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Posted by: Isaac_Putin May 31 2006, 01:17 PM

Me:

Irish, British, French, Scottish, German. Catholic.

Posted by: summoner May 31 2006, 01:27 PM

I´m from Finland, my biological mother is Lapp and my biological farther is from Norway (And SomFan: I still can´t speak Swedish or Norweigian....)

Posted by: foxy lady May 31 2006, 01:39 PM

Irish, English and Native American

Posted by: evade20 May 31 2006, 01:59 PM

Welch---There is a possibility that my ancestors got offered the rope
or the boat (forced emigration to the colonies) before the American revolution.

English---One relative was an English school teacher that also emigrated to Massachusetts before the revolution.

Scots-Irish--- Lowland Scotts that first were sent to Northern Ireland as a buffer between the Irish and the English (or so I have read). I don't no when their emegration to the states occurred but I think it was after the American revolution but before the Irish potato famine.

French---My Grandmother's family were of French heritage. When my Grandmother was about nine, her mother died. Her father was very distraught and did not feel capable of raising his daughter. She was then adopted by some close friends of the family.

There might also be a we bit of German or other northern European cultures. Like Isaac, I'm pretty much a North American mutt.

Posted by: Gnappster May 31 2006, 02:11 PM

white male, age 18-49

Posted by: Isaac_Putin May 31 2006, 05:22 PM

Hey, Summoner. I remember watching a film about the Lapplanders a long time ago. They seemed almost like a subsistence culture (almost like Scandinavian eskimos) that followed the wild reindeer herds around. They would cull the deer for clothes, meat, and shelter but only used what they needed.

I hope I got at least some of that right. It was fascinating.

Posted by: jlynn May 31 2006, 06:22 PM

Me--a mutt, but mostly Native American and German.

Some devout Catholicism on my mother's side, including a nun, but I am not Catholic, or religous at all.
Mostly I just think of myself as a southern girl.

Posted by: diane26 May 31 2006, 06:44 PM

Norwegian, Mexican, Spanish, Indian and French.

Posted by: LikesThemAll May 31 2006, 07:53 PM

Polish / Irish

Posted by: Bobaloo May 31 2006, 08:44 PM

Well, when people ask me what I am I tell them I'm a pervert. I also worship boobs and other parts of women's bodies

Posted by: evade20 May 31 2006, 09:42 PM

It sounds like a temple to me! Keep the faith brother...

Posted by: Bobaloo May 31 2006, 10:09 PM

You know, maybe I can found my own religion. I can worship women's sexy bodies all day AND get a tax break

Posted by: evade20 May 31 2006, 10:30 PM

The Universal Sex Church.

Posted by: numba1fan Jun 1 2006, 02:22 AM

German, Dutch and English.

Posted by: ddd35 Jun 1 2006, 06:48 AM

swedish white male

with a boob fetish

Posted by: natalie Jun 1 2006, 12:50 PM

My father was raised in Poland and stayed there until he was 18. My mother's side is english and scotish. My father's mother was french.

Posted by: 7mary3 Jun 1 2006, 01:31 PM

mostly German with some native american, scott

Posted by: diane26 Jun 1 2006, 03:10 PM

Wow I am suprised I thought you were hispanic from the pics your Native american parts must really come out.

But you are pretty damn hot so no complaining from me

Posted by: Assfucker Jun 1 2006, 03:19 PM

I'm half negro, half Jew

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 1 2006, 03:29 PM

i bet you can grow a really sweet afro

Posted by: Blond Bombshell Jun 1 2006, 03:34 PM

But I dont care for dark meat



What to do now?

Posted by: foxy lady Jun 1 2006, 03:41 PM

Do you like pink meat?

Posted by: Assfucker Jun 1 2006, 03:51 PM

Bleach

Posted by: Assfucker Jun 1 2006, 03:51 PM

Posted by: Blond Bombshell Jun 1 2006, 03:54 PM

Pink is good as long as it is hot!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Assfucker Jun 1 2006, 03:58 PM

and moist.............and on my caack

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 1 2006, 04:17 PM

Good thing for you that sheep fit those criteria

Posted by: ndboxer Jun 1 2006, 05:53 PM

I am American

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 1 2006, 06:00 PM

Posted by: COMEDYMAN Jun 1 2006, 07:37 PM

Mothers side - Scots Irish/Indian ( Blackfoot )

Fathers side - German ( Gypsies from the SchwartzWald )/Indian ( Cherokee )

Great Grandmother full blood Cherokee

Posted by: somfan Jun 1 2006, 08:54 PM

I am a Scandinavian mutt: My mother is Norwegian from north of Lillehammer.
My father is Swedish/Danish/Finnish. And YES Summoner, I know, I speak real lousy Finnish.

Religion: grew up Lutheran, but now agnostic - although I am somewhat interested in religions from the perspective of anthropology and philosophy.

Posted by: Lynette Jun 1 2006, 09:56 PM

Part Tahitian and part Italian, catholic (kind of).

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 2 2006, 11:49 AM

A question I have is how different are those 3 little countries tucked away in northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Are the languages really different? Are they culturally really different or are they pretty much the same country just with borders. I know the governments are pretty dissimilar. Do you guys have bitter rivalries with each other or are you one big happy family?

That is all®

Posted by: evade20 Jun 2 2006, 02:01 PM

They are as different as night and day....especially Finland! The Finnish language is unique and has no known European roots. We should let Summoner expound on this one. (If she cares to).

Posted by: summoner Jun 2 2006, 02:20 PM

Evade is right! Northern countries are = Finland, Sweden, Norway, Island and Denmark. With languages ours is very different although Finland has two prime languages, Finnish and Swedish. Finland and Sweden has been fighting ever since Finland separated from Sweden few hundred years ago I think that SomFan knows these things better than me I should have learn more about history in high school...What else...All these five countries are different, even with language. It is not certain that if you can speak Swedish you understand Norweigian or Danish..And our language is from East. Estonian and Finnish are quite the same and same thing with Hungarian. And no, we are not a colony of Russia

Ja se siitä = That is all

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 2 2006, 03:13 PM

Thanks!

Ja se siitä

Posted by: closeup3 Jun 2 2006, 03:52 PM

I was born in America, both of my parents were born in America. And all four of my grandparents were born in America. I think that makes me an American.

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 2 2006, 04:00 PM

I thought it makes you an asshole







haha, just messin closeup ol buddy, you know I love you!

Posted by: somfan Jun 2 2006, 04:14 PM

Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language, which means that it is not Indo-European. English is closer to Sanskrit and Farsi and Russian than Swedish is to Finnish.
Finnish and Estonian are closely related. 6000 years of independent development separate Finnish/Estonian from Hungarian.

During the Viking age, there was one more-or-less common Nordic language which was spoken in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and the coastal regions of Finland and Estonia. Those languages are often mutually understandable. But Icelanders still speak pretty much the same language spoken by the Vikings!

And then there is the separate indigenous language spoken by Summoner's birth mother: Saami, Sami, of Lapp. It's origins are ancient and obscure.

On the other hand, from the perspective of outside, there are a lot of cultural similarities between the Nordic countries. I would say that that is generally related to the geography, the Viking past, Lutheranism, and the strength of
organized labor and the social-democratic (labor)parties.

The closest thing to WAR in that region is when Finland and Sweden meet each other in ice hockey!!

Posted by: closeup3 Jun 2 2006, 04:21 PM

It's like if someone told you he was born in Poland, his parents were born in Poland, his grandparents were born in Poland, but he's Mexican. How many generations do you have to be in a country before that's "Where you're from"?

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 2 2006, 04:40 PM

That's exactly what i was looking for! thanks.

Posted by: boanna Jun 2 2006, 06:58 PM

irish, welsh, tons of little things, and 1/4 native american

Posted by: UncleBuck Jun 2 2006, 08:14 PM

If you are 1/4 indian I can see why Custer lost......
I would like to put a "little scottish" in ya

Posted by: evade20 Jun 2 2006, 11:35 PM

Yeah, Custer couldn't see over those hills!

Posted by: summoner Jun 3 2006, 12:13 AM

I told you that Somfan would know it better than me

Posted by: Vlad Jun 3 2006, 12:33 AM

Mother was full Romanian and Father was full British.

So I'm the half breed of 2 enemies.

Posted by: somfan Jun 3 2006, 01:56 AM

Thanks for YOUR acknowledgement! I feel like I should be contributing something to this wonderful website;I mean I don't really have much in the way of boobs. Otherwise, all I can do is voice my appreciation...

Posted by: Isaac_Putin Jun 7 2006, 06:32 PM

Before the advent of DNA, I think the above would be a valid answer. But now, we can (if we can afford it), trace our exact ethnic lineage. There was a story today about a Florida accountant who was confirmed via DNA to be related to Genghis Khan. I think I would want him representing me if I ever had to be audited by the IRS.

So, Closeup3, the most your parents and grandparents remembered about their distant origins was the American part of it?

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 7 2006, 06:38 PM

The problem with tracing closeup's lineage is you've got to trace back all his sequential families. it gets really confusing when trying to distinguish among his first cousin2, third cousin4, and third cousin twice removed2. And I don't even think it's appropriate to get into what happened between Great Grandma2 and Great Grandpa3. that sure was a fiasco. inlaws2 still hasn't forgiven them till this day!

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 7 2006, 06:38 PM

you can tace your lineage but if you go far enough back, you can be shown to be related to most everybody. Better explained http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_083b.html

And plus Genghis Khan was a genetic jackhammer, didn't he father half of Europe

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 7 2006, 06:42 PM

You scare me!!! I can't believe you just linked the straight dope. I think I've read every question on there at least twice. I even subscribe to the weekly email thing. Every day I am more and more convinced that you are the Canadian Bobaloo. Either that or you just stumbled upon the straight dope and I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 7 2006, 07:02 PM

yeah I am a trivia nerd too. I think because I like to know lots about everything, but I don't have the attention span to be an expert on any of it haha. I started checking out the Straight Dope back when they had a show on A&E years ago and then they moved to AOL and finally to the net. I like reading all the Straight Dope books and Imponderables and all those books of useless info.

Funny, I thought you were the American Gnappster.

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 7 2006, 07:08 PM

I found the Web site a few years ago when I was looking for the answer to the "33" on the back of the rolling rock beer bottle.

random thought: do they offer AOL in Canada or is it COL?

Shameless need for attention: Okay, I thought http://www.ratemymelons.com/chat/index.php?showtopic=962&view=findpost&p=98084 and it got no play cuz we posted at the exact same time and it got lost. either that or it's not as funny as I thought it was.

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 7 2006, 07:15 PM

It's called AOL Canada here which doesn't seem to weird until you pronounce it as America Online Canada

I did indeed miss that post and I laughed my ass off when I saw it. Don't forget Dirty_Uncle3.

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 7 2006, 07:25 PM

I thought we weren't supposed to speak about dirty_uncle3 anymore

AOL Canada... that's funny. I like how all these companies just slap the word "Canada" at the end of their product. like Sirius Canada. is there a Directv Canada or is it just regular old directv.

I'm going to start an Illinois-based company and sell my product out of state. I'll call it, Illinois Widgets - wisconsin

Posted by: hott1976 Jun 7 2006, 09:18 PM

i'm just Cute! LOL

Posted by: Bundy Jun 7 2006, 10:03 PM

and 100% Hott

Posted by: Gnappster Jun 7 2006, 11:22 PM

there is no Directv in Canada but you'll be happy to know there is AT&T Canada



guilty as charged

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 8 2006, 09:45 AM

I hereby sentence you to 20 pic postings to be carried out on or before the 30th day of June 2006.

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 8 2006, 09:49 AM

Ah, yes, AT&T, formerly SBC (southern Bell Company), formerly Ameritech, formerly known as <your midwest state> Bell.

Just so you know, AT&T stands for American Telephone & Telegraph. Canada must represent the Telegraph side of the company.

Posted by: evade20 Jun 8 2006, 10:07 AM

Sorry, Boba...Hott's gone again. This time it is you who is talking to yourself.

Posted by: Bobaloo Jun 8 2006, 11:47 AM

Well, it's a darn good thing my post will remain intact on this here message board so that when Hott comes back in a couple weeks she can still read it.

Posted by: foghorn Jun 8 2006, 09:55 PM

the best answer yet

Posted by: evade20 Jun 8 2006, 11:03 PM

You're right. She also has become like the ninja, . Here for a tease and then gone.