Your Roots

[jones]

German/American.  

My mother moved to the US from West Germany at 13 and my father was born in the states.  How about you?

[pawpaw]

"I was born a poor black child."



;D

For real though, I'm predominantly Irish and German, with some English, Scottish and Swedish thrown in too. All branches of my family tree have been in the US for at least 4 generations though. I'm an American Mutt.

[mjkoehler]

Dad's side is German. Mom's side is English. Hence my love affair with beer. Both sides came over late 1800's.

[joey_rogo]

My dad's side of the tree is 100% Polish and my mom's side is a mix of Welsh, Irish, German and a bunch of other stuff.

[capt. scotty]

Irish
Polish
German
Armenian
Slovakian
Slovenian

[vespachick]

Mine are brown, with a very occasional grey.

[jones]

Mine are brown, with a very occasional grey.

Good one, Vespa! ;D

[jones]

As far as imports are concerned, it looks like Germany has taken an early lead.

[Ruckus]

We gotta bump that who the hell are ya thread.

Half Japanese, half indian.  Born in Japan as an Indian citizen but raised in the states.

[el_chode]

Non-guido Italian from New Jersey

[Sassbox]

I'm an 8th generation American on my father's side (French and German, both families came to Louisiana in the 1720s) and first generation on my mother's side (Filipino). My father and his brother traced our family back to 1640 and I have a printout of my ancestry that's about 3" thick, in addition to a book about my paternal grandmother's family.

[johnnYYac]

johnnYYac is John Yacopucci, spelled Iacopucci in Italy, a derivative of our ancestor, Jacob Pucci.  Mother was Polish (Noska).  I've traced my family through my paternal grandmother to the 1300s in Fife-on-Firth, Scotland.  I had a great great grandfather died when he was severed by a train, across his legs.  Another relative paid someone to take his place in the Union Army during the Civil War.  I'm so proud!

[Paulie_Walnuts]

So basically you are all mongrels!  ;)

[mjkoehler]

Yes we are. And that makes the current xenophobia craze in this country all the more stupid.

[AMightyCaporal]

Italian (From Dad)
Irish             \
Polish         > (From Mom)
Lithuanian /

Don't know much about my ancestry but one day would like to believe that I am royalty and I have a whole heap of treasure coming my way!  ;)

[Paulie_Walnuts]

Yes we are. And that makes the current xenophobia craze in this country all the more stupid.

What craze is that?

[Jaimoe]

Yes we are. And that makes the current xenophobia craze in this country all the more stupid.

What craze is that?

You're kidding, right?

[Paulie_Walnuts]

Nope! Craze implies something recent and out of the ordinary. Is that the case?

[Taterbug]

German &  Austrian,  No I don't own any Lederhosen.  

[jones]

johnnYYac is John Yacopucci, spelled Iacopucci in Italy, a derivative of our ancestor, Jacob Pucci.  Mother was Polish (Noska).  I've traced my family through my paternal grandmother to the 1300s in Fife-on-Firth, Scotland.  I had a great great grandfather died when he was severed by a train, across his legs.  Another relative paid someone to take his place in the Union Army during the Civil War.  I'm so proud!

I had someone in my squadron in the USAF with the name Pucci.