Who's the father ?

[Arrendajo]

That’s what I was going to say, Siam Sam. We can speculate all we want but won’t know for sure until the DNA results are back. My money’s on Senegal.

[LC_Strawhouse]

@common_good

This is the correct answer. France was the midwife. The founding fathers were well-schooled in the classics. Washington considered himself a modern Cincinnatus, which, indeed he was, and our laws, though based upon English common law, were heavily influenced by Roman History and representative governance, as was Latin used in medicine, also. Ancient Rome was America’s father, to the extent parentage can be conferred to the US. Greece may have fooled around with lady liberty, earlier on, too. But there was no National Enquirer or NY Post then, so we’ll never really know.

Cool, I win! pumps fist, puts on laurel wreath

[common_good]

@simster

“Correct Answer” ???

There is no “correct answer”.

No kidding.

[common_good]

@Hector_St_Clare

Sort of. English is a Germanic language with tons of French & Latin influence.

Yea, English is a Germanic language. But 60% of the words are based in Latin.