the nationality thread

[Fwapper]

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...