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To be realllllllly nosey....

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JessKM · 13/08/2011 22:53

From the general chat its obvious theres a whole wealth of countries and cultures on MN, including mixed/blended families.....Where are you guys all from, I do wonder how many different countries there is all together.

I'll go....

Im was born in Hawaii, to mixed race parents....Puerto Rican/Samoan.

DH is Tahitian descent, born in London.

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 13/08/2011 22:56

I was born and live in the midlands. The rest of my family are geordies.

My husband, again, was born in the midlands but his family are, on his mums side, a bizarre mixture of Italian and Egyptian.

NeedaCostume · 13/08/2011 22:58

Bit boring but I am all English (Sheffield) and DP is half English, half Dutch.

FabbyChic · 13/08/2011 22:59

Born in Essex, UK, moved to Hampshire 7 years ago.

White british.

BaronessBomburst · 13/08/2011 22:59

I'm English, DH isn't sure if he's English or Irish, and we live in The Netherlands where DS was born, so he won't be sure if he's English/Irish or Dutch.......

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JessKM · 13/08/2011 22:59

Its a shame we dont have an online map we can tick off lol....within three posts weve got 8 countries covered! Fascinates me!

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DontGoCurly · 13/08/2011 23:00

Irish with a sprinkling of ....Irish.

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JessKM · 13/08/2011 23:00

scrap that....add a few more!

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JessKM · 13/08/2011 23:01

Curly-I love ireland! We married in Kildare and in my dreams....we live there, just in the foothills of the wicklows...ahhhhh

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DogsBestFriend · 13/08/2011 23:02

I'm boring. A Londoner born to London/Kent parents.

I can boast German, Dutch and Jewish ancestors though!

SecretNutellaFix · 13/08/2011 23:03

Born in Wales, both parents Irish.

Bathsheba · 13/08/2011 23:03

Born and raised on Scotland. Quarter Irish which makes me eligible to play for them internationally at football....

DH born and raised in Scotland, rural NE Scotland for about 1,000 generations.

3 DDs all born in the same hospital in Aberdeen. They are 1/16 th Irish, which isn't enough to play international football for them.

And despite all that, we really aren't nationalists at all!!!

RightUpMyRue · 13/08/2011 23:04

I'm English with a hint of Irish and DP is English.

Firawla · 13/08/2011 23:05

irish born in uk and dh is sri lankan born in uk

WheelsOnTheBike · 13/08/2011 23:05

DH and I both west coast scotland, DCs both east coast Scotland, all of us Scots for a good few generations, then my lot are Irish.

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JessKM · 13/08/2011 23:06

Theres more irish in here than new york city! loves it! hope someone is keeping count lol

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duckdodgers · 13/08/2011 23:07

Me and DH are Scottish born and bred, live west coast.

Memoo · 13/08/2011 23:08

I'm part English, part Irish with a bit of Spanish thrown in.

chicletteeth · 13/08/2011 23:11

I'm half Irish (mums side) and 1/4 english, 1/8 italian and 1/8 german, my dads side.
Also am a Canadian citizen (naturalised after living there for 10 years) although I'm now back in the UK and 18 away from where I was born and brought up in London

Anifrangapani · 13/08/2011 23:11

Born in Australia, live in UK. One Australian parent and one Irish.

Grandparents - Estonian, English (we think) and Irish

DH English, with a German / Austrian ancestory - although several generations ago. We have the surname - so everyone assumes he is Johnny Foreigner.

superjobee · 13/08/2011 23:12

born in scotland, to scots/irish parents but my dad is more interested in his heritage than mum is. also have romany gypsy rellies going back around 4 generations of gps, but that is a whooole other story in itself.

CRS · 13/08/2011 23:12

A Midlander with Scots/Irish parents.

SockMunkee · 13/08/2011 23:14

I am English, my mum is English, my dad was English. Grandparents are Polish, English,Irish and Scottish

acsec · 13/08/2011 23:14

Mum is Australian of Irish descent, Dad is Scottish

DP's mum is English and his dad is Scottish

Slainte · 13/08/2011 23:17

Full bred Irish though our family originated from Orthodox Greek Jews. DH is Guernsey and UK.