# Huddled Masses and Wretched Refuse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huddled-masses-and-wretched-refuse/12368>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 29, 1999, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huddled-masses-and-wretched-refuse/12368 "1999-12-29T15:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huddled-masses-and-wretched-refuse/12368/61 "1999-12-31T03:05:00Z")

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**John Corrado** : sounds like the one! You can see I’m highly informed about this stuff. My great-aunts paperwork is rustling around here somewhere, so if it ever rises to the surface I can check it out.

The only parts I ever remembered were New York, going broke and Morris. (The Morris part I remember from an old commercial that my infant sister and I found hilarious to mimick endlessly: _Call for Phiiiliiip Mooorrrisss…!_

No wonder our parents didn’t dwell on it.

Thanks for the tip, pal!

Veb

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huddled-masses-and-wretched-refuse/12368/62 "1999-12-31T03:18:00Z")

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Well, if you go back far enough - African. A more recent tallying would be:

paternal - Viking via Canada  
maternal - primarily British with a little central European soup

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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huddled-masses-and-wretched-refuse/12368/63 "1999-12-31T04:47:00Z")

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maternal- Dutch,English, German, Cherokee, Osswego… they claim direct descendence from Dutch royalty…yeah yeah…and TennHipp, my great grandfather& gr. grandmothers looked verrryyy Indian, dark, except with light eyes.

paternal- Scots-Irish-Canadian

So, me, I’ve got high cheekbones, wild red curly hair and a restless mind: I’m hopin’ its evolution!

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