Whats your ethnic background?

Turk February · Post by **Turk February** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:19 pm

Both your mom and dad

Mine is...

Dad German

Mom French

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:23 pm

my dad was Scottish

and my mom is Canadian.

and welcome to the forum!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:13 pm

Human Being.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu May 20, 2010 9:40 pm

My father is Scottish, English, and Native American

My mother is Irish, and German

I'd like to add the fact my family history has not been entirely discovered and could thus be related to some sort of dilapidated walrus appearing free loading creep of a scoundrel.

On the other hand they could possibly be some sort of King and Queen(Probably Dacian or King and Queen of a sort idealizing the virtue of isolationism and a very much outcast Gaulish tribe if I were to venture in guessing) but none the less would be fam!!!!!!!

I've tried to convince as many people as I could possibly manage the suggestion that everyone is related to someone all of the way back to the very first people that existed but have a hard time at that!!!!!!!

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Fri May 21, 2010 12:41 am

what a strange first post

Post by **spot** » Fri May 21, 2010 1:56 am

My father's family originated in the Celtic occupation of Great Britain, during which we drove the Picts off the land and into the hills where they turned furtive and mean and covered themselves in woad.

My mother's family originated in the Saxon occupation of Great Britain, during which we drove the Celts off the land and into the hills where they turned furtive and mean and covered themselves in glory by bragging of the good old days when they taught the Picts a lesson or two, while dabbling experimentally in the woad bucket.

We tend to be argumentative but we all agree that at least we're not Scots.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:15 am

My dad is Czech

My mom is German. Somehow, they got along fine.

That makes me a white, Christian, life NRA card carrying, conservative republican American and by God I'll fight to stay that way.:yh_flag

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:16 am

spot;1311446 wrote: My father's family originated in the Celtic occupation of Great Britain, during which we drove the Picts off the land and into the hills where they turned furtive and mean and covered themselves in woad.

My mother's family originated in the Saxon occupation of Great Britain, during which we drove the Celts off the land and into the hills where they turned furtive and mean and covered themselves in glory by bragging of the good old days when they taught the Picts a lesson or two, while dabbling experimentally in the woad bucket.

We tend to be argumentative but we all agree that at least we're not Scots.

That's because the caledonian picts managed to fend off the romans and fought the saxons to a standstill but were so weakened by warfare that scots from ireland were able to invade and take over. personally I'm celt with probably some viking as well. But everybody is so mixed up anyway who really knows.

posted by K Snyder

I've tried to convince as many people as I could possibly manage the suggestion that everyone is related to someone all of the way back to the very first people that existed but have a hard time at that!!!!!!!

Well if you believe the creation myth we are all related are we not.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri May 21, 2010 5:58 am

I'm having difficulty with this subject. Do you mean racial background, national background, or both?

On the whole, I tend to side with Nomad and his answer.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:09 am

I am truly a mutt. I got told once and there were 1/16ths this or that in there. So I quit listening.

I am every man.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:12 am

I'm mainly cracker with a little peckerwood thrown in.

Damn that didn't come out right...

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:30 am

jedi

Post by **spot** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:34 am

gmc;1311458 wrote: Well if you believe the creation myth we are all related are we not.

You know, somewhere back in the mists of time there was a single weaselly ferret-like creature that fathered every dog and man on the entire planet, and you're definitely descended from it.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:35 pm

beowulf;1311548 wrote: jedi

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat May 22, 2010 2:46 pm

gmc;1311458 wrote: Well if you believe the creation myth we are all related are we not. Actually I can't really say whether I believe in that, but I will admit that it would very eerie in my mind to think that we as humans developed into being practically identical as far as genetics are concerned at the same time being born from a different origin.

I personally see a Giraffe as a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, ugly "human being" among others

panzermk2 · Post by **panzermk2** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:58 pm

Dad German Catholic 1914 to USA.

Mom German/French Jewish 1943 to USA.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:57 pm

Definitions of Ethnic background on the Web:

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or assumed.Smith 1987

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_background

A race or a family's national origin.

www.genzymegenetics.com/hcp/prenatal/re ... s_glos.asp

"Both your mom and dad"

My parents were both born in the United States, therefore American, and are of the Caucasian race.

panzermk2 · Post by **panzermk2** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:39 pm

Funny thing is how Caucasian is missed used these days. If you look up the root words and meanings it get interesting. It has almost nothing to do with how it's misused these days.

You can be Chinese and still be Caucasian.

Post by **spot** » Sun May 23, 2010 6:12 pm

People find it difficult these days to say "white", it sticks in their throat.

As a division of humans into three measurably different groupings, Mongoloid Negroid and Caucasoid are so broad as to have little practical use. I suspect they're valid classifications even so. I expect red-haired fair-haired and dark-haired are as well, or blue-eyed grey-eyed and brown-eyed.