What is your ancestry?

[Italios]

I've got minor German aristocracy and centuries of high English nobility.

Which was cooler when I wasn't an anarchist.

I'm descended from Netherlands plantation owners on the Banda Islands.

I'm sure they never acted unethically

We had some furriers in Austria and Germany in the family, it's possible that our products were worn by the German aristocracy. *nod*

[Prussia-Steinbach]

I've got minor German aristocracy and centuries of high English nobility.

Which was cooler when I wasn't an anarchist.

I'm descended from Netherlands plantation owners on the Banda Islands.

I'm sure they never acted unethically

Yeah. My English ancestors that came to Virginia after the Civil War? Some of the largest slave-holding families in the commonwealth. *sighs*

Which actually reminds me: One was the colonel in the militia (having been a colonel in the Cavalier Army before, you know, losing), and helped put down Bacon's Rebellion, which you might have heard of. Nathaniel Bacon even named him in his oath, noting his group's grievances against the government.

[Exelia]

I'm descended from Irish nobility.

Not that it matters anymore.

I've got minor German aristocracy and centuries of high English nobility.

Which was cooler when I wasn't an anarchist.

It's hard being an anarchist when you're the one with your own peasants.

[Herrebrugh]

I'm descended from Netherlands plantation owners on the Banda Islands.

I'm sure they never acted unethically

We had some furriers in Austria and Germany in the family, it's possible that our products were worn by the German aristocracy. *nod*

My family may be originally from eastern Switzerland, but that's far from certain. I'm pretty sure the farthest my family history can be reliably traced back is 1700's Amsterdam.

I'm descended from Netherlands plantation owners on the Banda Islands.

I'm sure they never acted unethically

Yeah. My English ancestors that came to Virginia after the Civil War? Some of the largest slave-holding families in the commonwealth. *sighs*

Which actually reminds me: One was the colonel in the militia (having been a colonel in the Cavalier Army before, you know, losing), and helped put down Bacon's Rebellion, which you might have heard of. Nathaniel Bacon even named him in his oath, noting his group's grievances against the government.

The only (sort of) military history my family has that I am aware of are two men who were employed by the United East Indies Company to guard a fortress in the Cape. Apparently they got sick of it, and deserted by taking the next ship to the Indies. They were later pardoned by the "Heeren XVI" ("Lords Seventeen", the central rulership of the Company).

[Ithqington]

Well, I am Fully 100% English, So Is anyone who have English ancestry here?

[Bolkia]

Full Serbian.

[Verdiga]

Filipino, with 1/4 Chinese in me. My granddad on my mom's side was born in Xiamen, China, making my mom half-Chinese half-Filipino.

[Lady Scylla]

British and Hispanic.

[Maichuko]

Latino,French,Filipino and probably spanish.

[Zaldakki]

Dad's side: Spanish, Malay, Singaporean Chinese
Mom's side: American, Malay, Mainland Chinese

What is "American"?

[Singapore Islands]

Dad's side: Spanish, Malay, Singaporean Chinese
Mom's side: American, Malay, Mainland Chinese

What is "American"?

The white kind. Shows up in my mom's appearance, bu not much on mine.

[Lady Scylla]

Dad's side: Spanish, Malay, Singaporean Chinese
Mom's side: American, Malay, Mainland Chinese

What is "American"?

I assume being born in the US, which is more in-line with nationality, since the US is a melting pot of immigrants.

[Conscentia]

What is "American"?

I assume being born in the US, which is more in-line with nationality, since the US is a melting pot of immigrants.

Should the English start specifying whether their earliest ancestors on the isles were Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Norsemen, Normans, ... ?

America has been settled for many generations, it's been over 200 years since it's independence was declared, and America has it's own distinct culture(s) that children born there are raised into and immigrants are expected to assimilate into. At this point, people can most definitely say that they have "American" ancestors.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

I'm descended from Netherlands plantation owners on the Banda Islands.

I'm sure they never acted unethically

Yeah. My English ancestors that came to Virginia after the Civil War? Some of the largest slave-holding families in the commonwealth. *sighs*

Which actually reminds me: One was the colonel in the militia (having been a colonel in the Cavalier Army before, you know, losing), and helped put down Bacon's Rebellion, which you might have heard of. Nathaniel Bacon even named him in his oath, noting his group's grievances against the government.

I've probably got some really unethical ancestors. I mean, if the Swedish monarchy committed atrocities, then it's certain.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Well, I am Fully 100% English, So Is anyone who have English ancestry here?

Yes, I'm mostly English. First ancestor that comes to mind came from... Gloucestershire, in 1632. Though I did have a couple more who arrived in 1607 - we know less about them.

Which, come to think of it, means I probably have cannibals in my ancestry, considering they survived.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Well, I am Fully 100% English, So Is anyone who have English ancestry here?

Nah. I'm part Scottish, which gives me an excuse to blame all my problems on you Anglo bastards.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

I've probably got some really unethical ancestors. I mean, if the Swedish monarchy committed atrocities, then it's certain.

The highest legal nobles in my ancestry we've found were actually a couple of dukes that were involved in forcing King John to sign the Magna Charta, which I think is pretty cool. Also the youngest prime minister in British history.

No one we blatantly know committed atrocities, other than the major slaveholders.

[Conscentia]

Well, I am Fully 100% English, So Is anyone who have English ancestry here?

Yes, I'm mostly English. First ancestor that comes to mind came from... Gloucestershire, in 1632. Though I did have a couple more who arrived in 1607 - we know less about them.

Which, come to think of it, means I probably have cannibals in my ancestry, considering they survived.

... Why/how do you know so much about your ancestry?

[Zaldakki]

I assume being born in the US, which is more in-line with nationality, since the US is a melting pot of immigrants.

Should the English start specifying whether their earliest ancestors on the isles were Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Norsemen, Normans, ... ?

America has been settled for many generations, it's been over 200 years since it's independence was declared, and America has it's own distinct culture(s) that children born there are raised into and immigrants are expected to assimilate into. At this point, people can most definitely say that they have "American" ancestors.

I tend to think of people as their ancient or medieval ancestry, because it's more interesting in my opinion.

[Zaldakki]

Yes, I'm mostly English. First ancestor that comes to mind came from... Gloucestershire, in 1632. Though I did have a couple more who arrived in 1607 - we know less about them.

Which, come to think of it, means I probably have cannibals in my ancestry, considering they survived.

... Why/how do you know so much about your ancestry?

Probably research. My uncle did a lot of of research on our ancestry, and now I have a whole binder of ancestors on my dad's side going back to the 1500's.

[Doperland]

I'm 1/64 Blackfoot(Great Great Grandfather was pure blooded BlackFoot), Polish, British (don't know specifically where, but a few of my ancestors came from over there.) And uh.... bunch of others that I don't know. Although I guess i'm descended from a BlackFoot chief so... Ha! Got some noble blood in me!

[The Portland Territory]

Mostly Armenian, with a lot of Polish, Lithuanian, Italian, French and Irish. I'm also a wee bit English, Scottish, and Welsh.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Yes, I'm mostly English. First ancestor that comes to mind came from... Gloucestershire, in 1632. Though I did have a couple more who arrived in 1607 - we know less about them.

Which, come to think of it, means I probably have cannibals in my ancestry, considering they survived.

... Why/how do you know so much about your ancestry?

This may surprise you, but my family's full of blue bloods. I literally have one hundred and ten page booklet two feet away from me detailing just one direct branch of my ancestry, through the former Cavalier colonel that arrived in 1632, and a few generations behind him, to about 1480. Even has a will from the early 1500's, which is written in what is only barely identifiable as English.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

... Why/how do you know so much about your ancestry?

Probably research. My uncle did a lot of of research on our ancestry, and now I have a whole binder of ancestors on my dad's side going back to the 1500's.

Yep. My family is highly interested/concerned with their bloodline, so to speak. My grandparents have hundreds and hundreds of pages detailing everything that can possibly be found out at this point.

[Newzie]

Half French half British, and there's some Irish and German on my British side.


Most people think I'm Eastern European for some reason.