# Poll: What’s your nationality/ ethnicity? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269 "2004-01-07T19:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/41 "2004-01-08T05:36:14Z")
Polish, Polish, Polish. With a little bit of Polish thrown in. Strangely enough, raised in Poland. ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/42 "2004-01-08T05:50:49Z")
What’s your nationality/ ethnicity? I answer Mojave to both. Too bad I can’t have dual citizenship! I do carry a US passport, though. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/43 "2004-01-08T06:03:30Z")
Born in Vancouver, Canada. Mother is English, father Hungarian. Nationalities: Canadian (by birth) British (from my mother) Australian (through lifetime residence) Yes, i have three passports. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/44 "2004-01-08T09:16:56Z")
Born in Auckland, New Zealand. Nationality: New Zealander (second generation). Ethnicity: English-Scots-Irish, with a smidgen of Spanish, according to trad. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/45 "2004-01-08T12:06:49Z")
Dual nationality: British/Irish (Northern Irish, and just got my brand new Irish passport!) Ethnicity: Scottish, Irish, French, German, North African Sephardic jewish, Eastern Russian Ashkenazi jewish, Portugese. My father is Northern Irish Protestant (Scots/Irish) My mother is half French Hugenot/Irish/German/Portugese and half Sephardic/Ashkenazi. Little bit of almost everything. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/46 "2004-01-08T12:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by karomon \* > \*\*Polish, Polish, Polish. With a little bit of Polish thrown in. Strangely enough, raised in Poland. \*\* Howdy, cousin! My dad’s parents and my mother’s grandparents were all born in Poland and came to the US in the early 1900s. My parents grew up in bilingual households. We may well still have family in Poland, but after my paternal grandmother died, I don’t believe anyone stayed in touch. I’m not even certain what area of Poland they originated, but I think I remember being told one side of the family was farmers and the other side was miners. I spent my formative years in Baltimore, but I was born in San Diego - Dad was in the Marines at the time stationed at MCRD. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/47 "2004-01-08T12:34:02Z")
Nationality: Danish Etnicity: Scandinavian. Mother: Swedish Father: Faeroe Island. As far back as anyone could care to count. Supposedly most Icelanders and Faeroes Islanders are able to trace their family back to the original settlers from Norway at the beginning of last millennium. (Well it’s not that hard. Small island. That far back. Everybody is family) One of my brothers and a sister both have red hair, apparently the original settlers had a habit of stopping by Ireland to pick up some slaves. So I recon there’s some Irish in there somewhere. I had to go shack up with a Spanish senorita, and now my daughters have more hair on their back and arms than I have. (But strangely her family also have blue eyes, her father says it’s from the Vandals and Goths…) - Rune ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/48 "2004-01-08T13:02:53Z")
Mutt. Seriously. My number of ethnicities increases at 2^n for an appreciable number of generations back. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/49 "2004-01-08T13:21:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Howdy, cousin! > > My dad’s parents and my mother’s grandparents were all born in Poland and came to the US in the early 1900s. My parents grew up in bilingual households. We may well still have family in Poland, but after my paternal grandmother died, I don’t believe anyone stayed in touch. I’m not even certain what area of Poland they originated, but I think I remember being told one side of the family was farmers and the other side was miners. > > I spent my formative years in Baltimore, but I was born in San Diego - Dad was in the Marines at the time stationed at MCRD. \*\* [straight face]Gosh, you don’t look it[/heheheee] You are the most Polish looking American I’ve ever met, with your facial structure and your fair colouring. I just assumed you were of Polish descent. Gosh, I’m smrt! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/50 "2004-01-08T13:24:57Z")
Virginian, born and bred Mother’s family came here from Scotland in late 1600s Father’s family migrated from Germany, via Pennsylvania (I think), about the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/51 "2004-01-08T13:25:53Z")
I’m first generation American, born in West Virgina. I’m the only native-born American in the family, as my two older sisters were born in Canada. My parents were born and raised in Australia. Their ancestors were English, Irish, and Scottish. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/52 "2004-01-08T13:28:11Z")
English (not British - there’s a significant difference). White anglo saxon type. Can’t dance, can form orderly queues. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/53 "2004-01-08T13:38:27Z")
Irish. I’m told there’s a bit of Italian in the family from way back but other than that, Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/54 "2004-01-08T17:24:24Z")
Wow - I’m amazed some of you don’t have problems with your DNA falling apart under the stress! Half English half Welsh, that makes me… English 50% Celt\* + 50% Anglo Saxon, probably. We’re a pretty stable lot over here, it’s been a while since we were last invaded. \*hence the \*small[/] bit of the monicker ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/55 "2004-01-08T17:43:28Z")
Nationality: American, born in Little Rock, Arkansas Ethnicity: Well, my surname is French. My ancestor on my father’s side came to Williamsburg, Virgina, in 1700. He was a Huguenot, married to a Huguenot. For the first couple of generations, they married French, but from there, all Scots-Irish and English. I’mthe 11th generation of my line in America. My mom’s maiden name is Welsh, but I don’t know when they came over, but it was most definitely well before the Civil War. That line as far back as that is all of English or Scots-Irish descent, though one of my ggmothers may have had some Indian blood (not proven). So I’m WonderBread personified, basically. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/56 "2004-01-08T17:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*You are the most Polish looking American I’ve ever met, with your facial structure and your fair colouring. I just assumed you were of Polish descent. Gosh, I’m smrt! \*\* Interesting - I’ve never been told that before. I guess my grandmothers must have looked very Polish, too, because I can see their features in my face. Yes, my dear, you are smart! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/57 "2004-01-08T18:50:24Z")
US Half Suomalainen Half mutt (Scots-Irish, French, Belgian, all kindsa stuff). 100% Yooper ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/58 "2004-01-08T18:59:09Z")
Born and live in West Virginia within 30 miles of where my father’s ancestors settled 250 years ago (OK…my family doesn’t have much ambition…). On my mother’s side I’m 100% German. On Dad’s side about 75% German (there were a couple of Scotsmen in the woodpile) ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/59 "2004-01-08T18:59:25Z")
Born and grew up in southern WV, now in southeastern PA. Largest identifiable component Welsh (paternal grandfather), remainder certifiable American mongrel, mostly northern European with maybe (according to family tradition) some Native American. Raised Methodist, now Roman Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269/60 "2004-01-08T20:00:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loneraven \* > \*\*I live in England, but am half Bengali, half Indian. To make matters slightly more complex, I have a Scottish first name. \*\* Bengal _is_ in India. Perhaps you mean Bangladeshi? As for me, I am wholly Indian, no mixed blood so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-s-your-nationality-ethnicity/223269.md?page=4)