# Whats your ethnic background? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238 "2010-05-21T11:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/41 "2010-05-21T15:34:51Z")
Equal proportions English, Irish, and Scots. Lots of pale skin and red hair in the family. ---
**Author:** ![put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/put_down_the_sabre)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/42 "2010-05-21T15:40:51Z")
White. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/43 "2010-05-21T15:42:51Z")
Mom was from Iceland. Dad’s maternal grandmother was from northern Finland, and we’re not entirely sure the specific origin of the paternal grandparents on his side-- they emigrated from Odessa and were Jewish with a Polish-Russian-Slavic looking surname, but we can’t be sure exactly where they originated in Europe before emigration. I’m 3/4 Scandinavian and 1/4 “we’re not sure but the surname’s Slavic” European Jewish. I strongly identify with the Scandinavian bits, as it was a big part of the home culture. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/44 "2010-05-21T15:43:26Z")
Scot, Irish, English German, Dutch, English Unknown, but probably English Swedish We mostly identify with the Swedish part. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/45 "2010-05-21T15:47:25Z")
Mother Irish, Dad Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/46 "2010-05-21T15:58:30Z")
Multigeneration Texan on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/47 "2010-05-21T16:06:35Z")
Mother’s Side: Grandmother - Born in Luxembourg Grandfather - Born in Philadelphia, Irish heritage (They met when my grandfather was stationed in Luxembourg while in the Air Force.) Father’s Side: Grandmother - Born ?, Irish heritage Grandfather - Born ?, Irish & Polish heritage (On my father’s side all the men are steel workers (including my father himself). _Out of this Furnace_ is practically my family history.) ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/48 "2010-05-21T16:09:24Z")
Mostly Scottish and a wee bit of English on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/49 "2010-05-21T16:17:13Z")
Mom: French-Canadian. Small amounts of probably Cree. Possibly some Spanish, but fuck if anyone knows. Breton way back. Dad: Greek for half. German/Austrian/Hungarian for the other half. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/50 "2010-05-21T16:27:23Z")
Ashkenazi Jewish, from just about every country in Eastern Europe. (We’ve been in America for a long time, so there’s quite a mix in there). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/51 "2010-05-21T16:36:05Z")
Mother’s side 98% Swiss, traced back to Spiez and Oberstocken, Bern, in 1490. Schaffhausen and Thierachern show up on there too. The 2% is Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg, Germany. Father’s side: A couple of people got the fuck out of Bohemia before World War I. It’s Czechoslovakia now. Names? Dates? ??? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/52 "2010-05-21T16:39:08Z")
On my dad’s side, Ashkenazi Jew (Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia). On my mom’s side, Irish. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/53 "2010-05-21T16:41:39Z")
Dad: Scottish, English, Welsh. Ancestors came over around 1850-1880 to work in the coal mines in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Mom: My grandmother’s parents were immigrants from Moravia (around the current Czech/Slovak border) and settled in the east side of Manhattan in the 1900’s. My grandfather’s father was from Hanau, Germany. My grandfather’s mother was from somewhere near Lucerne or Zurich, Switzerland. Both moved to Manhattan in the 1900’s. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/54 "2010-05-21T16:45:49Z")
Both Grandmothers were Irish Protestant Maternal Grandfather was Scottish Paternal Grandfather was English Pure WASP. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/55 "2010-05-21T17:21:47Z")
All Indian. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/56 "2010-05-21T18:07:19Z")
I’m a white guy. German on mother’s side, English on father’s. For the most part. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/57 "2010-05-21T18:12:33Z")
I’m a mutt. 25% Swedish 12.5% Danish 12.5% English (Dad) 25% Mexican 25% Italian (Mom) I identify most strongly with the Mexican side of my family. My bride of 40 years is 100% French. . ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/58 "2010-05-21T18:54:02Z")
Pure blood Southern white trash mutt and damn proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/59 "2010-05-21T20:33:30Z")
Mom’s side: Euro-Mutt (she told me the family started in eastern Europe and picked up a little of everything on the way over. I think my brother found some relatives in Wales). Dad’s side: Norwegian, his mom came to US straight from Oslo, not sure about his dad. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238/60 "2010-05-21T21:21:41Z")
Irish 80 percent French 10 percent Mic Mac 10 percent Both of my parents are from Irish immigrants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ethnic-background/540238.md?page=4)