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

English, Scottish, Irish

But, first a foremost I am a proud American :cool:

Seraph wrote:

But, first and foremost I am a proud American :cool:

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.)))

I know you will hear me say I am a Southerner at least 50 times for every time I call myself an American. In my opinon, saying you are an American is too broad. It is a big country. I like to identify myself with a slightly more specific place/culture. Do you get what I mean?

Lady Shanai-Irisis wrote:

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.)

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.

Neil of Erk wrote:

Lady Shanai-Irisis wrote:

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

(I won't even mention the Normans...thieving, plundering, French...)

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.

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

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

eruheran

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

And that you tend to talk similarly to your family? (A Southern accent pops up in my voice around certain family members.)

Shawn Henderson wrote:

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

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

~ Alaethea

Author:	Neil of Erk [ January 31st, 2010, 12:57 am ]
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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?

Author:	Ana Mimetes [ January 31st, 2010, 5:38 pm ]
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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

Author:	Evening L. Aspen [ January 31st, 2010, 7:19 pm ]
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Neil of Erk wrote: So, is there anyone with Viking ancestry on this site who wishes to come plunder me? 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

Author:	Willow Wenial Mimetes [ February 1st, 2010, 8:34 am ]
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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.

Author:	Lady Eruwaedhiel [ February 1st, 2010, 6:01 pm ]
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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).

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Author:	Lady Shanai-Irisis [ February 2nd, 2010, 10:45 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
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!

Author:	Zoe M. Scrivener [ February 18th, 2010, 11:55 pm ]
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Neil of Erk wrote: So, is there anyone with Viking ancestry on this site who wishes to come plunder me? 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!

Author:	Neil of Erk [ February 19th, 2010, 12:18 am ]
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Raven of the Wood wrote: English, Scottish, Irish 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...)

Author:	The Wolverminion [ February 22nd, 2010, 6:19 pm ]
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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.

Author:	Yehoshua [ February 22nd, 2010, 7:43 pm ]
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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 .

Author:	Neil of Erk [ February 23rd, 2010, 11:56 pm ]
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Seraph wrote: But, first a 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.)))

Author:	Lady Shanai-Irisis [ February 24th, 2010, 8:07 am ]
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I know you will hear me say I am a Southerner at least 50 times for every time I call myself an American. In my opinon, saying you are an American is too broad. It is a big country. I like to identify myself with a slightly more specific place/culture. Do you get what I mean?

Author:	Yehoshua [ February 24th, 2010, 12:04 pm ]
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Neil of Erk wrote: Seraph wrote: 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.

Author:	Neil of Erk [ February 24th, 2010, 9:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
Lady Shanai-Irisis wrote: I know you will hear me say I am a Southerner at least 50 times for every time I call myself an American. In my opinon, saying you are an American is too broad. It is a big country. I like to identify myself with a slightly more specific place/culture. Do you get what I mean? 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.)

Author:	Neil of Erk [ March 6th, 2010, 10:51 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
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...

Author:	Calenmiriel [ June 9th, 2010, 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
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.

Author:	Kiev Shawn [ October 11th, 2010, 7:09 am ]
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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...]

Author:	Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ October 11th, 2010, 7:19 am ]
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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

Author:	Celestria [ February 25th, 2010, 5:26 pm ]
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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.

Author:	Seer of Endor [ February 26th, 2010, 8:49 pm ]
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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. Neil of Erk wrote: Lady Shanai-Irisis wrote: I know you will hear me say I am a Southerner at least 50 times for every time I call myself an American. In my opinon, saying you are an American is too broad. It is a big country. I like to identify myself with a slightly more specific place/culture. Do you get what I mean? 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.) 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

Author:	Neil of Erk [ February 26th, 2010, 10:38 pm ]
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iarbonelseye010 wrote: 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. Neil of Erk wrote: Lady Shanai-Irisis wrote: I know you will hear me say I am a Southerner at least 50 times for every time I call myself an American. In my opinon, saying you are an American is too broad. It is a big country. I like to identify myself with a slightly more specific place/culture. Do you get what I mean? 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.) 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.

Author:	PrincessoftheKing [ February 27th, 2010, 11:43 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
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.

Author:	Ciela Rose [ February 27th, 2010, 7:05 pm ]
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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. Neil of Erk wrote: (I won't even mention the Normans...thieving, plundering, 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.

Author:	Taiven Knight [ June 9th, 2010, 2:29 pm ]
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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.

Author:	Lady Terra [ June 9th, 2010, 2:37 pm ]
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Serena Knight wrote: 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

Author:	Strider [ June 29th, 2010, 11:19 am ]
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Well I was never able to trace back my family history very far but I do know I am: part German and part Indian.

Author:	Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ June 29th, 2010, 11:35 pm ]
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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

Author:	Ana Mimetes [ July 3rd, 2010, 12:45 am ]
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eruheran wrote: I'm part German, part Bohemian (technically the same thing), part Irish, part Scottish, part Dutch, and a little tad of Romanian. 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

Author:	Elanhil [ July 6th, 2010, 3:35 am ]
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eruheran wrote: There's me...but I am, first and foremost, a Georgian or a North Carolinian. I'm from the South, y'all! 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!

Author:	Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ July 6th, 2010, 3:50 am ]
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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 coughdiscussioncough by PM I'd be happy to eruheran

Author:	Elanhil [ July 6th, 2010, 3:59 am ]
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Eh, want to hide it? Why? I'm just saying I don't feel southern.

Author:	Kiev Shawn [ October 11th, 2010, 6:00 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Ancestry
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.

Author:	Kiev Shawn [ October 11th, 2010, 7:28 am ]
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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.)

Author:	Neil of Erk [ October 11th, 2010, 11:20 am ]
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eruheran wrote: Shawn Henderson wrote: 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...

Author:	Aemi [ August 13th, 2011, 4:14 pm ]
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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.

Author:	Crushmaster [ August 13th, 2011, 4:53 pm ]
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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.

Author:	Emmalina C. Mimetes [ August 13th, 2011, 5:24 pm ]
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Evening L. Aspen wrote: Well, I'm not sure if my ancestors were actually Vikings, but I'm half Swedish. The other half is Greek. ~ Alaethea Me too.

Author:	The Bard [ August 13th, 2011, 10:43 pm ]
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My family is all Scottish.