Americans, what is your ethnicity/ancestry? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] PaladinNJ (21784) 4 years ago

I was able to prove that I'm descended from one of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

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[–] chilidoggg (14605) 4 years ago

That's pretty cool if true. There's probably some swank country club in Boston you can get into now.

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[–] nyctc7 (44116) 4 years ago

Supposedly I am, too, I hesitate to state it as fact because it is based on my grandmother's genealogy that she constructed, not done by a professional. It's been ages since I saw it, and it looked convincing enough, but I can't recall what if any documentation she had.

However, not to burst anyone's bubble, but according to this, 35 million people have a Mayflower ancestor, so it's not exactly the world's most exclusive club. I think any elite feeling it may hold is for people who not only have an ancestor but also come from an old distinguished family.

https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/mayflower-descendants/

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[–] PaladinNJ (21784) 4 years ago

There are a lot of descendants out there. It was interesting to find out and be able to show how I did it.

No country club that I know of but I did get to join the Society of Mayflower Descendants.

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[–] Kowalski (79156) 4 years ago

SCOTTISH,SWEDISH,NORWEGIAN,GERMAN WITH A SHOW OF NATIVE AMERICAN.

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[–] trevorh321 (5495) 4 years ago

My ancestors came here from Denmark about a century ago. Some of them fought and died to stop Hitler in WWII. It's only in the past few years I learned my ancestors were also white supremacists simply for being white. I wonder if they knew that when they fought against the ultimate white supremacists. So I have since self identified as half Nigerian, half Native American, half Hispanic, half Muslim, half atheist, half Chinese and 100% supporter of BLM/Antifa. Oh, and I believe all women no matter what they say, especially Christine Blasey Ford.

'I have a dream that people in America will soon live in a nation where they will not be judged by the content of their character but by the color of their skin.' - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, de factor leader of the DNC 2021.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (15121) 4 years ago

My mom says that she and I qualify to be members of the Daughters of the American Revolution because we have ancestors on her side who participated in the American Revolution. (They were pioneers too). She also has information about how ancestors on her side appeared to hate slavery so much (due to their Christian beliefs), that they participated in the Underground Railroad.

It appears my dad's family is descended from one of two Russian brothers that came to America in the early 1900s. One settled in the north, the other in the south, and we are descended from the southern branch of his family.

I'm not ashamed in the least about my German heritage. Most of the Germans in our family came to America long before WWII, and their descendants fought in the war or helped in any way they could.

I have no shame regarding my ancestry, regardless of whether they did horrible things in the past or not. A lot of good was done too. And I'm not gonna let a small group of stupid, selfish, snotty, arrogant assholes with an ax to grind, come along and try to bully me into hating who I am. They can go take a long walk off a short pier.

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[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

My ancestors were cavemen of Hawaii.
One of my GGGGGG Grand fathers was one banana peel away from being the King of Hawaii.
So close!!!!

Meh. I'm probably Irish. :)

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (15121) 4 years ago

You have the Irish sense of humor, hehe.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (15121) 4 years ago

Mom's side - English, Irish, German

Dad's side - English, Scandinavian, Russian, German, possibly Scottish

Two things we know for certain are that we are descended from vikings (our last name is a testament to that, and no, I'm not gonna tell you what it is), and we had some medieval nobility in dad's background.

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[–] nyctc7 (44116) 4 years ago

Respect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcbCu8G80pQ

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (15121) 4 years ago

Hehe, I love it :D

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[–] diezman (2241) 4 years ago

Finnish 100%

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[–] KingsRule (997) 4 years ago

Where all you WASPs at?

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[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

Mixed northern European. German, Scandinavian, British Isles, etc.

I like to call it "Descendant of Vikings", because the Vikings spread their DNA so generously through those regions, whether anyone there liked it or not.

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