Where your ancestors were from?

[Nym90]

I'm 75% English and 25% Finnish.

[JohnFKennedy]

the first foreign president of america

[Nym90]

Lol. Well I'm 100% American of course.

[JohnFKennedy]

so you are 75% english, 25% finnish and 100% american, blimey, 200% i am impressed, you are truly a super-human president

[JohnFKennedy]

btw nym, you finished your term paper or whatever yet then?

[MAS117]

Poland,Russia,Romaina, etc

[Platypus]

I oncehas this disgusting Swedish fermented fish...something "spfisk". It was foul

[Nym90]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

So true, my Great Aunt used to make it, and boy did that stink!

'used too'...are you picking your customs?

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

So true, my Great Aunt used to make it, and boy did that stink!

'used too'...are you picking your customs?

Well she kinda died....

Oh, sorry.

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

So true, my Great Aunt used to make it, and boy did that stink!

'used too'...are you picking your customs?

Well she kinda died....

Oh, sorry.

It's alright.  

Good. I thought you quit eating it b/c it tasted awful...I have managed to avoid it.

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

So true, my Great Aunt used to make it, and boy did that stink!

'used too'...are you picking your customs?

Well she kinda died....

Oh, sorry.

It's alright.  

Good. I thought you quit eating it b/c it tasted awful...I have managed to avoid it.

I was curious enough for a first bite, not dumb enough to take a second.  

Curiosity can be dangerous some times...

[Gustaf]

Ah yes, lutefisk...mmmm!

Lol, I'm kidding there....

Even I won't be as nationalistic at to pretend that I like 'lutfisk'...

So true, my Great Aunt used to make it, and boy did that stink!

'used too'...are you picking your customs?

Well she kinda died....

Oh, sorry.

It's alright.  

Good. I thought you quit eating it b/c it tasted awful...I have managed to avoid it.

I was curious enough for a first bite, not dumb enough to take a second.  

Curiosity can be dangerous some times...

It killed the cat....

Lol...

[Huckleberry Finn]

All interesting. It would be cool to have such diverse origin. All my ancestors were Finnish. And they who went across ocean (to New York) moved back.

[Huckleberry Finn]

All interesting. It would be cool to have such diverse origin. All my ancestors were Finnish. And they who went across ocean (to New York) moved back.

Really??  I don't think I've heard that happen very much, what years did this happen?

It was about 1910. I've read that fairly many immigrants moved back to their old countries. My ancestors lived in New York and  they were from Finnish countryside so "culture shock" was very big. I think that they would have stayed, if they had moved to Minnesota, Wisconsin or Michigan where most Finnish immigrants lived.

Btw. My grandmama’s mam was housemaid in oil magnate John Rockefeller’s palace.

In Finland she and her husband bought mill. Their American money helped them much in that business. I think that it was their “Finnish-American dream”

[Gustaf]

All interesting. It would be cool to have such diverse origin. All my ancestors were Finnish. And they who went across ocean (to New York) moved back.

Really??  I don't think I've heard that happen very much, what years did this happen?

It was about 1910. I've read that fairly many immigrants moved back to their old countries. My ancestors lived in New York and  they were from Finnish countryside so "culture shock" was very big. I think that they would have stayed, if they had moved to Minnesota, Wisconsin or Michigan where most Finnish immigrants lived.

Btw. My grandmama’s mam was housemaid in oil magnate John Rockefeller’s palace.

In Finland she and her husband bought mill. Their American money helped them much in that business. I think that it was their “Finnish-American dream”

It isn't that uncommon for people to live briefly in the US and then move back home again.

[opebo]

Mostly English, a little French.  

[minionofmidas]

It isn't even that uncommon for people to make that move more than once.
By the 1910s, there were people (mostly Italians) who came to the US as seasonal laborers every year and returned home every year.
One of the Haymarket defendants, I've forgotten the name, was born in America. His parents moved back to Germany as soon as his brother was old enough to go to school (the German schools were better). Then, when they were old enough, both sons returned to the US for good - they had retained their American citizenship throughout.
There are no exact statistics, but millions of emigrants returned.

[Wakie]

I'm Polish-Slovak-English-Irish-Scottish.

But you can call me American.

[Gustaf]

I'm Polish-Slovak-English-Irish-Scottish.

But you can call me American.

No we can't, since you're a Democrat and thus un-American by definition!

[ncjake]

CUBA!!!

[??????????]

Austria, Ireland, Native American, Palestinian mostly.

Austria (Fathers Side)- Related to the Hapsburg family. Notables members include : Frederick the Great. List goes on and on to long for this forum lol I trace my lineage back to 1497. My last name was granted from the King of Austria also called Oesterreich (EasterEmpire), for valor in battle against the Turks in the defence of Vienna.

Irish(Mothers side) - Stock poor working Irish, Colonists to the US, fought in the War of Northern Aggression against the tyrannical Lincoln.

Native American(Mothers Side) - Apache of a Northern tribe, dont know to much about it.

Palestinian(Fathers Side) - My grandmother was born there (Ramallah). Family was mostly run out due to the creation of the "state" of Israel.

[dunn]

Austria, Ireland, Native American, Palestinian mostly.

Austria (Fathers Side)- Related to the Hapsburg family. Notables members include : Frederick the Great. List goes on and on to long for this forum lol I trace my lineage back to 1497. My last name was granted from the King of Austria also called Oesterreich (EasterEmpire), for valor in battle against the Turks in the defence of Vienna.

Irish(Mothers side) - Stock poor working Irish, Colonists to the US, fought in the War of Northern Aggression against the tyrannical Lincoln.

Native American(Mothers Side) - Apache of a Northern tribe, dont know to much about it.

Palestinian(Fathers Side) - My grandmother was born there (Ramallah). Family was mostly run out due to the creation of the "state" of Israel.

StatesRights
Yoy have a name that speaks for itself. I guess you are for independence for all people unless they are jewish.

[ncjake]

Palestinian(Fathers Side) - My grandmother was born there (Ramallah). Family was mostly run out due to the creation of the "state" of Israel.

Nobody was run out due to the creation of Israel. The Jews had lived in Palestine since the 1800's alongside the Arabs. It was the Arabs who tried to drive out the Jews. Also, You cant be Palestinian since it isnt a race, or a nation thats developed its own traits and culture. Hell, Palestine only existed as a nation from 1918 to 1948. You are Arab