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To be realllllllly nosey....

168 replies

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.

OP posts:
bonnieslilsister · 13/08/2011 23:47

Bathsheba How can you know about the 1000 generations???????

I was born in Uganda, Norwegian great grandfather and Irish other Greatgrandfather.

Mum and Dad born in Wales. School and grew up in England. Live in Scotland!

bonkers20 · 13/08/2011 23:49

Born in Wimbleon. I'm British.
Mum = 1/2 Irish 1/2 English
Dad = Indian

I'm therefore 1/2 Indian, 1/4 English and 1/4 Irish.

suburbophobe · 13/08/2011 23:49

Wow! That was quick, lot of new entries...

Thank God we are one big human family! Grin

Original poster
JessKM · 13/08/2011 23:59

I know, went for a bovril and it took off, weve travelled around the world. theres some fascinating mixes on here! Smile

Love the skinglish...that could stick!

guess mine would be puerto tah-moan Grin

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 14/08/2011 00:01

Born in England to ¾ English ¼ Irish Mum and ½ English ½ Welsh Dad. Consider myself English if asked.

naught · 14/08/2011 00:23

Dh and I are English. Four generations back my family are Russian and Irish (dad) and Spanish (mam)

Yellowstone · 14/08/2011 00:32

Half Polish half Scots.

HelloTeapot · 14/08/2011 00:43

I was born in lincoln, but lived a few places in the uk.

My nan is 1/2 english 1/2. South african, her dad was south african and his great uncle was a prince in south africa so I have royalty in my bloodline.

My nan is born and bred mancunian as is my grandad.

My real dad is born and bred yorkshire man but is CEO of a very well known company so he lives in america - never see him

My step dad (since 4yrs old) is from huntingdon. Nothing exotic there!

HelloTeapot · 14/08/2011 00:45

op I really want a bovril now! Yum

Bearskinwoolies · 14/08/2011 00:50

Born in Essex, with Geordie, Scots, French & Norweigian blood.

TheFeministsWife · 14/08/2011 00:58

Born in England, my mum is English, my dad half Irish.

DH born in England but is of Jewish and German descent.

toomuchmonthatendofthemoney · 14/08/2011 01:02

born in scotland, scottish parents & scottish grandparents on both sides...

FREEEEEDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! Grin

bringmesunshine2009 · 14/08/2011 01:03

Me English since bloody doomsday, DH is Algerian, DCs half half!

Spuddybean · 14/08/2011 01:08

english both sides all the way back to pre william the conquerer. i'm the only one of all friends with nothing but 1000 years of english in me.

i have had racists tell me i should have as many kids as possible to fight against mongrels. i have also had people pity me for having such a boring heritage.

tbh i don't understand patriotism - surely it's just luck where you are born.

maighdlin · 14/08/2011 01:10

boring 100% irish (you can tell by our skin its see through in the right light)

DH irish scottish and black on dads side irish and canadian on mums side. DH told me that his great great great grandfather or whatever moved from scotland to america and fell in love with a black slave then brought her back to scotland. i thought it was frankly bollocks but his granny actually had proof!

DH's wee brother is a good one though. he is irish canadian on mums side and maltese on dads. he can have a british passport, an irish passport, a canadian passport and a maltese passport!

Goodynuff · 14/08/2011 01:11

I'm Canadian, born to Canadian parents, gp:1 Russian Mennonite, 1 Finnish, 2 Brits (all emigrated to Canada)
DP is Canadian, born to dad from Newfoundland (it was still its own country back then) and Metis-Canadian mum
Both of our DC born in Canada

bandgeek · 14/08/2011 01:13

I'm totally Scottish. DH is a mixture of Scottish, Austrian and Irish!

madhattershouse · 14/08/2011 01:19

Half Welsh, half scottish. Partners family are Irish. No wonder dd has red hair.

madhattershouse · 14/08/2011 01:20

Even better is that being Essex born I can say I'm Celt rather than an Essex girl...especially after seeing the car crash that is "the only way is essex" Grin

missmiss · 14/08/2011 01:23

1/8 Norwegian, 3/8 Scottish, 1/2 English. There's some probable French and Irish ancestry if you go back far enough on the English side, and the Norwegians were probably Russian at

missmiss · 14/08/2011 01:24

1/8 Norwegian, 3/8 Scottish, 1/2 English. There's some probable French and Irish ancestry if you go back far enough on the English side, and the Norwegians were probably Russian at one point!

LolaRennt · 14/08/2011 01:28

Dh is English through and through, I'm French gypsy/American (the American side is all a bit mixed up random European countries)

Laquitar · 14/08/2011 01:36

Wow i enjoyed reading this thread!
Many interesting combinations.

Envy at OP.

Me Spanish (but spent childhood in many countries), dh Greek-Cypriot (spent half childhood in Cyprus and half in UK). We live in UK.

CardyMow · 14/08/2011 01:37

Mum's side - English with Danish(maternal Gt.GP) and Polish Jew (paternal Gt.GP) heritage

Dad's side - Scottish

Born in England.

DD is actually more scottish than me, as her Dad is fully Scottish.

DS1 is 1/2 English, 1/4 Scottish, 1/4 Indian.

DS2 and DS3 are 3/4 English, 1/4 Scottish.

All dc born in England.

GothAnneGeddes · 14/08/2011 01:41

Half Irish (keep meaning to get that passport), the rest is English with a little bit of Welsh thrown in.

DH is 1/2 Syrian 1/2 Jordanian, although he only thinks of himself as Syrian.

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