How many nationalities do you have?

Question

Do you ever do genealogical research on them? If so, what is the most interesting thing you found out?

Other than American born, I have mostly Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English...a little less French & German. Also very tiny Native American Indian (but don't know what tribe). I like to do some basic genealogical research, but mostly my Mom & Grandmother get more into it. The most interesting thing was finding one ancestor who was a lighthouse keeper in the Outer Banks many years ago.

Answer 1

like most people who's ancestors came to this country 200 years ago i am by now a Heinz57 variety.

Answer 2

I am Irish, Scottish, English, Welsh, German and Norwegian. I have been doing genealogy for 16 years. That is how I found most of this.

The most interesting things I have found is the 2 Quaker lines in my tree, as well as the Mennonite line. I have 3 known Civil War Veterans, several Revolutionary Veterans and 1 WW II Veteran.

I am descendent of the Germanna Colonies of Virginia. This line has been researched by others and stretches back to the late 1400s. I have a few slave holders. One ancestor was murder. One was beheaded for his beliefs.

In terms of jobs my ancestors have been bakers, weavers, farmers, a stagecoach driver, a bartender, a saddletreemaker, a wagonmaker, a preacher, a coalminer, an auto mechanic and boilermaker.

Interesting?

Answer 3

About 16 but they overlap.

German, Bohemian, Austrian, Czech,
Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and Jewsih
Irish, English, Scots, Northern Irish
Dutch,
Italian, Lombard, Swiss
American (United States)

The problem comes when some countries or regions were controlled by different countries in different years. Also, some ethnic groups could be considered nationalities since the allegiance to the group is stronger than the allegiance to the country.

I have found I can not research some of my family since I can not read the language which the records are written in. I also have trouble reading some of the faded records or the records with messy handwriting.

I did not know about the Free Republic of Ireland including Belfast until I looked at the 1900 Census.

Answer 4

I'm Scottish, Irish and German (1/4 of each) and the rest is a jumbled mix. I did a lot of research into it about five years ago. The most interesting thing I can remember right now was that one great-grandfather was one of those fire & brimstone, anti-alcohol preachers during Prohibition, and a great-grandfather on the other side was a bootlegger in the same town.

Answer 5

25% Lithuanian
25% French/french Canadian
the other 50% is made up of Abernaki(sp?), Mohican(sp?), another Native American tribe that began with an 'm' that I don't remember the name of, English and German.

Some interesting people were:
Dr. Fuller (Doctor on the Mayflower)
Godson of queen Elizabeth
One of King Henry's wives (didn't produce any heirs though)
General Sherman (yup, the one who burned across Georgia)
A crusader
Someone who was burned at the stake for being a witch (really they weren't--I think)
A muse of queen Elizabeth (That is what the family tree said, I think they meant minstrel or bard)
Roger Sherman (signed the declaration of independence, came up with the two house system for our government)
The Fayes (Green Mountain Boys)
A daughter of the king (not literally, but when the French were first finding Canada, it was all men. The 'daughters of the king' were tough ladies who were sent over to Canada)

There are more, I just can't think of any more right now. Someone researched my family and the results were quite interesting. I'm quite proud of my heritage.

*cocky look*

Okay, I'm done.

Oh yeah, noone hate me for this, but I'm very very very very very very distantly related to President Bush... WAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!

Answer 6

American born (and proud of it!)
My Paternal side (Father's) came from Ireland during "the Great Famine" (his Father) and his Mother came from a family which were among the first to settle in the U.S. before it became a nation (she was D.A.R.)
My Mother's side is a little bit sketchy since they never bothered to worry about nationalities. But, cool, there is a Family Cemetery on her side which has graves going back to before the 1850's. (Includes at least one high ranking officer from the Civil War, Confederate side)
I have always been interested in genealogy, from a very young age, and I'm still amazed at how much more there is to learn about my family.

Answer 7

I was born Canadian.
My father was born in Canada.
His father was born in Canada of a First Nations woman (tribe unknown) and an Irish man and his mother was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
My mother was born in England of a Welsh mother and an American man.
I learned that in some circles I am considered Métis.

Answer 8

I am English and Norwegian. My grandfather fought in World War II, first for Norway and after they were defeated by Germany he than fought for the Brits. On my mom's side they claim to be a distant relative of former American President Woodrow Wilson which is odd since I am not American. On my dad's side they were Tories during the Revolutionary War and because of this after the war they had to go to Canada because the Yanks did not want our kind in their country.

Answer 9

Three; English, German and Welsh

Answer 10

African american and native american on dads side on moms side i am choctaw indian, Spanish,French some of my family came from the region of brittany,I am creole (native american,black,european,andiland races)