Like I'm 50% Italian, 45% Irish and 5% German
2007-09-28 10:11:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
50% Italian from the Southern end of the boot
25% Sicilian with roots in the Island of Malta
20.5% French from the Charente-Maritime region (to Beauharnois, Quebec)
1.5% Dutch from Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands
1.5% German from Burgbernheim, Germany
1.5% Mohawk Native from the St. Regis Reservation
Funny thing is, my mother's father's side carried the German name all along his paternal line and she grew up thinking that because her last name was "Schwerdtfeger" that she was 1/2 German and 1/2 Italian. It turns out that my grandfather had very little German in him, he had merely been the descendant in the line of males. My grandfather was more than 75% French and more Mohawk than German! It pays to do your research and find out what you really are!
Since I am 75% Italian (most consider Sicilian to be Italian), I usually just tell people I am Italian. The other 25% of me is mixed and the non-French is so diluted it barely counts.
My husband is 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Sicilian, 1/4 Austrian/Polish, 1/8 Scottish and 1/8 English. So he's half cracker. The children would be oleo!
2007-09-28 12:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by Teresa 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Let's see: American...my ancestors came to America (other than the ones who were already here) from Wales, the British Isles, and Germany. Of course, those from the British Isles came from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, from France, the Netherlands...I have traced ancestors to all over Europe, Egypt, Morrocco, South Africa, Nigeria, Jamaica, Haiti, Japan, China, the Philippines, Polynesia, the Canary Islands, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Australia, South America... From Japan to the end of the list I have not found a "paper trail", but only DNA. But, up through Iraq, I have a "paper trail", plus a number of other countries.
I must say, it is so exciting: I am proud to be a "mongrel"!
2007-09-28 14:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Half Eastern Band Cherokee, half Irish.
2007-09-28 12:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
50% German, 25% Irish, 25% EnglishorFrench...not really sure...my Grandma used to say when I asked her: English and Dutch and don't amount to much...
2007-09-28 10:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acadian (French/Native American mix), Scottish, Irish, English, French
2007-09-28 10:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
100% Irish - but as we were conquered many times, go back a few generations and there might well be Norman or Viking or Anglo-Saxon or others hidden in there
2007-09-28 14:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by bluebell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly half German, half Cherokee Indian.
2007-09-28 10:21:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really must know...I'm 75% German and 25% French. Maybe Polish, I really don't know.
2007-09-28 11:00:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norman 11th century...Irish since then...The Sept MacDAID>>>split from the o'doherty Clan in the 1500's..F**K those bas**rds..MacDAID ABO!!!!!! ....(excuse my french..the dohertys are lovely people really!! i just could not eat a whole one!)
2007-09-28 16:19:29 · answer #9 · answered by dearg doom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100% Salvadorean
2007-09-28 12:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by ღ£Ðwå®Ðz§ løv£®ღ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋