet to conquer/assimilate asia, africa, or the middle-east... but I have high hopes in my 2 grandsons.
The current family "look" seems to be a blend of stereotypical Irish (ruddy cheeked, dark-haired, light-eyed) and French (dark-browed, barrel-chested, full-lipped). Hey... I said they were just stereotypes.