So, yeah. I'm like 1/8th German.

[Dalamard]

well I see what bothers you about that but it is a problem i do not have to face.

but i need to say this

I need to trace my family tree upp to the year 1178 to get out side my country and i can trace it to a man called "Björn ?buna? Grímsson" a Hersir in Norway born in 770.

Resoults: 100% Icelantic

 

[Casual Shinji]

What a coincidence.

I'm 1/8 Jewish.

that,s a religion. you believe for 1/8 in judiism (i spelled that wrong)

Yes, I also believe in 1/8 the Holocaust. (I spelled that right)

 

[Lukirre]

In that case, I'm 1/3 Homo, 1/3 Sapien and 1/3 Latin.

33% homo,
33% sapien,
33% latin.
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100% witty.

 

[rokkolpo]

What a coincidence.

I'm 1/8 Jewish.

that,s a religion. you believe for 1/8 in judiism (i spelled that wrong)

Yes, I also believe in 1/8 the Holocaust. (I spelled that right)

good for you.

 

[JoshGod]

im 1/8 hitler

NEIN

 

[lacktheknack]

Sounds good to me. I'm Canadian, and I gave up on my family tree long ago. Let's just say I'm part <name absolutely any country in Europe. Any country. I dare you>.

 

[Davey Woo]

I don't really care how much of me is a little bit German, I just know that I am (one of my middle names is Reimer)
I do think it's a bit silly when people say stuff like.
"My uncle's best friends pet dogs previous owners cousin twice removed was irish!" though

 

[GreyWolf257]

Well, you can't claim that you are part of a culture you weren't raised in, but to a certain degree, you have to accept where your family came from. When people ask me what I am, I like to say "American."

 

[RyQ_TMC]

I have yet to meet someone who would go on for ages about their genetic/national ancestry... Although I sometimes jokingly remark on being "pure blood Polish from the ancient Piast lineage", since as far as my family can be traced, we're from a town where some of the oldest traces of Polish statehood have been found.

Which, of course, all goes for squat, since people have travelled, migrated, been forcefully relocated and so on, and so forth for ages, so you won't really find any "pure bloods" anywhere...

Usually, what irks me more are people who comment on other people's alleged ancestry and consider it to be a merit or a flaw...

EDIT:

Sounds good to me. I'm Canadian, and I gave up on my family tree long ago. Let's just say I'm part <name absolutely any country in Europe. Any country. I dare you>.

I'll say "part Kosovar". Go on, prove it

 

[ultracheeser]

What a coincidence.

I'm 1/8 Jewish.

Is that a holocaust reference?

 

[LeonLethality]

well my dads parents were both russian so that should make me russian, my moms of irish decent since her father was irish not sure hwat my grandma is though... maybe ukrainian all I know is I have a lot of russian in me but I think of myself as CANADIAN!!!!

 

[lleihsad]

Yeah, someone took offense to me calling the belief that cameras steal your soul "quaint" because they were part American Indian. Ironically, reacting like that struck me as being rather insulting to the demographic they were trying to defend.

Ultimately, culture is going to be something you choose. Even if you don't choose well, or don't follow up on.

 

[skywalkerlion]

My great grandfather was directly from Italy. I don't see how it's illogical to assume I may possibly have a tad bit of Italian in my blood(as in, not a lot at all). Not to say you're wrong, since I see people throwing around stuff like 'I'M 1/20th IRISH, SCOTTISH, BRITISH--' and it goes on and on of people they supposedly are descended from.

 

[b1u3too]

Wow....uh
Being Danish has nothing to do with my drinking.

Really

Or the Rye bread

 

[riskroWe]

My granddad is Ethnically Dutch but he left my grandma when my dad was a little boy so he wasn't raised in the dutch culture and neither was I.
And my grandma is a 3rd generation Aussie, her great grandparents came here from England and Prussia.
Then my mum's parents were both pretty hardcore Greek Orthodox, but she rejected that culture so I wasn't raised greek either.

I was raised as a middle class white Australian, just like everyone else. But that's not very interesting to tell people is it?

 

[Spacelord]

I'm all for reunitig Pangea. We just need to push really hard.

Second post and I'm already posting in an epic thread. I salute you sir.

 

[Skeleon]

Well, I'm Caucasian.
In a melting pot like Middle Europe being any more precise with your heritage is pretty pointless. From what I can tell, I'm German but I heard I might have some Italian in me.
But really, who gives a shit, we're all Africans when we look far enough back in time, anyway.

 

[Casual Shinji]

What a coincidence.

I'm 1/8 Jewish.

Is that a holocaust reference?

You might not believe me when I say this, but I really didn't notice it untill just now.

I was actually refering to us both being 1/8 something or other. The reason it popped into my head when I saw the topic was that my mother has this odd habit of saying that she's 1/4 Jewish when she's at someones birthday. And sometimes I'll be joking around with her saying that I've got 1/8 Jewish blood, but that it's all in my scalp.

I hope I didnt unonsciencely open a can of worms here?

 

[redsoxfantom]

That happens because, unlike Europeans, we in North America have not spent two thousand years staring at their great-great-great-greatx1000 grandparents graves. We all came from a place other than North America, we are not native, and the odds are extremely high most of our family's been here less than four generations.

Agreed. Since almost everyone here in America comes from somewhere else, it provides a useful way to touch base with someone you have just met.

 

[Trivun]

I have two out of four grandparents who are Serbian. My dad's parents, to be precise. He was borjn and raised in England. I was also born and raised in England. So although I acknowledge that I am part Serbian (my name is the most obvious giveaway, Trivun is my real name and is the Serbian for Trevor), I have always considered myself British, and proud to be so. Although that's partly from the fact that we don't get on well with my dad's side of the family (my dad is kind of estranged from his mother and brother, you see).