# What is your descent?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 26, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-descent/16511 "2000-04-26T20:53:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-descent/16511/61 "2000-05-01T05:00:54Z")

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My dad’s side of the family is the usual Southern mix of English and Scotch-Irish – nearly impossible to sort out the percentages there, but it’s probably close to 50-50.

My mom’s side is mostly the same, but with at least 1/8 Italian thrown in (descended from Italians who were convinced to immigrate to Arkansas to work as sharecroppers after the Civil War).

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