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  1. 06-17-2007, 22:32 #1
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  2. 06-17-2007, 22:52 #2
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    I feel like going into some detail...

    I have some Scot in me - my great, great uncle was Provest of Dumfries.

    A good bit of Englishman - My great, great, great, great, great grandfather was 'Sir Eliab Hardy' who was Admiral of the Temeraire (as in the fighting Temeraire by Turner) and fought beside Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar :)

    A little bit more Englishman... - My (lots and lots of greats) grandfather was William Harvey, who discovered circulation of the blood and was King Charles the First's physician.

    Probably some Welsh, as I have a Welsh surname.

    And no Irish so far as I know.


    ...and yet here I am, sitting a house in dingy Aberdeen, and not in a great estate somewhere in England :P -My family seems to have a big tradition of losing large amounts of money before their children can inherit it. Eliab Hardy lost a fortune gambling, and my Great, great uncle lost a massive estate and mansion because he didn't have any sons. Stupid 19th Century sexism...
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  3. 06-18-2007, 00:15 #3
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    Most of all I'm a Aussie!

    I am part Irish and English as well. Also a bit of Scottish.

    But I am most proud of being AUssie and Irish.
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    Depends, my maternal grandma came from eastern prussia, so that's german, my dad's family is from the Netherlands but they may have german roots, so...


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    German/Irish/Scottish
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
    German/Irish/Scottish
    All the terdditional enemies of England: Scotland, France and Ireland
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    11/16 English (well, whatever that means...)
    2/16 Scottish
    1/16 Irish
    1/16 Welsh
    1/16 French
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