This is much more applicable for those of us who are American. A little Celt, maybe some Turkish, throw some random Native American in, and you get us crazy Americans.

Well, we traced my surname back to a Scot who fought alongside Robert and Bruce. We couldn't go back any farther than that. So, I claim the Scots (and thus the Celts) as my chosen ancestry, but it's not that simple.

My mothers side is mostly German. In fact, much more pure German than my fathers side is Scotish. In fact, my father's side actually has some Turkish or Romanian (we're not sure which) blood mixed in somehow.

And unfortunately, we don't know if the Scotish family was Jacobite and Covenanter or not. In fact, they didn't come over till just before WWI. And still more saddening, our clan was never famous or powerful. We must have upset the Cambell (Is that the proper spelling?) clan. (The Cambells were the most powerful and populous clan.)

So, is there anyone with Viking ancestry on this site who wishes to come plunder me?

Well, I don't think I'm of Viking ancestry, but who knows. I'm actually almost pure Europian (Mostly German, Romanian) and a little Norwegian. Altough I am told I look Native American. Haha oh genes, they are so complex.
Elisabeth

Ha ha, that would be me. But you can keep your money, just hand over the chocolate.

Well, I'm not sure if my ancestors were actually Vikings, but I'm half Swedish. The other half is Greek.

~ Alaethea

LOL! My ancestry is so checkered it's ridiculous. I'm supposed to be German/English/Russian/Cherokee/French, and maybe some Jewish. (Yes, it's crazy)

That's why I'm glad I can just call myself a proud American.

My mom's maiden name was Fancher, and her great great great great great (lol) uncle was Alexander Fancher, who died along with all but two of his family members in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The two family members were infants and were taken into Mormon families. The Fanchers were originally English, I think. The original name was actually Featherstonehaw.
My Dad's side was of German descent, I believe. Short and stout. Every time I see any of my family, though, they say I have the Fancher genes (tall with long legs lol).

I am a lot of things...

On my dad's side I am very Irish, with a bit of Cherokee (my great great grandmother was a Cherokee) and a tad bit of Louisiana French (my great grandmother). That is my dad's dad. On my dad's mom's side we are just Irish and Cherokee. my dad's dad's side came over to America over 160 years ago, maybe during the potato famine???

On my brithmom's side.... I think my grandfather was English and my grandmother was German (does Odette sound German to you?). I don't know much about her.

My step mom is VERY Norwegian. Her great great grandfather came over from there, he married a Norwegian, and so did most of his children. So yeah, she's tall and built tough. So is my brother. I got the short genes...

And, as Alaethea said... you can keep your money, just give us the chocolate!

I might have Viking in me, but I won't plunder you I'm Danish, French, German (half!), English, Scottish, Irish, and a little bit of Aboriginal, but I'm not sure what kind. And Canadian, of course!

Then your Viking-ness is pardoned on account of your relation with the Celts, the Britons, and those usurping-but-lovable Anglo-Saxons. (I won't even mention the Normans...thieving, plundering, French...)

I am mostly German and Polish. The last bit is a mixture of Native American, Scottish, and a few more I don't know.

I found out that my mother and my father's family lines connect at some time in the 1800's. I don't think they join completely, but I know they have a few common ancestral relatives.

I'm mostly English, Dutch and Irish (that's where I get my red hair ). I also have some Native American and just a touch of African and German.

But, first and foremost I am a proud American .

I'm reminded of a quote about Americans being a new ancestry of their own...but I can't remember it. (I'm American too, but I put state before country...and I don't like to say which state on the internet. ((Not Texas.)))

That's the way it was suppose to be. Unfortunately, state patriotism has gotten pushed to the wayside for the most part , with the few notable exceptions.

The think you've got to watch for is that many northerners (like me) would have been sympathetic to the Southern cause during the Civil War, and so whenever I here someone refer to themselves as a southerner, I feel like they take for granted some of their northern neighbors. (Now, I know you my not even sympathize with the south in the war, but it's what I always think of.)

Well, my ancestry is a little complicated. From my mother's side, I get the Irish genes as well as I believe Cherokee (though I'm not sure on that). All I remember is all the Indian things my grandmother kept in her attic. On my father's side I'm a tad English and have a bit of Indian blood in my from him too. And mixed into all that crazy mess, I'm related to Davy Crockett, Pocahontas, and a Chief White Cloud.

I'm 1/4 Italian and 1/4 Mexican on my mom's side, and half American on my Dad's side. We think he might have Irish roots somewhere in the mix, but lots of Americans do.

As someone who's lived in several northern and southern States, most regional deliniations have more to do current cultural identification than with Civil War shizms. The simple fact is that people in the South live differently people in the North and people in the Midwest live different from Southerners and Southwesterners (if there's even such a word) are unique in their own way and all use these terms as indicators of culture. At least that's my experience.
In Christ,
Jordan

You are correct, I was just noting a personal stigma.

BTW, people in the northwest live different the people in the rest of the north too.

I'm a proud southerner. Beyond that, I really have no idea! My mom was adopted, and she doesn't have any records of anything. I think my dad's ancestors were from somewhere in Great Britain, but I'm really not sure. It would be interesting to find out, though.

Umm, I can't exactly claim any particular state heritage, we move so much (military).

I'm a fourth Irish, a fourth German, a fourth Norwegian, and a quarter French.


Thanks a lot, Neil. Bring your claymore over and lets have it out. (lol)

I'm not that proud of heritage. I'm American, pure and simple.

I've done a little more digging and I discovered the my family is a sept (or branch) of the Clan MacIntyre: So I now know my Tartan pattern and Badge. Now to just trace that Turkish...

Well, both my parents have a lot of different genes, so I will try to remember them all...

I am Irish, Scottish, Russian, Polish, German, Checkoslovakian, English, Sioux Indian and Bigfoot Indian, Welsh... I think there are one or two more, I just can't remember. I think I have the most Irish though, since both my parents are part Irish.

Crazy huh? I'm her twin, so I'll just quote her. :P

Well, I'm a mutt. I only know some of the things I am.

I am part: Checkoslovakian, Irish (My last name is Irish), a little German I think, and Danish.

Two short, but cool, in my opinion, stories. One, my great-grandma Evie (age 92 and still kickin'!) her parents were completely Irish and moved from Ireland to America. (Grandma Evie has been divorced 3 times, so I don't know my great-grandpa there...)

My great-grandma Boughten (who is also alive and well at 87) is completely Danish, through and through. Her parents moved to America and never learned the English language like she and her siblings did. By the way, my great-grandpa Boughten is also still alive at the age of 89.

So yeah, I like hearing their stories.

Well I was never able to trace back my family history very far but I do know I am: part German and part Indian.

I'm part German, part Bohemian (technically the same thing), part Irish, part Scottish, part Dutch, and a little tad of Romanian.

And just for the record, on my Dad's side of the family...we can trace our line back to the Mayflower! Woot! Never mind the fact that my ancestor on the Mayflower, Edward Doty, was an indentured servant and owed money to most of the passengers. He was William Bradford's servant. Incidentally, when land was sighted, he jumped overboard and tried to swim to shore so that he could be the first to touch the New World...they hauled him back some minutes later

There's me...but I am, first and foremost, a Georgian or a North Carolinian. I'm from the South, y'all!

eruheran

Oh my goodness! We could so be related!. My Moms from the great NC, But I was born and raised in WA state.
Ana

You are not at all southern!!! Mom is from Ohio, Dad is from Michigan, we lived in Brasil 10 years, I don't even remember North Carolina, we lived in Georgia only 2 years, I do not consider myself 'from the south'. First and foremost, I'm Brasilian!!!!!

And no, I did not misspell 'Brasil'; that's Portuguese!

Yeah, well, it's hard to decide where I'm from. Generally I tell people I'm from North Carolina/Georgia, since I have no Brazilian blood in me. Plus, Mom and Dad both moved down to the South when they were teens. Anyways, dearest brother...if you'd like to continue this *cough*discussion*cough* by PM I'd be happy to

eruheran

Eh, want to hide it? Why? I'm just saying I don't feel southern.

I am Swedish, Scottish, and British/English. My Mom's Dad's family is Swedish, and her Mom's family is Scottish. I think both of my Dad's parent's families were Scottish. I'm not sure where the British comes in... Considering my last name, Kirkwood, it makes sense that my family is Scottish.

You just need to throw a "Mc" in there, Shawn, and you'll be set! Just kidding. I don't think most places have common last name prefixes, do they? (bunny trail...)

eruheran

You mean like McHenderson? [On a rabbit trail, Shawn (the character) is partly Scottish. So is Jay With-no-last-name-yet, come to think of it. Hmm...]

Yup. Doesn't work so well with either my real last name or pseudonym last name: McJoyce and McWeston....

Jay with no-last-name-yet? That has a nice ring to it...

eruheran

Ha ha!

Well, he's based off of someone else, but their first names are really similar, so they shouldn't have the same last name... Ach, I've got to look up some Scottish names.

I think ancestry plays a lot into people's names. Also, have you noticed that some people tend to have similar personalities as their family members? (My sister is my Dad's Mother, in looks and personality.) And that you tend to talk similarly to your family? (A Southern accent pops up in my voice around certain family members.)

I noticed this when I went to a public middle school in Georgia in eighth grade. Get up in the morning, be talking to my Mom and Dad, walk in the school building, turn on that marvelous accent. (And it's gotten rusty since, because I never use it anymore. )

eruheran

You know, where I live, it's the opposite. In public, people generally speak with the normal (mid-west) speech, but get any of us red-neck hicks alone with our family, and we turn on the hick-speak.

After doing more digging on my past, the clan Macintyre (which isn't my last name, it's my clan) was the second most powerful, and were subservient to the Cambells. This made them English loyalists in all the conflicts. However, we've traced our ancestry to a Scot who fought for William Wallace, choosing to go against his clan. Fascinating.

We've got a lot of southerners where I live. While we don't have any problem with the south, we're more the redneck type ourselves. Except for those Californian immigrants...

Where DO you live, Neil?

eruheran

All I know is that on my father's side, his mother was from an English community in Pennsylvania, and his father was from the Dutch community in a nearby town. (My grandmother's father was opposed to her marrying a Dutchman, at first. ) So, I am one fourth Dutch, and one fourth English. There might be a bit of Viking mixed into the English.
My mother's family was from more in the Midwest, so it is very mixed. German, possibly Irish, a bit of Native American, and other stuff. I would love to trace my ancestry back sometime.

I have a good amount of information on my mother's mother's side. I found a Website that traced them back to someone who married a Stuart, which then went back, and back, and back to Robert the Bruce, kings of England, Charles Martel, King Richard the Lion-Heart (as an uncle or grandfather), and so on, and so forth.

I'm also a distant cousin (or direct descendant, but more than likely just a distant cousin) of William Bedwell, who helped translate the 1611 King James Version. I also believe that I'm the fourth cousin, twice removed, of Jesse James, the outlaw (and, thus, of Frank James, etc.).

So, that's a bit on me. The subject interests me a lot.
God bless,
Crushmaster.

Me too.

My family is all Scottish.

I haven't really been able to do a lot of tracing; but I'm mostly of German ancestry with a tad bit of Welsh.

Hmmm... Interesting. I didn't realize I never posted on here.

Well, I have lots of things sprinkled in the family, but while I'm supposedly Irish, Welsh, and some other things, I only really claim I'm German and Italian. See, my Mom's Grandfather is a full blooded German (General Schwarzkopf's cousin, actually), and her Grandmother was a full blooded Italian from Italy.

I entertained everyone at the convention with some stories about my Grandmother. Italian women are hilarious.

My mom could never say Grandma's last name, as a kid, so she called her "Grandma Koff Koff".

I know I'm full half Dutch on my father's side - my great-grandparents came over from Holland as children (as far as I can remember). On my mother's side, it's fairly certain I'm German, but we really don't know anything for sure. I wish I knew, though, and tracing my lineage back to someone who at the very least was at a famous event, even if they weren't famous, would be cool.

My dad's side are Germans from Russia not very many generations ago. My grandpa is tracing our family tree. I grew up with people in my church and then suddenly found out I was distantly related. I will learn Low German one day soon. It's a goal. That's seemingly unrelated, isn't it? It's just whenever I tink about my ancestry, my lack of knowledge of Low German comes to mind to chide me.
My mum's side are Scottish (MacFarlane, Neil?). I have the coolest second cousin ever on that side. He wore a kilt to grad.