# Ethnicities represented on the SDMB... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748 "2003-10-16T07:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/1 "2003-10-16T07:15:05Z")
Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212588) thread, I got to thinking about the various ethnicities of posters on the SDMB. I’m curious to know whether there are more nations or ethnicities represented here. Naturally, a large majority of the posters are from the USA, but I’m guessing many of them may not necessarily be of American origin… to a lesser extent, I’m sure the same applies to European countries too. So how about it? Where are you, or your parents, or your grandparents from? In the interest of sanity, for those people whose ethnicity may be different from their current nationality, please don’t trace back more than 2 generations - without a limit, Aussie posters can claim to be of British ethnicity!! ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/2 "2003-10-16T07:16:07Z")
Dammit! :smack: **Indian** ---
**Author:** ![Lezaza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Lezaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lezaza)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/3 "2003-10-16T07:20:16Z")
Sweden, going back to 15th century. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/4 "2003-10-16T08:12:34Z")
**Indian**. Specifically half Gujerati and half Kutchi. My maternal grandparents were Kutchi, whereas my paternal grandparents were Gujerati. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/5 "2003-10-16T08:15:11Z")
75% English, 25% Scottish. One of my ancestors owned a pub (smug) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/6 "2003-10-16T08:18:42Z")
My father’s parents were from Palermo, Sicily. My mother’s ancestors were mostly from the British Isles, but her family has spent a few generations in America. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/7 "2003-10-16T09:44:46Z")
Half scotch and ice. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/8 "2003-10-16T09:48:12Z")
Mom is from Germany; Dad is mostly German with a smidgen of Hungarian, from the former Yugoslavia (his hometown lies within Serbia now). They met and married here in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ad7895/32.png) [@Zorro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/9 "2003-10-16T10:10:00Z")
Half French from Alsace, half English with no particular regional origin. Absolutely not German in any way, despite what my friend the _Graf_ says. Bloody Pangermanist Prussian bastards. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/10 "2003-10-16T10:16:53Z")
Going back two generations makes me: 1/4 Colonial Caribbean (Dominica) 1/4 Ulster Scot (great^several grandfather owned Harland & Wolff) 1/4 Geordie (kiln-making family) 1/4 Londoner Going back 1 generation makes me: English ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/11 "2003-10-16T10:17:15Z")
Irish Geordie with a bit of Scottish. It’s a volatile, frequently intoxicated mix! ---
**Author:** ![dodyskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@dodyskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodyskin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/12 "2003-10-16T11:07:06Z")
i was born in England both parents born in England grandparents born in England, Ireland, Dominica and Brazil ethnicity, celtic. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/13 "2003-10-16T11:12:21Z")
Hi **dodyskin** - two 1/4 Dominicans in 3 posts - that’s impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/14 "2003-10-16T12:06:41Z")
Mongrel. French Canadian, Irish American, Scots, Welsh, English, Irish cattle thieves and some Dutch 3-4 generations ago. ---
**Author:** ![Eli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eli)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/15 "2003-10-16T12:51:47Z")
As far as I can trace, 100% Belorussian Jew. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/16 "2003-10-16T12:56:57Z")
97% ‘British Isles’, 3% Indian. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/17 "2003-10-16T13:04:25Z")
I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “I’m a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male Southern Liberal Democrat - EVERYTHING is my fault!” That pretty much decribes me. 95% British Isles, 5% French ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/18 "2003-10-16T13:06:00Z")
Me? Welsh. . .with bit’s of English. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/19 "2003-10-16T13:13:25Z")
Maternal grandmother was born in America of a Sicilian mother and Spanish father. Maternal grandfather was born in Naples to an Italian father and a French mother. Paternal grandparents were Swedish and German, but I was raised by a stepfather in an EXTREMELY ethnic Italian family. None of this explains why people are constantly asking me if I am Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748/20 "2003-10-16T13:58:56Z")
My family’s Vietnamese as far back as I can trace the lines, and we’ve lived in the US since 1979. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicities-represented-on-the-sdmb/207748.md?page=2)