Your ethnic background

[Poeticus]

Italian. Mediterranean race, that has no Nordic ancestors, or at least, I hope not.

That is somewhat insulting my man, may be unintentional but just FYI

His post is ironic, too.

 

[Estro Felino]

That is somewhat insulting my man, may be unintentional but just FYI

I didn't mean to sound offensive. as Poeticus said it was just a bit of irony. Italians are mainly Mediterraneans but as the result of multiple crossbreeds.
so any race can be in my genes. That's why I was blonde when I was born, and now I am black-haired.

 

[Sees]

I didn't mean to sound offensive. as Poeticus said it was just a bit of irony. Italians are mainly Mediterraneans but as the result of multiple crossbreeds.
so any race can be in my genes. That's why I was blonde when I was born, and now I am black-haired.

All good... I give people "the benefit of the doubt"and I'm not the sensitive type. Sometimes computer socializing and/or cultural differences make our intent and meaning obscured or lost - so it's good to further communcate and illuminate

 

[Draupadi]

I am Bangladeshi. And I refuse to class myself as coming from an Indian ethnicity.

 

[Estro Felino]

All good... I give people "the benefit of the doubt"and I'm not the sensitive type. Sometimes computer socializing and/or cultural differences make our intent and meaning obscured or lost - so it's good to further communcate and illuminate

:yes:
Besides I think that you should be proud of your Nordic genes, as much as I am proud of mine

 

[dgirl1986]

Being second generation australian (both sides of family from england) is a bit awkward cos I dont feel like an aussie but I dont feel quite english. Always wanted to live there though...in yorkshire not the highly populated areas.

Parts of english history is pretty bad as well.

 

[Sakeenah]

northern part of somalia and ethiopia so east african.

 

[LuisDantas]

You know, for most Brazilians the idea of "knowing my ethnicity" sounds a bit weird.

For comparison, how would you feel if I asked you if you know the destiny and purpose of the next soccer ball you happen to find?

Each of us has a bit less than 1000 different ancestors going back just nine generations (potentially a bit more than 1000 even). I suppose it is possible for people to have clear, stereotypical or even genetically well-delimted ethnies, but it sure sounds like most of the time it is little more than emphasis and wishful thinking.

How many people from, say, the 14 different ancestors that I had when considering just three generations back am I supposed to describe when asked about my ethnicity? Add just two generations more and then we have a total of 62 people. How much sense does it even make to label those people "caucasian", "latino", "native south american" or even "healthy"?

 

[Gnostic Seeker]

I am English, Scottish, and Welsh (Britannia), Irish, German and [Canadian] First Nations (Native American).

English, Irish, French, German Jew

 

[Heim]

I am Belgian. Flemish, to be exact. A Dutch speaker.
That's all I I know.

 

[Monk Of Reason]

Oh dear.
My Father
1/4 Cherokee Native American, 1/4 Italian, 1/4th scottish. 1/8th Welsh, 1/8th Spanish.

My Mother
1/2 Irish, 1/4 scottish, 1/8th german. 1/8th mystery party (probably French)

So that makes me
1/4th Irish, 1/4th Scottish
1/8th Cherokee Native, 1/8th Italian, 1/16th German, 1/16 Welsh,, 1/16 Spanish, 1/16th mystery party.

 

[Jainarayan]

Ethnically, Italian-American. Father, American-born of Sicilian parents. Mother, American-born of Italian parents. Genetically, probably northern European, e.g. Germanic.

 

[Nada]

I'm part menudo and part pizza.What am I?

 

[metis]

Mostly a Me'tis on both my father's and mother's side (French & Amerindian mix-- Pawnee, Canadian Cree, & unknown), Swedish, and Scottish. My appearance is mostly Scandinavian, whereas my sister's appearance is very much Amerindian-- nobody seeing us together would ever guess we're siblings.

 

[Nada]

I am Bangladeshi. And I refuse to class myself as coming from an Indian ethnicity.

Why, do you hate India? Pakistan, Bangladesh and India were together as one country till 1947

 

[Draupadi]

I don't hate India. It's just that we are different in some aspects. Many Americans are of European descent. But we don't call them Europeans do we?

 

[LuisDantas]

Good point. India has, what, a billion people? How homogeneous can they even be?

 

[Baladas]

I am primarily of Irish descent, a lot of English ancestry and a fair bit of Swede. I also have Blackfoot, Cherokee and another unknown Native American tribe.

 

[Glaurung]

Australian of British (both English and Scottish) and French decent.

 

[dgirl1986]

Australian of British (both English and Scottish) and French decent.

That is a pretty awesome mix! I think I have scottish in there somewhere but Im not sure how far back. German too.