To be realllllllly nosey....

[JessKM]

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.

Oh he's Kikuyu with a maasai ancestors. Actually, our surname is a Kikuyu word that means maasai.

Born In Wales, grandparents etc all welsh, now I love in England. Dh born in England all his family are English.
Dd1 born in Wales other dc born in England

Me: Mainly English but my grandad (now dead) used to describe his father as a 'one armed Jewish auctioneer'. They came here from Poland, I believe, (they are difficult to trace) and lived in Golders Green.

DH: Can trace many, many generations back to Derbyshire where his parents still live. His unusual surname which sounds foreign is actually old english and means 'Little people that dwell in trees'.

Born in Dublin's fair city. Dad an Aussie, mum a Roscommon girl. Their eyes locked over the dance floor at the Hammersmith Palais circa 1965 - and the rest is history.
We moved to Sydney when I was a couple of months old and that's where I grew up and live.
Hubby is a pom (I swear I mean that as a term of endearment). He grew up in Reading but is an Aussie citizen now. My girls are so fair - white skin, blue eyes. Must keep them out of this bloody sun!! (not so much today)

I'm 1/4 Scottish, 1/8 Irish and 1/16 French. The rest English.
DH is 100% English.

my mum was born in London my dad in India ( my grandfather was based there during WW2) All my granparents are English. I was born in England as was my DH and his parents and grandparents.
Ds1 was born in Glasgow
Ds2 was born in Plymouth
We moved to Australia in June 09. Best thing we have ever done!

Certainly the last few generations of both mine and DHs family are English, but I'd describe us as British. My maiden name was Irish and we have family that go waaaaay back there before coming to England. My married name is Scottish, but DHs family mostly come from the midlands. I also have relatives on my mums side that originally come from Wales. DH and I both born in England.

I always tick White British anyway.

On my Mom's side - my great great grand parents were Swedish,
great grandparents, Canadian,
grandparents and mother Zimbabwean,
I was born in South Africa.

On my Dad's side pretty much all Scottish and I now live in England.

So I'm some part Swedish, Canadian, Zimbabwean, South African and Scottish.

DH is a mix of English and Welsh but does have some Norwegian (Viking!) blood in him too, which is probably why he's blond, beefy and 6"4!

I'm 3/4 British and 1/4 Polish

DP is German

Jess - I am now in Hawaii on holiday (just arrived)

Born and bred in Yorkshire same as DH.

My mum was born to Italian parents, I have an English dad.

Kentish born and bred, mum is half Manchunian and half Kentish, Dad Kentish thru and thru

My Maternal Grandfather was born in a french colony in Oran to Spanish and Italian parents. My Maternal Grandmother had Jewish, German and English ancestors.
My Paternal Grandmother was English, but had a lot of cousins marrying each other, my family tree shows her to be my cousin (god knows how many times removed) as well as my Grandmother. My Paternal Grandfather was a mix of Irish and English.
My children are an even bigger mix as their father has Welsh and Scottish Grandparents.
DH, Me and DCs where all born in England though.

Dad Scottish/ Mum Irish. I was born in England.
DH Egyptian.
DD born in Egypt.
DS born in England.

Wow, you lot are exotic! I'm English/Welsh, DH is English/Irish.

My gran was Welsh and had very dark/olive skin, as does my mum - people often ask if she's Greek or Italian - she's never needed suncream (wish I could say the same). What's that about then?

Both myself and DH are english for as many generations as we know about. I believe both families have been in Yorkshire for a good few generations too.

The closest I can claim to anything exciting is that my paternal grandfather was a traveller. His parents had a horse drawn caravan so I guess that side of the family could be anyones guess!

I'm Irish, DH is English - we live in England. Bit boring, really, sorry!
But amused at just how many Irish people are on mn...I have always maintained that they lie about the population of Ireland, and it is actually 20 billion

Paws it's about the Welsh coming from Spain and France early on, not Italy or Greece.

I'm Finnish, DH Algerian...live in England.
I have Swedish heritage in my family.

Half English, Half Sicilian/French.

Consider myself European because I wouldn't know how else to describe our family.

Thanks yellowstone.

I'm half English, half Nigerian.

& thanks from me too yellowstone I have the same welsh colouring & as said above also get accused of being greek

Born in England...Irish parents

DH born in England...Spanish Mum, Scottish Dad, American Step Dad

Horribly boring ancestery - I'm Irish, both parents grew up less than a mile from each other, and both extended families have been in the same spot in the Southwest since Normans came (oooh, maybe I'm a bit French after all?) Same situation with DH, he's just from the next county over, how unexotic is that?

Born in Scotland to Scottish Parents (Irish descent). Live in England, South West with Scottish husband, 2 Scottish kids (although accents are fading fast) and a new English one on the way!