American ancestry

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:27 AM

According to this US Census Bureau site for 2000, the largest ancestral group reported by US citizens on the census questionnaire is German, followed by Irish, then English, and then US or American. Scottish and Scottish Irish is pretty far down the list.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: kendall
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:24 AM

According to what I have read, my ancestors originated in Norway, went south to France (Vikings) settled in Normandy, took up with William the Conquorer, invaded England in 1066, changed the name from DeMors to Morse, settled in Marlboro. Then in 1635 two brothers came to America, bred like cod fish and well...there goes the neighborhood. As far as I know, there is no Irish in my family, but, thanks to Seamus Kennedy, I had some Scotch in me the other night. Oh, and my mother claims there is some Dutch.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: CarolC
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 07:00 AM

Other countries and/or continents represented in my family (that I'm aware of) are: Vietnam, Africa, Mexico, Poland, Italy, and Russia, as well as Native American.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: RangerSteve
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:52 AM

Mexican, Peruvian, Scottish, Dutch and Native American.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:41 AM

Hi, Greg:

My Grandmother and Grandfather on my Father's side were born and raised in Denmark and came over here as young adults. They met in a small church in a Danish settlement in Wisconsin. My Grandmother Mara came over as a maid to the Diamonds, who owned the Diamond Match Company... still the biggest match company here, I think. My Grandfather Lars was a tinsmith in Denmark. As the song says,

"Grandpa was a tinsmith, the foreman of the shop
Grandma worked for Diamond's, she started at the top And even though the dreams they had, never quite came true
They passed them on to Daddy, and to me when he was through

My Mother's Father was a Holliday, a descendent of Doc Holliday, sidekick of Wyatt Erp. Her side of the family was of French and Scotch descent.

Neither side of my family carried on any traditions from their heritage, so I might as well be twelfth generation Amurican. I've picked up some Scandinavian music through time, and when my wife and I were married, we had an African/Danish wedding. Plenty of African music, art and clothing to chose from, but very little Danish. Seems like almost all the Scandinavians in this country are Swedish or Norwegian. Maybe Denmark is so great there's no one who wants to leave. ;-)

Jerry

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: CarolC
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:35 AM

Oops. Just re-read the first post. I'm speaking for the US of course, and not for Canada.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: CarolC
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:33 AM

P.S. And there's an awful lot of us. 255,600,000 (estimated) as of 1992, according to my Cambridge Factfinder.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:20 AM

greg, just think of a nation... and dont forget the Native Americans...

Jon

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: CarolC
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:18 AM

While I've got some Irish and Scottish, I also have French, English, and German. And some of my Irish, Scottish, and English come by way of Canada and Bermuda. So I suppose I can say I've got some Canadian and Bermudan as well.

Maybe you ought to make a trip over here, though, and see for yourself, because this country is full of people from pretty much every region and country in the world.

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: InOBU
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:18 AM

Me Mum's only Irish by marrige, A Romni (Gypsy) and Russian, and we had a german dog, or alsatian which ever you want to call it, a police dog, so we named her Phuzzz. But, I supose the police conection made Phuzzz to some degree Irish... Cheers Larry

Subject: RE: American ancestry
From: Gareth
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:09 AM

Well, theres a branch of my familly, around Phillidelphia, who are of Welsh Descent.

Subject: American ancestry
From: greg stephens
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 05:58 AM

Purely in the interests of seeking information,and not wishing to be in any way controversial, are there any people in the USA or Canada who are not of Irish or Scottish extraction?