Well...

An interesting thread, to say the least. Or, more properly, collection of threads.

On my Dad's side, family legend has it that we are line descendents (albeit on the wrong side of the sheets) of the Draculas. On my mother's side, we're a mix of German peasant, Black-irish, and Welsh, with the latter being the most recent; her grandparents came over from Caernafon.

Musically, I like British (incl Irish, Welsh, and Scottish) and American folk. There's also a, um, bastard child of folk called "filk" which I throroughly enjoy.

With regards to self description: when someone asks me what I am, I say "Human". This reminds me of a story from my days in the Army. My platoon was about half black, one fourth hispanic, and the rest white / other (judging by appearances only). First day of Boot Camp, our Drill Sergeants are giving us a big lecture on tolerance, yada yada. But the thing that stuck in my mind was the line, "We all bleed red, no matter what color our skin is."

--IceWolf