<p>Great, sjmom and garland! We keep very close to our families and heritage- our kids have really benefited from knowing their roots, and the history of not just the family, but of Ireland in general is of great interest to them. My and my H’s dad’s generation are still cattle farmers (in VERY rural Co. Galway), while our cousin’s are as “modern” as we are.</p>
<p>Didn’t mean to highjack this thread- it’s a fun discussion!</p>
<p>Scottish/Ulster Scot with a smidge of English here…the Douglases and Greers arrived in Philadelphia in 1730 from Londonderry and Kirkcudbrightshire…the rest were Maryland Balches from Cornwall and Vickers (as in Vickers Vimy for any old airplane fans here) from Sheffield. </p>
<p>Ironically, my husband’s family beat mine by more than a 100 years…arriving in what is now New Mexico from Toledo, Spain by way of what is now Mexico in the late 1500s/early 1600s. We joke to our kids that his family are the true bluebloods…lol!</p>
<p>PS…don’t get me started on geneaology…it’s a hobby. :-)</p>
<p>GalwayMom, whereas my Dad and I were reduced to going to the local Irish Fair every year. Heard some great music (the Clancy Bros., Tommy Makem, etc.) and an awful comic (Hal Roach). </p>
<p>My maternal grandmother’s line was the Joyces from the Joyce Country, and there’s still a full crop of them in the North Tonawanda area of upstate NY I understand.</p>
<p>Someone once said they knew I was of Irish descent because of how I pronounced “Ireland.”</p>
<p>Indian. 100%.</p>
<p>tetra - we only barely eked out the knowledge (guess) that he came here from Rumania. So, no idea of what part :(. Ellis Island records don’t have him, and the name they gave him is not at all like the one we think he had in the old country. And, again, we are guessing at that (Descau we think; don’t know if names give any idea of parts of the coutnry).</p>
<p>I’m not a parent, but I’m about 50% Polish and 25% Irish. The rest is a mixture of German, Russian, and English.</p>
<p>1/2 Ukrainian, 1/4 Ukrainian Jew , 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Polish.</p>
<p>3/4 Russian Jew, 1/4 German Jew</p>
<p>Mostly English with a dab of Irish and Dutch. The English ancestors arrived here very early on. Some were here for the long haul but any of them with money high-tailed it back across the pond when the Revolutionary War began. Cowards! </p>
<p>The Irish and Dutch members arrived at the turn of the century. My husband has a Russian Jewish heritage. This makes my D 100% mutt…imho, the best mix there is. :)</p>
<p>We don’t have a lot of details, but English and Dutch for sure, a small bit of Welsh, and, based on names, there must be some German somewhere. I feel Celtic most days. :D</p>
<p>Many members on my maternal look as if there is a little Native American mixed in, but the rest are red-headed and freckly.</p>
<p>We don’t have a lot of details, but English and Dutch for sure, a small bit of Welsh, and, based on names, there must be some German somewhere. I feel Celtic most days. :D</p>
<p>Many on my maternal look as if there is a little Native American mixed in, but the rest are red-headed and freckly. And there are lots of blondes everywhere.</p>
<p>Nu-this is America-
Our children are English, Scotch Irish, Mexican , and Italian.</p>
<p>I am 3/4 German…my dad is a first gen American. His mother and father both came to NY state as young children.
My mother is 1/2 German (her mother is full, first gen), but my mom’s dad was a complete mix of Irish, English, etc. So my other 25% is a mostly unknown mix.
My H never knew his biological father, but he knows his surname and we assume it’s also German. My sons have lots of it!</p>
<p>WASP, British.</p>
<p>hillbilly-all the way;)</p>
<p>best answer so far, momnipotent :)</p>
<p>Mongol-Semitic.</p>
<p>spouse is grandson of Germans who blessedly made it here in 1927 and my ancestors were Welsh and Scot immigrants who fought a preliminary skirmish/battle of the Revolutionary War and settled in WVa and in Ky hollers (hello fellow hillbilly Momnipotent!) with some Brits who got to the coast of NC very early thrown in.
Our son plays old time mandolin and classical German orchestral music with equal joy.</p>
<p>Asians seem to be less represented among the parents than among the students on the board.</p>
<p>Cavalier302:
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<p>Oh, they’re here - they just don’t want to give away any competitive advantage for their kids by revealing <em>anything</em> 
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<p>Seriously, though - Achat and Simba are Indian, like me. And I’m sure there are tons of CC parents out there from other Asian countries.</p>