What countries did your ancestors come from?

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on our national day we see reports from minnesota. those guys are even more norwegian than we are

Dad's side: Irish, English
Mum's side: German, English

I'm 3rd generation American on both sides.

I'm of Eastern European heritage (Belorussian, Ukrainian, Czechoslovakian, Polish and German), though after a trip to Norway I'm thoroughly convinced my family is purely of Nordic descent. Everyone looked like my family to the extent that it was rather disturbing, and I passed far too well as one of the locals.

Saraswathi River Valley in India.

O my dads side of the family I think they have been british for a long time (Keltic and before)
But on my mums side a few things point to them coming over from norway with the vikings, though I may be entirely wrong...

Haha It's probably the same guys who want a tattoo or a wedding ring with the Irish word "anamchara" (or maybe misspelled as "anam cara"), because they think it means "soulmate" (literal translation: "soul friend"), when it in reality means a spiritual adviser (like a priest or the like). And then they think they express their true roots that way.

As for me, all my ancestor are Danish as far back as I know. So boring (compared to others here).

Don't care where, as they were just people like everyone else.

Mum says she found me in the desert, and that I'm not of the human species. I don't know whether she's being serious or not.

I'm American and I agree. I seriously find it annoying when people describe themselves as Irish and talk all about the things that make them so Irish because their grandparents or great grandparents are. I don't mind people saying they are of Irish descent or acknowledging where some of their family traditions came from----its when they pretend like it is their primary identity.

All the same, I understand peoples desire to be unique, and that desire is just part of being human and is thus a good thing. So I find it interesting to know people's heritage, just out of curiosity, makes me think about what makes a person who he or she is (ie, is it your immediate family, your country, your ancient family, your customs, etc).

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oh btw, i've read that if you can prove you have the slightest bit of french blood, you automaticly get your citizenship in France.

Mostly German.
Some French, and British.

Maybe some Irish.

Had an ancestor who was a Hessian mercenary who fought against the American Revolution, and returned to Hesse (now in Germany)after taking his American Colonist wife with him, but had a descnedant who moved back to America in the 1840's.

Another ancestor was from the Alsace-Lorriane Region, which has changed hands several times between Germany,and France.

scottish and a quarter turkish.
my scottish side the urquharts apparantly came over from france with robert the bruce and the turkish side might have orginated from mongolia.
i have a double barrowed name which has resulted in many annoying nicknames xD

Vikings to Norman to French to English to American w/ a dash of Native American

My grandmother on my mother's side was from Mexico. Her family has lived there since around 1600 ... they were one of the early colonists from Spain.

The other 3/4 is generic European.

France, Belgium, and Africa

England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

My father's side is English, Scottish, and Irish.

My mother's side is German, Danish, and Swedish. With a touch of Scottish on that side too, and one French ancestor.