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(Message started by: Woobie on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:30am)
Title: What's in ya??
Post by Woobie on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:30am
OK - so last night at work we were all talking about our heritage.   It's FRIKKIN amazing how many of us are MUTTS.  

Me - for instance
I'm German, Scottish, English, Irish, French, (father's side) and Italian, French, and American Indian (mother's side)
French on both sides.... ::)

Do I LOOK Irish to yoU??? LMAO

Ramon's a weirdo - but a lot less complicated...

He's a black Russian.  (a smooth drink of wataaaa)  [smiley=laugh.gif]
His father was from Mississippi, and his mother imported from Russia.... (via canada...LOL) so he's 1/2 Russian, 1/2 African American.


So I think my daughter is just everything.


so - what are you?


just wonderin
woobs :-*






edited to make it a little easier to read. :-*
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:33am
I just knew Ramon had some Canadian in him! LOL!

Woobie - you're as mixed up as a hound's breakfast but then I expect we all are.

Hugs
Carol
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by LeLimey on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:37am
Actually Woobs, you do look Irish!
My mother is half Irish half American, my grandma was from Boston (via West Texas don't-cha-know?!)
My dad is West Country English (Devon and Cornwall)through and through to way back when so I'm a mix of the above!
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Woobie on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:41am
HAAAAAAAAAA         (nice try, sister!  LOL)

Ramon doesn't have any Canadian in him - his mom just lived there... LOL
but - he still has family that lives there... his mother's sisters and his grandparents.   They came over here (to UP there...) from Russian during WWII.  
His grandfather was a POW and spent a long time in the concentration camps and survived.. They were rescued by the Mennonites and taken to Canada... where they stayed... (They wrote a book - it's an interesting story.)

except Ramon's mother ... who came down here - met Ramon's father (awesome man!) and that's that.

anyhow....... yep - I gotta lot in me.
I think that's why I'm so screwed up!  I have inner battles being fought on a cellular level!
LMAO

i need to go to bed.. [smiley=laugh.gif]

peace
woobs
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Woobie on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:47am

on 10/21/06 at 10:37:01, LeLimey wrote:
Actually Woobs, you do look Irish!
     


I DO???????????


anyhow - i just wanted to say that I was totally just curious...
i hope people arent offended by my asking.

woobs :-*
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by LeLimey on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:53am
I spent all my school holidays in Ireland growing up, I'm half Irish myself and you look like (colouring wise) alot of girls I grew up with and your facial expressions LMAO.. OMG can I relate to those too!
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Tim_w on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:59am
Was Adopted - Wish I Knew :-/
Guess I can be anything I want to be  ;;D
Happy Pappy
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by catlind on Oct 21st, 2006, 11:12am
Heinz 57 here.

My mother and grandparents came over from England in the early 50's.  (Nottingham)

My father's paternal heritage is scottish, his grandfather came to Canada from Scotland, and then lived in the US where my grandfather was born.  My Dad's maternal ancestors are norwegian.

The story is that the Dalgety's of Scotland spread out between Canada, Australia, and India.  There's a little place in Australia called Dalgety Downs, and apparently every last Dalgety was shot.  We never determined if the lineage that went to Australia went on a prison ship or by choice ;)  No one has been able to trace any of the Dalgety's that went to India, and then there's us Canadians.

Cat
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by nani on Oct 21st, 2006, 11:20am
Two different kinds of Native South American, Spanish ( some guy from Spain must have had the decency to actually marry somebody...the surnames are Spanish), Dutch, and English.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by LeLimey on Oct 21st, 2006, 11:24am
Well my maiden name, which I'll probably be going back to at some point in the near future, is Williams which is welsh and means I've probably got some sheepshagger in me  ;)
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Peppermint on Oct 21st, 2006, 12:04pm
Woobs, I hope you got some sleep.  ;;D
Helen's right about the Irish thing too, I can totally see it.

Take care homeslice, tell Ramon and the girls I say hi.

Pep :-*
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Charlotte on Oct 21st, 2006, 12:10pm
My Dad is American - supposed to be half dutch, 1/8 seminole indian, 1/8 basque immigrant (the kind that came from spain and married everyone and still called themselves basque), and 1/4 scotch.  My Mom is American - supposedly german, english, welsch, & scotch (unknown proportions).

I think that explains why I am close with a penny and where I get my eyes and my crazy hairline.  (maybe I'm a 5th of scotch?)  

My husband is American - half german, and half Irish, Commanche & Appache.

Our kids are an interesting looking lot, all tall.  They love to argue, are musically inclined,  and are very gregarious.

c
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by boonie on Oct 21st, 2006, 1:05pm
my grandmother and grandfather on my fathers side came to america in 1914 so half of me is pure dutch . But on my mothers side I am english and Irish  My earliest Grandparents  came to america in 1630 his name was John Maverickand his wife was Mary Gye Maverick  he was the puritan minister for the colonies there son Samuel Maverick( my uncle) lived in Boston and  is the Maverick that Maverick square is named after Of the first 3000 people who came to america I have 10 sets of Grandparents so that makes me about as american
as you can get. I am an amateur genealogist  in my spare time My clusterheadaches seem to be from the Dutch side my dad had them and so did his brother

See you at Davcon Woobs and Ramon
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by andrewjb on Oct 21st, 2006, 1:24pm
father - irish. mother - english. i grew in india untill i was 12 years old. iam indian/anglo. andrew.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Cathi04 on Oct 21st, 2006, 1:46pm
Irish, English, Scot, German.
My husband is French, German, Dutch and American Indian.....guess that makes the kids.err.....

I am a direct descendant of Sir Walter Scott-
And
a 4th Generation Californian(now Oregonian)..........

My daughter looks like 5th generation beach bunny..........
My son is a surfer dude......

And, Woobie-doo, you doooo look Irish!!!

Any way you slice it, I'm still..........
Cathi
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by brewcrew on Oct 21st, 2006, 3:38pm
Me = Scottish, Irish, German

My first wife = Dutch, German

My second wife = (I don't have a second wife - I just like calling my honey "my first wife." )
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by alchemy on Oct 21st, 2006, 3:55pm
French, Irish, Dutch, American Indian
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Bethany1 on Oct 21st, 2006, 4:38pm
I'm portuguese and my husband is Italian. We call Benjamin (our son) a  porta guinea    ;;D
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Gator on Oct 21st, 2006, 4:45pm
I'm a 100% Heinz 57 American here...

Dad's Side: Choctaw, Irish and Scottish (Grandpa was 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Choctaw...Grandma was Irish and Scottish)

Mom's Side:  English and German (and God knows whatever else)
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Woobie on Oct 21st, 2006, 7:01pm
WOW - I never woulda thought I looked Irish!!!   I always thought Irish were a red headed, fair skinned, freckled lot.

Bethany, that's funny!  [smiley=laugh.gif]

Boonie that's cool!   See you at DavCon too!  :-*

Cathi - you're funny!  5th generation beach bunny!

Is there a website or something that helps you track your geneology?   One that doesn't cost money and is relatively "easy"?     I dont know the first thing about doing it.

Mutts make the best dogs.........   [smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Charlie on Oct 21st, 2006, 7:28pm
Nothing but Swedes and horsethieves so far as we know.

Name used to be Gustafson 150 years ago and was supposedly changed because there were too many with that name in the Swedish Army.

Charlie
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Mosaicwench on Oct 21st, 2006, 8:05pm

on 10/21/06 at 15:38:52, brewcrew wrote:
My first wife = Dutch, German

My second wife = (I don't have a second wife - I just like calling my honey "my first wife." )


Watch it pal or I'll have a second husband!

We are as lily white as white can be - we glow in the dark . . .it's disgusting.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by brewcrew on Oct 21st, 2006, 8:07pm

on 10/21/06 at 19:01:59, Woobie wrote:
Is there a website or something that helps you track your geneology?   One that doesn't cost money and is relatively "easy"? I dont know the first thing about doing it.

I don't know specific URL's, but the Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) have turned geneology into an art form. Google 'em.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by maffumatt on Oct 21st, 2006, 8:19pm
I am 100% American.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Redd715 on Oct 21st, 2006, 8:26pm
Yepp Yepp I'm a mutt pedigree...(we make the best pets) [smiley=laugh.gif]

Bohemian, English, Irish, German, French, Italian.  My ex husband also has American Indian (Chippewa) so Meg and Dyl have that as well.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by brewcrew on Oct 21st, 2006, 8:31pm

on 10/21/06 at 20:05:55, Mosaicwench wrote:
We are as lily white as white can be - we glow in the dark . . .it's disgusting.

One time I laid down on the beach and I nodded off.

I woke up to the sharp pain of a harpoon in my side.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by BB on Oct 21st, 2006, 9:35pm

French and Chinese . I dont make good pet but I make good food   :)

Hubby is English and German, now he is a good pet !  ;)


Annette
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Richr8 on Oct 21st, 2006, 9:50pm
German-Irish
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Oct 21st, 2006, 10:41pm
I am pretty lucky in that descendants of my mother’s family have kept records since around 1700 and have produced a book of the family history.
The Verral’s had held the position of Constable Of Lews a position similar to Mayor between the years 1686 to 1837
My ancestors on my Mothers side came from the Highlands just west of Hailsham in Sussex England.
My great, great, great, Grandparents Charles & Sarah Verral immigrated to Australia in 1849 to take up farming land in the fledgling State of South Australia.
My Mother married an Irishman from somewhere around Cork, where we don’t know but we suspect that he had done a runner from deeds unknown & never talked about it.
My wife is Ukrainian and immigrated to Australia with her parents in 1951.
We have 2 children; my daughter married a Swiss who immigrated to Australia with his parents in 1970.
What will the above make my grand kid’s, they will be Australians just like the rest of us and proud of it.
Oh and if the name Coles doesn’t sound Irish that’s because I changed my name to that of the Foster family I was sent to when my mother died, I was born Barry Thomas Gelligen

Cheers
Barry
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by georgej on Oct 21st, 2006, 11:36pm

on 10/21/06 at 20:07:22, brewcrew wrote:
I don't know specific URL's, but the Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) have turned geneology into an art form. Google 'em.


Try:

http://ancestry.com

....as a place to start out.

Best,

George
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by LeLimey on Oct 22nd, 2006, 4:23am
Barry - Hailsham isn't far from where I used to live in Wadhurst in East Sussex.. small world eh?
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by E-Double on Oct 22nd, 2006, 6:47am
Father's side>
Grandfather (I can only go back 6 generations to original country (1st then>):Spain>Italy>Austria>Daddyo is from Brooklyn ;)
Grandmother: 10+ generations in Israel way before 1948 ;) a city is named after one of my great (x5)grandfathers
Mother's side>
Grandfather: Czechoslovakia>Austria
Grandmother: Hungary> Austria
They escaped Hitler and went to Cyprus then onto Israel where Mom was born.

Now if ya wanna know where I have family........that'll blow your mind.

The Hebe's are all over trhe world ;;D
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by sandie99 on Oct 22nd, 2006, 8:50am
Let's see now... I'm just a Finn. ;)

Actually, my great aunt from mum's side told me once that somewhere way, way back there's some German blood. What comes to dad side... just Finns as far as I can recall. I suppose I'll be taking another look at the Hillu Family book, which has the family's history as far as it was possible to trace it.

Sanna
proud to be a Finn... ;)
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Woobie on Oct 22nd, 2006, 10:25am
Well, I went to Ancestry.com
been there for 2 hours......
already screwed up twice........

LOVE IT [smiley=laugh.gif]

I'm having fun.  I have to call my parents and get dates... but this is NEAT.

I'm never going to get to bed today!  Grrrrrr

thanks.
woobs :-*
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by cateyes on Oct 22nd, 2006, 12:17pm
Half german..
Quarter irish
Quarter Cherokee ..

Whata  mix huh? and redheaded scorpio to boot...Someone save Kenn..lol He just has no idea..lol


[smiley=laugh.gif]

Cateyes
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Charlotte on Oct 22nd, 2006, 1:40pm
cat, I love that german/irish sense of humor in people.  I think it's of my favorite genetic characteristics.  I like it so much, I married someone with it 30 years ago, and I still love him and that sense of humor.  All the kids got it, too.

I had to get an argument/humor tutor during the 2nd year of my marriage, so now I can keep up, sometimes.

Charlotte
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Linda_Howell on Oct 22nd, 2006, 1:49pm


  I'm 100% German on both sides.

My Father immigrated from Leipzig, Germany and I have all the dates and things like that, but I found out that his Grandfather was a "foundling" or orphan. He was born with a huge red birthmark and his parents couldn't stand the thought of having a less than perfect son so they literally left him in a basket in front of a church where he was later adopted.

So much for trying to go back any further for geneology on that side of my family.  :-/
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by georgej on Oct 22nd, 2006, 8:23pm

on 10/22/06 at 10:25:29, Woobie wrote:
Well, I went to Ancestry.com
been there for 2 hours......
already screwed up twice........

LOVE IT [smiley=laugh.gif]

I'm having fun.  I have to call my parents and get dates... but this is NEAT.

I'm never going to get to bed today!  Grrrrrr

thanks.
woobs :-*


Ready for more sleepless nights?

I talked to EJ (the family historian) about this thread, and she suggested you might also want to take a look at:

http://www.cyndislist.com

Enjoy.

Best,

George
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Turts on Oct 22nd, 2006, 8:50pm
Im Australian,

so that makes me 100% CONVICT!!!

;;D
Turts
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by brewcrew on Oct 22nd, 2006, 8:55pm

on 10/22/06 at 20:50:31, Turts wrote:
Im Australian,

so that makes me 100% CONVICT!!!

;;D
Turts

Miscreant.

8)
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Turts on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:00pm

Quote:
Miscreant.

 


lol.

Thats not funny! I had to go and look that up. Criminal or trouble maker would have sufficed.  

[smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by georgej on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:04pm

on 10/22/06 at 21:00:31, Turts wrote:
lol.

Thats not funny! I had to go and look that up. Criminal or trouble maker would have sufficed.  

[smiley=laugh.gif]


Malefactor.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by brewcrew on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:06pm

on 10/22/06 at 21:00:31, Turts wrote:
lol.

Thats not funny! I had to go and look that up. Criminal or trouble maker would have sufficed.  

[smiley=laugh.gif]

Never "go" look something up again. Stay right there and type in:

www.dictionary.com

;;D
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:13pm
Something to think about when researching European names of immigrants.
We are trying to research my wife’s family in the Ukraine, the first thing we found out was that there are some silent letters in their names, for instance Nina’s maiden name has always been spelled as Woewodin in Australia but the Ukraine spelling is Wojewodyn, the j is silent and the y is sounded as i.
English speaking immigration officials in Australia tended to write down the name as it was spoken not as it was written.
This may have also happened in the US & Canada as when we looked for the maiden name of Nina’s mother we found that there were derivatives of the name Terashenko here in Oz, Canada & the US.

We are still searching as a lot of records disappeared during & after the Second World War.

Regards
Barry
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by jimmers on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:32pm
German, Irish, Bohemian and Croation.

So my 2 boys are German, Irish, Bohemian, Croation, Italian, Sicilian and Polish. Yes the tempers flare around here once in a while. ;;D

Jimmutt
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Turts on Oct 22nd, 2006, 9:49pm

Quote:
German, Irish, Bohemian and Croation.

So my 2 boys are German, Irish, Bohemian, Croation, Italian, Sicilian and Polish.


I read this and became hungry.

Aren't these all types of sausage/salami??

wheres my lunch!!

Turts
[smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by lilboo on Oct 22nd, 2006, 10:56pm
Hi,

I'm Greek from my dad and German & Irish from my mom.

Were not sure exactly what Dave is, he's alot of different things, so our kids are mixed mutts. (They turned out very handsome - Good mix) ;;D

Kathy
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Carl_D on Oct 23rd, 2006, 4:07am
Damn.... I'm a mutt and a half. My ethnicity leaves me with questions...

Part German, Irish, Swede, Scot... and 2 parts native american on mom's side (Iriqouix and Cherokee) and 1 part native on dad's (Blackfoot).

Does this mean I want to invade my own space?  ;;D

Also, some will swear I am part gorilla since I have more hair on my back than my head. I just tell them the rogaine slid off my head from sweating, ran down my back and viola! However if I take my shirt off at the zoo I wind up getting tazered and waking up in a cage.  :o

Peace,
Carl
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by deltadarlin on Oct 23rd, 2006, 7:49am
Well hell, on daddy's side, I am English and German (great-grandfather was he first horse and buggy doctor in northern MS) and on mama's side, I am Irish, Dutch and Indian.

Who in the hell knows about PL 259, supposedly his Great-grandfather was a horse thief who fled Mississippi and changed his name.

'darlin

(although I've been told that Morris is Welch).
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Langa on Oct 23rd, 2006, 9:46am
Puerto Rican parents and a French paternal great-grandfather - look just like him too...more feminine of course  ;)...:P

Langa
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by echo on Oct 23rd, 2006, 11:41am
English and Scottish
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by georgej on Oct 23rd, 2006, 11:50am
I guess I don't worry about genealogy too much one way or the other.  I think it's interesting to find out who your ancestors were, as people, and to know something about them.  Biographical information--so that they don't vanish too quickly into the hazy past, as they inevitably will, sooner or later.  

But, after all--after ten generations, you may share zero genetic material with any particular ancestor.  The connections multiply exponentially with each generation into the past.  After fifty or so generations, nearly all of us are connected in some way to one another.  In most cases, probably more recently than that.  At base, we're an interconnected species, and not an agglomeration of discrete genetic lines.

Interesting stuff, though....

Best wishes,

George
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by tpitts77 on Oct 23rd, 2006, 12:00pm
I'm half Italian and half Scotch-Irish, so I'm a lover and a drinker! ;;D
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by JeffB on Oct 23rd, 2006, 12:02pm
Scottish, Irish, Portuguese and a bit of Hawaiian. Must be why I'm so damn good lookin! ;;D
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Mrs Deej on Oct 23rd, 2006, 12:09pm
I stated doing my family tree history, even went out to Salt Lake City to the geneology library.

The first place my surname was found was in the 11th and 12th century in the Netherlands.

Interesting......I also have Irish, German, and French mixed in me.  Does that make me a mutt?  ;)

Steph
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by Melissa on Oct 23rd, 2006, 12:12pm
I'm mostly Russian & German with a smidgeon of French, Norwiegen(sp) & Polish.
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by LadyElaine1 on Oct 23rd, 2006, 1:44pm
American Indian and irish !
Title: Re: What's in ya??
Post by ivanov on Oct 23rd, 2006, 4:53pm
Almost all Carpatho-Russian with perhaps some German mixed in some where.

Peace Dan


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