What is your national ethnic background?

[Divinus Arma]

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;

[Proletariat]

[discovery1]

and either



or



my mom said 'bohemian' which I suppose could be either or.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Not that it matters really. Though I do like saurkraut, my mother makes it like her mother did and so on I suppose.

[Papewaio]

Mine:

My Wife's:

Therefore my kid's:

[Justiciar]

(mostly)

[Redleg]

Oh so many to pick from but the ones that I know that are on the flag list.

and several that are not on the flag list that is available

Which makes me

[Dâriûsh]

But who knows? Perhaps there is a bit of:



In my blood.

[Samurai Waki]

My ethnic Background:

Girlfriends Background:

[Fragony]

[Tribesman]

mine


wife

[Bulawayo]

my background:

my wifes:

[Ja'chyra]

vast majority

[Kagemusha]

[The_Doctor]

Mainly with some and a bit of .

There might be a bit of or .

[Quid]

To a very large part with a little bit of and a very tiny bit of .

Quid

[InsaneApache]

Great-grandmother great-grandad Grandad Grandma Grandad grandma Mum Dad

Then 1 of my Grandkids has 1/4 2 more are 1/4

[Scurvy]

[Kralizec]

and

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Don't shoot me

That accounts for 3 generations back, further on then that I have no idea and don't care much.

[Kanamori]

By far mostly:

With a touch of: and

Last names would be fun too I guess: Köberle

[Banquo's Ghost]

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:

(Me, my wife)
(Irish mother born in Liverpool, capital of Ireland )


(Born in the States, considered Irish)




(Born in France, but considered Irish)
"
"

... Before 1758, when we abandoned Ireland for safety in France, mainly with the odd useful marriage to and one around 1380.

[Keba]

Mother's side -




Father's side -




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.

[English assassin]

The clue was in the name...

[Louis VI the Fat]

Within the last few generations: (both Flanders and Wallonia)

My mother's family can be traced back to 16th century Westphalia, Germany
My father's surname apparently is ultimately derived from Norway

[Sjakihata]

+

[Viking]

Mostly , and a little bit of

[doc_bean]

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

mostly








and a chunk of
:cornish:

and a little


and a bit

[Dutch_guy]

Half this :

half

And a little bit of

which makes me :

[Ironside]

I've heard about blood on my mothers side and both my parents surnames comes from though.