have you for example been born and raised in,lets say edinburgh with a list of origins from scotland that stems back 200 years? or did your forefathers came from another countries? where from?would be interesting to hear about it like from those of you from the US..and of course from everybody else

I :
grandmother from the father side came from norway (so maybe, bikeubesong, we are related -LOL:D)
grandfather from the father side have been from berlin
with a history rooted only in berlin as far as i know-


grandmother from the mother side is from pommern which is now poland
pommern was part of us since around 1800(?) ?
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Pommern/
after WW2 the germans had to fled since the border of germany-poland was shifted so the german population was expelled
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Pomerania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommern
so she went to berlin
where she met my grandfather with a history rooted berlin ONLY as far as i know- like my other grandfather

so both my mother and father were born and raised in berlin and I lived some time in my life as a child theree and always had a strong connection to he city . i had moved around a lot and never felt really homely anywhere so when things doesnt work out here in hamburg i might return to berlin...but not too soon Im afraid..money money money....

I had always a strong connection to the sea which i cant really explain....
both the "pommersche" village where my grandmother lived was by the sea as well as the norway village was by the sea also


what about you?

eh..hope origins is the correct word-i wasnt sure-mybe forefathers is more fitting

I'm Hungarian, mainly of Hungarian origins, and also of Slovak, Armenian, German, Jewish and Serbian. Typical Easter-European. :rolleyes:

Edit: What have I done? I wanted to reply Sistasheila's thread....

Edit 2: Thanks, Kewpie.:o

I have a Swedish surname but you'd have to go back quite a few generations to find any of my ancestors there. My mum has distant relatives in Russia. :)

I'm half (or a quarter if you want to be fussy) Belarussian, part (eighth?) Welsh, part (looong time back) Scottish, part (eighth or sixteenth, I'm not sure) Channel Island-ish, rest English. My mother lived in Mogalev until she was about 6 or 7, but she doesn't remember much from there.

My family are mainly from south East Scotland but i great granny was french i think and that's why my parents gave me a french first name - i think. I am alos a little Dutch.

My Dad was born in 1925 in Co Wexford in Ireland but came to London for work in the late 40's.

My Mum was born in 1940 in Shepherds Bush in London but was evacuated during the war to Yorkshire where she grew up...she returned to London in the early 50's.

Both my parents have passed away now sadly.

"Irish Blood English Heart"...thats me! ;)

Love Alma xxx

and where do you live?

Guess. :D

Finland

My dads from Finchley and my mum's from Croydon. :D Only Londoners will get why that's funny. My great-grandfather was German Jewish, he came over here before the war. I have a lot of random Scottish and Irish as well, from both sides.

Guess. :D

Finland

i havent guessed that haha...

maybe some of my forefathers waaay back came from scotland..I cant really explain that strong connection towards scotland-i was onyl there once and felt some strange and very strong homely feelings there..maybe in one of my previous life i was....
i must get hypnotized to find that out^
but i guess its more wishful thinking haha

I was born in Tuebrook in Liverpool, where my dad had always lived but my mum lived in Rochdale. My dad's family were irish, my mum's completely mancunian as far as we know on her dad's side, and her mum's parents were polish. And that's as far back as I know, I might have connections elsewhere, but nobody knows who my grandad's dad was...

My own personal place of origin was Blackpool, Lancashire. :guitar: Ooooh yeah.

My own personal place of origin was Blackpool, Lancashire. :guitar: Ooooh yeah.

Blackpool creeps me out a bit. But to be fair I didn't see much of the town outside the piers.

I'm 100% Catalan. I'm also Spanish, but that's in second place :)

I was born in 19th century Canada to rich plantation owners under the name James Howlett. I grew into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Buzzetta", which was the last name of the plantation groundskeeper, Thomas Buzzetta and his son Dog. After discovering how I was different and causing the deaths of many on that snowy evening. I left the colony and lived for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of my Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, I ushered myself into a Canadian military unit. Now calling myself Logan, I then spent some time in Madripoor, developing a "Patch" persona; before settling in Japan, where I married and had a son.
During World War II, I teamed up with Captain America versus HYDRA, and continued a career as a soldier-of-fortune/adventurer later working for the First Canadian Parachute Battalion and the CIA before being recruited for Team X.
As a member of Team X, I was given false memory implants. I continued on the team, until I was able to break free of the mental control and joined the Canadian Defense Ministry. Later I was subsequently kidnapped by Weapon X, where I remained captive and experimented on, until my rescue by the Winter Soldier, after which I returned to the Canadian wilderness where eventually my travels led me to Professor Charles Xavier.

oh you are such a geek:sweet:

I was going to say Krypton:p

What? What are you talking about? :D

Well, my father was born in Glasgow in 1925 and my mother was born in Ireland in 1923. She was from a small fishing village called Portavogie.HER mother was born in Wales ( I almost was named after her which was Blodwyn. Then she went to Ireland. My surname was originally Thompson but I am also part of the Campbell clan; it seems my relations were slaves to them. :( Then somehow it turned into my surname which I really would prefer not to mention here and in 1962 I came along.

I was born in 19th century Canada to rich plantation owners under the name James Howlett. I grew into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Buzzetta", which was the last name of the plantation groundskeeper, Thomas Buzzetta and his son Dog. After discovering how I was different and causing the deaths of many on that snowy evening. I left the colony and lived for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of my Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, I ushered myself into a Canadian military unit. Now calling myself Logan, I then spent some time in Madripoor, developing a "Patch" persona; before settling in Japan, where I married and had a son.
During World War II, I teamed up with Captain America versus HYDRA, and continued a career as a soldier-of-fortune/adventurer later working for the First Canadian Parachute Battalion and the CIA before being recruited for Team X.
As a member of Team X, I was given false memory implants. I continued on the team, until I was able to break free of the mental control and joined the Canadian Defense Ministry. Later I was subsequently kidnapped by Weapon X, where I remained captive and experimented on, until my rescue by the Winter Soldier, after which I returned to the Canadian wilderness where eventually my travels led me to Professor Charles Xavier.

haha i started reading that and i was like "wait thats not right...." and then I was like "oh geeez" *groan* :rolleyes::cool::)

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The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament... My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon... luge lessons... In the spring, we'd make meat helmets... When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds — pretty standard, really. At the age of 12, I received my first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Wilma ritualistically shaved my testicles — there really is nothing like a shorn scrotum — it's breathtaking... I suggest you try it.

My mother was born in 1949 in Munich, Germany. My father in 1960 in the US. She is half german (her mother) /half mongolian (her father). He is Scottish. One of the ancestors on my fathers side was General John Stark who is my great, great, great, etc.....grandfather. He was "famous" for fighting in the revolutionary war. There are over 10 towns named after him in NY state (where I currently am).
My grandmother on mom's side was almost sent to a concentration camp when she helped get jewish people out of germany in the middle of the war.

When a husband and a wife love each other very much, they get in bed together and hug and a kiss in a very special way...

and that's how I came to be! :D

I'm an eighth Irish, the rest English. :)

My mother was born and brought up in the town we still live in now (in North Yorkshire). HER mother was too. Not sure about her father...

My father was born and brought up in a town nearby. His mother, I'm not sure, but I think shes lived in this area all/most of her life. His father was from Stoke.

The Irish comes from earlier generations, on both my mother and fathers sides, but I don't know specific details. :)

i havent guessed that haha...

maybe some of my forefathers waaay back came from scotland..I cant really explain that strong connection towards scotland-i was onyl there once and felt some strange and very strong homely feelings there..maybe in one of my previous life i was....
i must get hypnotized to find that out^
but i guess its more wishful thinking haha

:sweet: I like how you like Scotland so much.

:sweet: I like how you like Scotland so much.
cant help it:sweet:..even though i was freezing myself to death there..what a shit weather that was /january /february,
and i was y fascinated by the edinburgh women wearing kind of" summer clothes" while i had i dont know how much layers on. and was still freezing...*brrrrr*

cant help it:sweet:..even though i was freezing myself to death there..what a shit weather that was /january /ebruary,
and i was y fascinated by the edinburgh women wearing kind of" summer clothes" while i had i dont know how much layers on. and was still freezing...*brrrrr*

Ha ha it isn't always cold but i do remember it was pretty cold at that time. That women wearing summer clothes sounds pretty strange :p.

Ha ha it isn't always cold but i do remember it was pretty cold at that time. That women wearing summer clothes sounds pretty strange :p.
with that i mean not that many layers i.e.- one ...some did wear shirts:eek: etc must be something in their genes haha
you could tell who is a tourist and who lives there...:D

with that i mean not that many layers i.e.- one ...some did wear shirts:eek: etc must be something in their genes haha
you could tell who is a tourist and who lives there...:D

I see people out in short skirts on nights i have jumpers and jakets on and i am still cold :p.


You can always tell the tourists.. they usually are the poeple watching the Mime man outside BHS or with lots of layers :p.

Well, my mother is from Inchicore in Ireland, her mother and Father were both from Co. Cork. My Father is from Dorset, his Mother was English and his Father was Scottish. I was born in England :mad: :o So, suppose that makes me like English, a quarter Irish and some Scottish, maybe :confused: :o

My mother is English, Irish and German.
My father was French Canadian, English and Native American.

My family has been in Washington, DC for ages. Both sides.
My mother's side has roots in the American south as well.

:D

My Mother is mostly English, some Irish (roots in Long Island, NY)
My Father is Dutch and German (roots in Atlanta, GA)

My husband's side is Norweigan and German; our kids are Scandinavian mutts :p

My mom is pretty much crazy hybrid of all of this shit:
http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s332/heyuseless/united_kingdom.gif

And my dad is Norwegian+ whatever his ancestors raped and plundered.
Dad from Albert Lea, Minnesota, Mom from Essex.

This makes me a Viking with a couple islands full of really weird, usually red haired relatives.

My mom is pretty much crazy hybrid of all of this shit:
http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s332/heyuseless/united_kingdom.gif

And my dad is Norwegian+ whatever his ancestors raped and plundered.
Dad from Albert Lea, Minnesota, Mom from Essex.

This makes me a Viking with a couple islands full of really weird, usually red haired relatives.

That map is wee bit wrong:p

7/16ths Swedish (one of my grandmothers was a first generation Swedish American)
3/8ths German (other grandma was 100% German, second or third generation American)
1/16th French (via Canada, where some of my ancestors were among the first settlers in French Quebec)
1/16th Dutch (no idea where this came from)
1/16th English (whence my surname; first ancestor came over from near Birmingham in 1635 or so)

And my kids are even more mixed, since Mrs. NRitH has Irish, Welsh, German, and other unknown stuff on her side.

That map is wee bit wrong:p

Google did it's best, leave it be :p

Google did it's best, leave it be :p

I'ts anoying me to look at it, i want to put pins in it and put it right... bloodly google.

I'ts anoying me to look at it, i want to put pins in it and put it right... bloodly google.
Now, now, don't get yer panties in a bunch, I'm sure they just screwed it up for.... conveniences sake. Or some shit.

That map is wee bit wrong:p

Liverpool's in like Yorkshire or something :(

Now, now, don't get yer panties in a bunch, I'm sure they just screwed it up for.... conveniences sake. Or some shit.

Convenience yeah that's it :rolleyes:

what is it with you and 'shit' today? :p

It's just coming right off the fingers





wait
thats not right at all

All of you are lucky to know your origins.

During the WWII the island where I'm originally from had been seriously damaged.
Most of the public records were lost.
My parents' belongings were all lost.
My father doesn't tell us anything about his childhood. I have no idea about both sides of my grand parents.
Paternal grand parents died during the war.
Maternal grand father died when my mother was a baby, she lost her mother when she was 17.

Liverpool's in like Yorkshire or something :(

Edinburgh is in Dundee and Glasgow is in Edinburgh:p.

That is not 'shit', but it is the best country in the world:guitar:

*Sniggers* Only when all my homies (brap!) are moved out of it.

Edinburgh is in Dundee and Glasgow is in Edinburgh:p.

That map was definitely compiled by Stevie Wonder :(

All of you are lucky to know your origins.

During the WWII the island where I'm originally from had been seriously damaged.
Most of the public records were lost.
My parents' belongings were all lost.
My father doesn't tell us anything about his childhood. I have no idea about both sides of my grand parents.
Paternal grand parents died during the war.
Maternal grand father died when my mother was a baby, she lost her mother when she was 17.

What drove you to move to England?

I don't know at all. I have absolutely no contact with my biological father's family (or him), but I saw a picture of him once and he was very Hispanic looking, so I infered his family was at least partially Hispanic. Supposedly they were also part French.

That's pretty much it.

I don't know at all. I have absolutely no contact with my biological father's family (or him), but I saw a picture of him once and he was very Hispanic looking, so I infered his family was at least partially Hispanic. Supposedly they were also part French.

That's pretty much it.

Track down the information without having to contact him using online public records.

Track down the information without having to contact him using online public records.

I tried, but his prison record is confidential. :(

I tried, but his prison record is confidential. :(

In Texas?

Here in NY I can access the penal system database and it will list incarcerated periods as well as ethnicity and crimes committed.

In Texas?

Here in NY I can access the penal system database and it will list incarcerated periods as well as ethnicity and crimes committed.

I tried and couldn't get to them. How did you access them--maybe I'm doing it wrong?

I tried and couldn't get to them. How did you access them--maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Be inventive with your requests
http://texasonline.com/portal/tol/en/liv/1/1

Texas Department of Corrections
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/
Check out offender information.

It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi...

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I'm not sure. The details are fuzzy. I was part of a military experiment. They grafted adamantium to my skeleton.

I also have anger management issues.

It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi...

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Let me guess... that was on another one of those "zip-a-dee-doo-dah" days

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I'm not sure. The details are fuzzy. I was part of a military experiment. They grafted adamantium to my skeleton.

I also have anger management issues.

see above... you and I shared a similar origin.

Let me guess... that was on another one of those "zip-a-dee-doo-dah" days

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Don't pick on ol' Uncle Remus. :tears: Life was sho' tough down in the briar patch.

As far back as I can trace my family line, they've all been from Mexico.

100% Dutch. :)

see above... you and I shared a similar origin.

Great smartass minds think alike. ;)

Okay. I was just trying to throw everyone off my trail. I was actually thrown into a river as a baby as my mother because of my blue fur, fangs and tail. I was raised in a circus. I can also teleport. Despite my demon-like appearance, I became a priest.

Buzzetta sometimes refers to me as an elf.

Caucasian?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/IE_expansion.png

Great smartass minds think alike. ;)

Okay. I was just trying to throw everyone off my trail. I was actually thrown into a river as a baby as my mother because of my blue fur, fangs and tail. I was raised in a circus. I can also teleport. Despite my demon-like appearance, I became a priest.

Buzzetta sometimes refers to me as an elf.

Wasn't your mother also a shapeshifter?

english and welsh on one side and finnish and irish on the other side.
i am a mutt.:D

Russian with a bit of serbian doing back to my great granparents.

english and welsh on one side and finnish and irish on the other side.
i am a mutt.:D

This should be an interesting combination. :D

and your German.

"me....Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied."


I am. And I'm fuzzy. :D

Wasn't your mother also a shapeshifter?

She is, but she's not a very nice person. We don't talk about her much.

This should be an interesting combination. :D

seriously.:p

i do not know that much about that side,but i have an 18th century bible that has been passed down through the generations.

seriously.:p

i do not know that much about that side,but i have an 18th century bible that has been passed down through the generations.

I love family heirlooms like that. Unfortunately my family doesn't have any. :(
Is it still in good condition?

I love family heirlooms like that. Unfortunately we don't have any. :(
Is it still in good condition?

its in rather good condition,its huge,i think it must be 14 by 12 inches and a good 6 inches thick,the only problem,the red dye on the outside comes off on your hands,i should have it restored,so now if you hold it your hands become all red, very creepy effect.:p

its in rather good condition,its huge,i think it must be 14 by 12 inches and a good 6 inches thick,the only problem,the red dye on the outside comes off on your hands,i should have it restored,so now if you hold it your hands become all red, very creepy effect.:p

Ooh, eerie...
was it from the irish or the finnish side of the family?

Ooh, eerie...
was it from the irish or the finnish side of the family?

the finnish side.

i really should trace that line back as i know next to nothing of it.
i will take a photo of it as some point and show you.

the finnish side.

i really should trace that line back as i know next to nothing of it.
i will take a photo of it as some point and show you.

Thanks :) I'm dying to see what the language is like. Since it's from the 18th century it's probably a hilarious read. It is in Finnish, right? :D (Yes, the linguist in me gets her kicks out of weird things :o)

Thanks :) I'm dying to see what the language is like. Since it's from the 18th century it's probably a hilarious read. It is in Finnish, right? :D (Yes, the linguist in me gets her kicks out of weird things :o)

I am guessing so, as it is certainly not english.:D
i just have to find some gloves or i will have red all over my hands for days and look like i am having a bad bout of stigmata.:rolleyes::p

I am guessing so, as it is certainly not english.:D
i just have to find some gloves or i will have red all over my hands for days and look like i am having a bad bout of stigmata.:rolleyes::p

I suppose it could've been in Latin as well although the bible was translated into Finnish in the 16th century. I just had to check :)

Stigmata, eh? Maybe it's a special bible. ;)

edit: I can't believe I'm discussing 18th century bible translations on a Saturday night. I need a life. :p

i do not know that much about that side,but i have an 18th century bible that has been passed down through the generations.

Oooh. We have one of those too. We plan to have it fixed up soon, but the estimate is $1k. D: It's particularly interesting because there are old tin types of our ancestors and some of them look like us.

I suppose it could've been in Latin as well although the bible was translated into Finnish in the 16th century. I just had to check :)

Stigmata, eh? Maybe it's a special bible. ;)

edit: I can't believe I'm discussing 18th century bible translations on a Saturday night. I need a life. :p

haha,what does that say about me?!:p
oh wait i do not have a life.:rolleyes:

well i took latin,so i know latin when i see it.:p

haha,what does that say about me?!:p
oh wait i do not have a life.:rolleyes:

well i took latin,so i know latin when i see it.:p

I never took Latin and I regret that now. All the Latin I know I've learnt from Asterix. ;)

I never took Latin and I regret that now. All the Latin I know I've learnt from Asterix. ;)

Life of Brian may be instructive too:

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english and welsh on one side and finnish and irish on the other side.
i am a mutt.:D

I'm also a mutt :D High five for the mutts

I never took Latin and I regret that now. All the Latin I know I've learnt from Asterix. ;)

well i think it is not latin,but it has been a while but i do not see any of the declensions i still remember.
could be a long lived family lie and you will tell me that it is not even finnish.:p
i too ka few quick crappy pictures, gimme a few minutes to upload them:)
I'm also a mutt :D High five for the mutts

it makes life interesting.
and a good excuse for when i claim moodiness,i am at war with myself!:p

it makes life interesting.
and a good excuse for when i claim moodiness,i am at war with myself!:p

yeah, muttishnesss is the spice of life :D

ahh good one! an inner mutt war, now I have an excuse! ;)

I'm also a mutt :D High five for the mutts

So am I.

I found out today that Belarus is the 29th most corrupt country (out of 180) in the world. :D Not good.

So am I.

I found out today that Belarus is the 29th most corrupt country (out of 180) in the world. :D Not good.

So, a corrupt muttishness then? :p(sorry, It feels really bad to call someone a mutt :o, we should turn it into an honour :D)
I think my family tree was probably corrupt too

the bible:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible3.jpg

and after just holding it for a few minutes,this how much red dye comes off.:mad:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/biblehand.jpg

So, a corrupt muttishness then? :p(sorry, It feels really bad to call someone a mutt :o, we should turn it into an honour :D)
I think my family tree was probably corrupt too

Only half corrupt. :p And only an eighth sheep-lover! :D

the bible:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible3.jpg

and after just holding it for a few minutes,this how much red dye comes off.:mad:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/biblehand.jpg

Aw, man! That's one beautiful book! And it is Finnish, you haven't been lied to. ;)

I was born in a stable.

Aw, man! That's one beautiful book! And it is Finnish, you haven't been lied to. ;)

yeah i would love to have it restored.
i also have some letters, though only form the beginning of the 1900's but they are are also I assume finnish,i may have to try and see if i can have them scanned,i would love to see what they are about.

Only half corrupt. :p And only an eighth sheep-lover! :D

You're on your own with the sheep lover part I'm afraid! :p

I was born in a stable.

How are the wise men? I've not spoken to them in a while :(

yeah i would love to have it restored.
i also have some letters, though only form the beginning of the 1900's but they are are also I assume finnish,i may have to try and see if i can have them scanned,i would love to see what they are about.

Have it restored if you can afford it. It's beautiful. I love books, especially old ones.
And if you need someone to translate the letters for you I'd be more than happy to oblige. :)

How are the wise men? I've not spoken to them in a while :(

I don't know, but if you see them first, tell them this Muhr is shit.

I don't know, but if you see them first, tell them this Muhr is shit.

Oh, I will, hopefully when I see them (prob in the camel races on Tuesday) they'll give me some Frankincense. The last time they give me Muhr it was okay, maybe you got a shitty batch.

Have it restored if you can afford it. It's beautiful. I love books, especially old ones.
And if you need someone to translate the letters for you I'd be more than happy to oblige. :)

that would be very nice of you,i will hopefully have them scanned,i fear doing them hear as a computer scanner will just abuse such old paper.

i love old books,my dream is to one day own a copy of the first pressing of "This Side Of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald,but its so expensive!

that would be very nice of you,i will hopefully have them scanned,i fear doing them hear as a computer scanner will just abuse such old paper.

i love old books,my dream is to one day own a copy of the first pressing of "This Side Of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald,but its so expensive!

I love that book although not as much as I love The Great Gatsby. I hope you'll manage to get the 1st edition one day.

I love that book although not as much as I love The Great Gatsby. I hope you'll manage to get the 1st edition one day.

i only need about 90,000 dollars.:eek::p

i only need about 90,000 dollars.:eek::p

That's a lot of money for a book, even if it is Fitzgerald. :eek:
Would you be willing to spend that much on one book provided you actually had the money?

My roots are in Ireland - in Castlebar, Co.Mayo, and Waterville, Co.Kerry, three generations ago.

Peter

That's a lot of money for a book, even if it is Fitzgerald. :eek:
Would you be willing to spend that much on one book provided you actually had the money?

if i was a millionaire? yes.:eek::o

The furthest back I know are my great-great-grandparents. All of which came from Manchester and this is where the family stayed, until work meant my parents moved to Stockport and this is where I find myself now.

mostly German

i only need about 90,000 dollars.:eek::p

For $90,000 pick up Action Comics #1 the first Superman.
You never know what and where you will find stuff. Guy around the block was cleaning everything out and had a garage sale. I stopped the car as I saw a box of comics and knew that at one point he had kids that were older than I. I found a few issues for $1 each that were worth some bank but I saw laying out there a first edition copy of Hemmingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. I also picked that up for $1.

For $90,000 pick up Action Comics #1 the first Superman.
You never know what and where you will find stuff. Guy around the block was cleaning everything out and had a garage sale. I stopped the car as I saw a box of comics and knew that at one point he had kids that were older than I. I found a few issues for $1 each that were worth some bank but I saw laying out there a first edition copy of Hemmingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. I also picked that up for $1.

this is actually true, i have a second edition treasure island (my favorite book as a kid) at a yard sale,it was in a large trunk they were selling,i paid 3 bucks,it is in perfect condition.

I love that book although not as much as I love The Great Gatsby. I hope you'll manage to get the 1st edition one day.

This guy is offering a first edition for $5000
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?S=R&bid=9331391622&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-anonisbn-_-na

This guy is offering a first edition for $5000
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?S=R&bid=9331391622&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-anonisbn-_-na

what!!!!

this cant be true!
they are always soooo much more.

i must contact him,i could afford that.

I'm the bastard son of 100 maniacs.

I'm the bastard son of 100 maniacs.

if it was 10,000 maniacs,i would think you were cool.

I am German, English, and Native American.

and to Terence, I am Native American, Amish, and of Jewish ancestry. :p

what!!!!

this cant be true!
they are always soooo much more.

i must contact him,i could afford that.

Some things we have to have. I spent an arm and a leg but I made sure I eventually added an original Amazing Fantasy 15 into my hands. (1st Spiderman.) Some things are worth the money.

I am German, English, and Native American.

and to Terence, I am Native American, Amish, and of Jewish ancestry. :p

you are native american,amish ,jewish and AWESOME to me.:)

why are you not on aim? :mad:

Some things we have to have. I spent an arm and a leg but I made sure I eventually added an original Amazing Fantasy 15 into my hands. (1st Spiderman.) Some things are worth the money.

well it is my favorite book of all time, and i read it at least twice a year,so it has always been a dream, if was a millionaire,i would have every edition of it ever printed.

as for comics,i was never a fan ,other than dick tracy, which i have some of them,mainly though just original chicago tribune editions that they were printed in.

if it was 10,000 maniacs,i would think you were cool.

was it 10,000? I forget. That was one of my favorite lines, too. :mad: :p

well it is my favorite book of all time, and i read it at least twice a year,so it has always been a dream, if was a millionaire,i would have every edition of it ever printed.

as for comics,i was never a fan ,other than dick tracy, which i have some of them,mainly though just original chicago tribune editions that they were printed in.

I say grab it then.

All of you are lucky to know your origins.

During the WWII the island where I'm originally from had been seriously damaged.
Most of the public records were lost.
My parents' belongings were all lost.
My father doesn't tell us anything about his childhood. I have no idea about both sides of my grand parents.
Paternal grand parents died during the war.
Maternal grand father died when my mother was a baby, she lost her mother when she was 17.

I don't know what island you're from, but it's entirely possible that your ancestors were cannibals during WW2. Whatever the case, perhaps it's for the best you don't know much about your family's past, as you might not like what you'd find.

the bible:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible1.jpg


wow, it's beautiful. My family doesn't have any of those hereditary things because everybody moved to much. :(

I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and I lived there until I was 9 and then I moved to Argentina and lived there until I was 16 and now I've been in Canada for 2 years.
My dad was born in Colombia because my grandfather had a job that made him move very often so he was born there but lived most of his life in Brazil. My father's father was Swiss and his family comes from Poland and France. My father's mother is Argentinian and her family comes from several parts of Latin America and there are a few brits as well.
On my mother's side it's more homogeneous :P. My mother is Brazilian and her family is from the same country and Portugal.

I have an identity crisis. :rolleyes:

wow, it's beautiful. My family doesn't have any of those hereditary things because everybody moved to much. :(

I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and I lived there until I was 9 and then I moved to Argentina and lived there until I was 16 and now I've been in Canada for 2 years.
My dad was born in Colombia because my grandfather had a job that made him move very often so he was born there but lived most of his life in Brazil. My father's father was Swiss and his family comes from Poland and France. My father's mother is Argentinian and her family comes from several parts of Latin America and there are a few brits as well.
On my mother's side it's more homogeneous :P. My mother is Brazilian and her family is from the same country and Portugal.

I have an identity crisis. :rolleyes:

Wow, you've lived all over the place. How's Canada compared to South America?

Deutschland

My dad was born in Colombia because my grandfather had a job that made him move very often so he was born there but lived most of his life in Brazil.

That's strange, because that is sort of what happened with my mother and her father. Although they lived in Belarus for a long time, my mother was born in Bahrain because of my grandfather's job. They lived in England for a little while before my mother was born, and they returned to England when she was about 6 or 7.

My grandfather is Belarussian, but my grandmother's family all come from the Channel Islands. That's why I wasn't sure whether to say if I was half or quarter Belarussian.

I've lived in Ireland for all my life, but am distantly related to the Kennedys, on my father's side.
That's the only interesting bit, I think. :(

Sicilian and Irish. possibly a few other things, but I really don't know. I was raised by my grandparents and my grandfather is Sicilian so I've always just kinda solely identified with my Italian side, as I don't really know the Irish part of my family very well. and my last name is Italian. I look more Irish though as I am the palest person I know! :o

Sicilian and Irish. possibly a few other things, but I really don't know. I was raised by my grandparents and my grandfather is Sicilian so I've always just kinda solely identified with my Italian side, as I don't really know the Irish part of my family very well. and my last name is Italian. I look more Irish though as I am the palest person I know! :o

Mysterious it is, when I ask my grandmother and she says that we are not allowed to talk about where a certain relative comes from.

No I suspect it may be for other reasons.

Wow, you've lived all over the place. How's Canada compared to South America?

Better. :D

That's strange, because that is sort of what happened with my mother and her father. Although they lived in Belarus for a long time, my mother was born in Bahrain because of my grandfather's job. They lived in England for a little while before my mother was born, and they returned to England when she was about 6 or 7.

My grandfather is Belarussian, but my grandmother's family all come from the Channel Islands. That's why I wasn't sure whether to say if I was half or quarter Belarussian.

The meaning of nationality is confusing to me I don't really know if it's just the country you were born or the one you were raised so when people ask me "where are you from?" it's hard to answer the last country i lived in or the one I was born.

The meaning of nationality is confusing to me I don't really know if it's just the country you were born or the one you were raised so when people ask me "where are you from?" it's hard to answer the last country i lived in or the one I was born.

Well, she's definitely naturalised British, so really I suppose I'm only a quarter Belarussian. :p

I'm Glasgae through and through apart from the Italian influence, maybe a bit Irish too, part of the family, far back, was called Mullen, and has notoriously awful noses, dubbed 'The Mullen nose', fortunately, I don't have a 'Mullen Nose' but I've heard it said that the Mullens looked like Irish navvies.

i have no clue about my fathers side (and probably never will) but so far on my mothers side i have found irish (my grandmothers side) and welsh (my grandfathers side). i really want to trace my family back as far as possible but many essential documents have been lost so it's proving hard to do it :(

Great thread!

Mother's side:

Mom's Mom was Welsh-moved to the US after the war, RIP
Mom's Dad was Italian-moved to the US after the war, RIP


Dad's side:

Dad's Dad was German & Scandinavian, RIP
Dad's Mom is Icelandic-moved to the US after the war, I visited her area in Iceland twice, 2006 & 2007

That's it...

I was born in Southampton and right now I live in Northern Ireland (I miss England so much, though). My father was born in the Republic of Ireland and comes from an enormous family; a long line of Irish Catholics, normally farmers. My mother was born in Liverpool, as were her parents as far as I know...her grandmother, my great grandmother, was one of the...oh, what's the name...I'll ask, I can't remember. It began with B, and it was a rich Belfast family who owned a number of factories, but she 'married beneath her' and I think she was disowned. Other than that, I don't know.

Oh, and my dad says there's a tiny, tiny chance we might be distant relatives of William Rowan Hamilton, the Irish mathematican; he does a lot of research about the family history, but apparently it's really hard to research Irish family history because of different records; in Irish records the names are spelt the Gaelic way, while in English or Northern irish records they tend to be spelt the English way, or misspelt entirely, so it's hard to tell whether someone really is your ancestor or what.

Better. :D



The meaning of nationality is confusing to me I don't really know if it's just the country you were born or the one you were raised so when people ask me "where are you from?" it's hard to answer the last country i lived in or the one I was born.

I was born in Croatia, but I've lived in Italy most of my life. However I've never seen myself as Italian and I think I'll never.

This thread is very nice, very. What I love about the US is that it's the country with the most (?) mixed population.

Interesting topic. I'm half English and Half Persian (Iranian), well I wonder... Am I the only Morrissey/Smiths fan of this mix? :)

English. That's it.

My dad is Polish
My mom is English, Irish, German, French, Welsh, & Scottish
I'm the first generation born in this country from my dad's side

My mother is a mix of Italian and Mexican…. Her family is from Texas and New Mexico… Her father was Italian and her mother was Mexican (she grew up in Texas). My father is a mix of German and Mexican. My Great Grandfather moved to New Mexico, before my grandmother was born, from Germany. My grandfather’s family is from Mexico. He grew up in New Mexico and then moved to California after he married my grandmother…

I grew up never having any ties to either race… My parents did not want my siblings and me to have an accent so we were not allowed to speak Spanish…. The Spanish I have learned comes from watching “Dora the Explorer” with my 3 year old…I have always felt a little lost when it came to where my family came from…

i do not know that much about that side,but i have an 18th century bible that has been passed down through the generations.
the finnish side.i really should trace that line back as i know next to nothing of it.i will take a photo of it as some point and show you.
the bible:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible2.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/bible3.jpg
and after just holding it for a few minutes,this how much red dye comes off.:mad:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/oyeterence/biblehand.jpg
yeah i would love to have it restored.
i also have some letters, though only form the beginning of the 1900's but they are are also I assume finnish,i may have to try and see if i can have them scanned,i would love to see what they are about.
Thanks :) I'm dying to see what the language is like. Since it's from the 18th century it's probably a hilarious read. It is in Finnish, right?(Yes, the linguist in me gets her kicks out of weird things :o)
Have it restored if you can afford it. It's beautiful. I love books, especially old ones.
And if you need someone to translate the letters for you I'd be more than happy to oblige. :)
this sounds indeed intersting..would you scan the letters?

I was born in Grantham(Isaac Newton, Margaret Thatcher country), where my mother lived for the majority of her life. However, I was raised in Peterborough, and my family moved back to Lincolnshire when I was eight or nine. We then moved closer to Lincoln and I am very much a rural boy.

My mother's side are predominantly from Newark, my father's from Nottingham (Hucknall, Byron country). However, my surname being Cheetham, I have roots in Manchester and Irish blood - my family were Irish immigrants.

However, there are elements of French-Canadian somewhere down the line, alot of my family live in Canada - we hope to visit next year.

^Oye, that bible is fantastic! And Scarlet, I wish I had more photos from the past. I have a few. Of couse no one is identified!

My mom's paternal family is kinda interesting. (Read only if you're bored - this is part of my cousin's research, as well as some of my own)

They can be traced back to a guy named Paul in Nevers, France in the early 1600s. He was a master carpenter recruited, along with 118 other tradesmen, to help build the colony of Montreal, Canada. They spent 3 months at sea -- their first ship became leaky and they had to return to France, their second ship became infested with illness and 8 men died in the crossing. They arrived in 1653. The new recruits were given land and the money to til it in order to entice them to stay. In 1658 Paul married a lady from Gonest, France. By 1667 a census says they moved from the island of Montreal to the small village of Longueuil where they owned 12 arpents of land and had 11 kids. Some of the following generations went on to become photographers with a large studio.

In 1701 Paul's 10th child Francois arrived in Detroit with Cadillac. Cadillac left Montreal July 4, 1701 with 25 canoes filled with supplies, 50 soldiers and 50 settlers. Within a month they constructed Fort Detroit. However, in 1703 Francois was accused of illegal trading with the natives and was apparently sent back to Canada. The scoundel :rolleyes:

Paul's Great-Great-Grandson Etienne emigrated to Detroit and stayed there. He married a widow in Detroit in 1760 and they had 2 kids. Their eldest boy Joseph had 11 kids, whose eldest son (also Joseph) was killed "by savages" (document terminology) on June 7, 1814 near the village of the Patowatomies on the Clinton River. He was buried at St. Anne's by Gabriel Richard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Richard) (later a co-founder of the University of Michigan).

Later generations set up "ribbon" farms stemming from the Detroit River. No they didn't grow ribbons, that's some sort of land terminology. I'm told much of the land bordered what is now Grand Boulevard and 8 Mile.

The 9th decendent of Paul was my Great-Grandfather Stephen who was born on a farm south of the city in 1882. He became a conductor for Detroit Urban Railways and later a streetcar driver downtown. In 1908 he married Magdalena from Wormberg, West Prussia. They had 8 kids, including my Grandpa, born in 1919. My Grandpa was born in a house in Detroit occupying the last land still in the family name. By then it had all been divided and sold off in chunks. There is still a large road in Detroit named after them, because it once bordered some of their farms. Now its all blight and abandoned storefronts, until you hit the northern suburbs.

My Grandpa spent his summers working on his uncle's farm. This experience led to him being picked for Henry Ford's Camp Legion, where boys were taught a trade. He was part of the soybean project, where Ford planted acres of soybeans for experimental use on the land that is now World Headquarters in Dearborn. My Grandpa later joined Ford Motor Co and became a clock repairman / timekeeper at the World Headquarters building where I would one day work for a while, years after he died.

Here he is (far right) at a Camp Legion ceremony with Henry Ford. My (quiffy!) Grandpa was short, so Henry Ford was pretty darn tiny!

http://a928.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_fedeeeb294905f4a9a5261b6c0f8464f.jpg

So besides French and German from that ^ Grandpa's side, I'm Polish from his wife's side.
My dad's family is Hungarian and Polish.

And my husband is a mix of Irish/English/Scottish.

My dad is some white guy from near Dallas and my Mother is Spanish. Ole!

i am responding to the 1st post:

'my origins'

my mother is from Scotland with a Catholic mother and a Protestant father
(i guess that was a real big deal when her parents married in the early 1930s)
they brought mom to the States in the 1960s when she was a teen

my father was born in the USA to a German Catholic immigrant who married an Protestant American woman of Scots-Irish ancestry, i use to think she was from Ireland but it turns out my father's mother family came here before the revolution, as in the American Revolution :eek:

100% Irish. My Father, My Mother, Grandparents....everyone, all from the Republic of Ireland. I do recall though my great great Grandfather was American. I also have many cousins who are American. :D

All Irish Catholic!

Pretty damn Polish. :p My parents moved over to where we live now in southeast England from Wrocław in 1985, a few months after they married. There are other bits and pieces in there - German is highly likely, because my grandmother had a German maiden name, and Czech/Slovak as well. My poor son, he's all that plus Romanian, English, Irish, Scottish and whatever else is knocking about from his dad's side. :D

I'm a mongrel :p.
My mum was the first kid on that side of the family born in New Zealand, to English parents (nana and pop, who're from Devon - pop by way of Wales). So on that side I'm English and Welsh and according to nana a bit of Spanish, which is as of yet unproven (she says from the Spanish Armada lol).
On dad's side there's English and Scottish, and a part of the family we don't know about, noone knows who nana's dad was, and if they do they don't say.

My parents are both from Mozambique. My mother's father came from Portugal and my mother's mother came from Angola... From my father's side, I can only tell that much went on with English and Dutch sailors and that should enough. My father's mother is black, though not too dark, and her mother was dark... and still my father is a really white, freckled redhead and I have weird coloured eyes... Go figure! But thanks grandma! Or your mother...

100% Irish. My Father, My Mother, Grandparents....everyone, all from the Republic of Ireland.

All Irish Catholic!

Same here. ;) A few American cousins, and that's about as exotic as it gets...

Scotch, Swedish, Jewish, Irish.

Irish blood, English name :thumb:

Mother is from Republic of Ireland although her and her brothers and sisters spent majority of their lives in Lancashire and father is from Lancashire.

My dad is some white guy from near Dallas and my Mother is Spanish. Ole!

LMAO DALLAS

I'm English

My roots are mostly Finnish and Swedish, with a hint of Belarussian (edit: or Polish) and German, too.

I am the 18th pale descendant of some old queen or other...true story.

My roots are mostly Finnish and Swedish, with a hint of Belarussian, Russian and German, too.

Another Belarussian on the forums. :thumb: I thought I was the only one.

Another Belarussian on the forums. :thumb: I thought I was the only one.

They say my family name was invented when a Belarussian (OR could've been also Polish though) soldier, who apparently fought for Russian army, was wounded by this river in Finland in the 1700's. A Finnish priest's daughter healed him and they fell in love and bla bla bla so they are my ancestors. The river is mentioned in pope's documents because they believed it was evil for it suddenly chanced its flowing direction or something. I guess that Belarussian (OR Polish, they don't know for sure) was so keen on this river that my family is named after this river.
So we don't know, maybe you still are the only Belarussian in here....?
What's your story then?

They say my family name was invented when a Belarussian (OR could've been also Polish though) soldier, who apparently fought for Russian army, was wounded by this river in Finland in the 1700's. A Finnish priest's daughter healed him and they fell in love and bla bla bla so they are my ancestors. The river is mentioned in pope's documents because they believed it was evil for it suddenly chanced its flowing direction or something. I guess that Belarussian (OR Polish, they don't know for sure) was so keen on this river that my family is named after this river.
So we don't know, maybe you still are the only Belarussian in here....?
What's your story then?

It's a few pages back... My grandfather is Belarussian and my mother lived there until the age of six. He anglicised his accent and name - well, actually, he chose a completely different name that was much more English - and he doesn't often talk about Belarus. It's sad, because if my mother hadn't told me that she'd lived in Mahilyow, I wouldn't even know I was part Belarussian.

It's a few pages back... My grandfather is Belarussian and my mother lived there until the age of six. He anglicised his accent and name - well, actually, he chose a completely different name that was much more English - and he doesn't often talk about Belarus. It's sad, because if my mother hadn't told me that she'd lived in Mahilyow, I wouldn't even know I was part Belarussian.

I'd say you're still the only true Belarussian in here. My Belarussian roots are sooooo ancient and faded comparing to yours :o
Why doesn't he talk so much about Belarus? Did something happen in there? Maybe it was the best way to start a new life, not remembering the old one.. ?

I'd say you're still the only true Belarussian in here. My Belarussian roots are sooooo ancient and faded comparing to yours :o
Why doesn't he talk so much about Belarus? Did something happen in there? Maybe it was the best way to start a new life, not remembering the old one.. ?

:( Don't leave me! I feel so alone now! *sobs* :p

I dunno. I've never asked him. It's always seemed rude to ask. I'm guessing that he has his reasons not to talk about it - it was the U.S.S.R. at the time, after all. When he does talk about it, it tends to be to my mother and about what she remembers of living there. He lived in lots of places - Bahrain, Czechoslovakia, Canada, to name a few others.

Quite very Polish. Both my parents are Poles, as are their parents. There could be some Jewish/German/Eastern European further back but we don't know.

:) Where in Poland are your folks from? Mine are from Wrocław. That used to be in Germany, so German is in there too.

Same here. ;) A few American cousins, and that's about as exotic as it gets...


cool :thumb:

Spaniard

My mother's side are completely Mancunian (around Moston and those parts) from as far as my Grandma can date and my father's very much Lancastrian (Leyland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire)) with Welsh roots. My dad's side is extremely close knit, bordering on incestious. :o Really.

. My dad's side is extremely close knit, bordering on incestious. :o Really.

:lbf:

I don't really know but I have epicanthic folds which annoy me no end. My Grandad (on paternal side) was from Tiger Bay so who knows?! Mother was from Irish stock :thumb:

Scunthorpe... for some reason.

thank god I never lived there.

:) Where in Poland are your folks from? Mine are from Wrocław. That used to be in Germany, so German is in there too.

Mine hail from Wrocław too. :)

LMAO DALLAS

I'm English
What's so funny about Dallas?

Funny, I always thought you were from Transylvania. Oh silly me.

What's so funny about Dallas?

Funny, I always thought you were from Transylvania. Oh silly me.

hahahahahaha Dallas so funny. I said you were a redneck

I haven't a clue..

:lbf:

A cousin of my grandma married another cousin. They didn't have children thankfully but it's still ... perculiar. :blushing:

Mine hail from Wrocław too. :)

That's weird. :lbf: Go Wrocław! :thumb:

hahahahahaha Dallas so funny. I said you were a redneck
Ummmm... :crazy:

Ummmm... :crazy:

focus on my awesome origins for a change!... and then lets dance to the sound of congas, shall we?

The furthest way back I know are Great-Grandparents and they all came from Manchester and everybody since has too. Only now we have strayed a massive 5 miles or so to Stockport

focus on my awesome origins for a change!... and then lets dance to the sound of congas, shall we?
I am all for that. I'll bring the salsa.

Bump. I remembered this rather fun website the other day - fun in the way that it's something to play with when bored. I don't know whether similar sites exist for other countries, but this one tells you the concentration of people with your surname in the UK:

http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

It also gives you little statistics about your name in other countries, like how common it is in the U.S. relative to the U.K. and the ethnicity of your name in the U.K. It has told me that I've probably originally come from Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales and Brummieland. :p

British. Mainly English, but with a fair amount of Welsh, too.

I like to think I paid a fair tribute to this by spending a pretty large amount of time over the past academic year on the Cardiff street on which my Nan was born :)

On my mother side, my grand parents were polish. On my father side, we come from the center of France (Berry) for centuries.

British through and through (I think). One side of my family is from Norfolk, and the other side hail from the Birmingham area. I have a little bit of Welsh in me too. :)

I've been told I'm related to Benjamin Rush who signed the Declaration of Independence which most likely means I'm of English origins, but pissy exploratory Englishmen who didn't care for England for some reason and decided to move to America. :)

British through and through (I think). One side of my family is from Norfolk, and the other side hail from the Birmingham area. I have a little bit of Welsh in me too. :)

Have you got the Norfolk accent though?.It's dire I'm sorry to say.I hope I still have more of an Essex accent in me than Norfolk.

I am half viking, half german-french-jewish. Apparently. If anyone's interested. :guitar:

Have you got the Norfolk accent though?.It's dire I'm sorry to say.I hope I still have more of an Essex accent in me than Norfolk.

No, I just have...well, no accent at all really, just sort of neutral . :D I have to say the Norfolk accent is one of the only regional accents in the country that I find difficult and slightly grating to listen to. None of my family have it, at least not strongly, which is fortunate.

Irish blood, English heart...

Most of my ancestors were Scottish, then Irish, then German and enough English to give me my last name.

American for many generations. Prior to that, I'm a mix of Irish/English/Welsh/Scottish/German.

Bump. I remembered this rather fun website the other day - fun in the way that it's something to play with when bored. I don't know whether similar sites exist for other countries, but this one tells you the concentration of people with your surname in the UK:

http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

It also gives you little statistics about your name in other countries, like how common it is in the U.S. relative to the U.K. and the ethnicity of your name in the U.K. It has told me that I've probably originally come from Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales and Brummieland. :p

When I set it to 1998, I don't get anything because apparently there aren't 100 people in the UK with my surname, so it doesn't get included...
For the other year, the greatest concentration is in East/East Central London. Which is nearly where I live now. :)

Mancunian Irish. Father Irish, Mother Mancunian. Born on St Stephens day in Manchester, in a Maternity Hospital they have since pulled down. Parents had three possible male names for me - Michael, Patrick and Martin, but opted for the saints name. I've never asked what the female names they had planned? No Blue Plaque.

I'm mostly Italian and Polish (great grandparents came off the boat in the early 1900's from both countries) but I have a tad Irish in me and Native American in me from my father (who I never met.)

Interesting fact about Depeche609:
My great ( x's 9 ) grandfather is King Jan Sobieski iii of Poland (1629 - 1696)

I don't know when Poland stopped being ruled by royalty but I wish they still were cause I'd be rich, biatch...:lbf:

Nothing interesting, but I know part of my paternal grandmother's family came to America from England in the mid-1800's. My grandfather on that side also told me his grandfather or great-grandfather came over from Ireland sometime in the 1800's. On my mother's side there's English and German stock, how far back, I don't know. There's supposedly a little Cherokee Indian thrown in somewhere on my father's side, but I think many Americans (especially Southerners, it seems) can claim at least a small amount of Native American heritage. So...mainly English, German, and Irish for me.

Irish Eskimo, terrible at tarmacing but the winter months are a doddle. x

single-celled organism adrift on an endless sea

Irish Eskimo, terrible at tarmacing but the winter months are a doddle. x

Ledge.:thumb:

When I set it to 1998, I don't get anything because apparently there aren't 100 people in the UK with my surname, so it doesn't get included...
For the other year, the greatest concentration is in East/East Central London. Which is nearly where I live now. :)

That's weird, you'd expect it to be the other way around unless you have a really awful surname like Mad. :p
No results for one family surname, in either year, nor for different ways of spelling it.

That's weird, you'd expect it to be the other way around unless you have a really awful surname like Mad. :p
No results for one family surname, in either year, nor for different ways of spelling it.

I've never thought it was that bad, aside from being long and always having to spell it to people...but I'm starting to doubt myself! :p

native american, southern division.

Half Scottish (on my father's side)

renton said 'its shite being scottish.......

Iraqi dad, Welsh mum.

My Mum's cousin did some digging and we can trace via Irish maternal surnames that we may have been the bastard children of priests! Meanwhile, my sister has found a woman with our paternal (Scots-Viking) surname who she says looks a lot like me (and who is newly enthralled to have our cut-throats and gallows-apples amongst her heritage.) Meanwhile, my lack of skill with throwing pots (see Celts, Parisi tribe, Holderness) makes me think I'm a genetic survivor of William the Conqueror's Harrowing of the North.

Britons! Did you know that the people to whom we refer as "Ancient Britons" were Andalucean in origin? They were slight, dark-haired, dark-eyed with narrow faces. There are still pockets of typical Andalucian stock in Wales and Ireland....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/eatenbyweasels/journal%20and%20fandom/johnny-marr.jpg

My father's family came to America from England (Scotland before that) in 1701, my mother's from Germany in 1726.

So, here I sit. :)

renton said 'its shite being scottish.......

Renton's shite too.

My dad's side is 100% Czech, came from Bohemia and mom's side is 100% Hungarian.