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re: White Americans think they are mostly German but they are mostly British
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:38 pm to justaniceguy
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:38 pm to justaniceguy
I’m Swiss ancestry on both sides. frick a bunch of Brits.
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Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:50 pm to BhamBlazeDog
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Agreed, unfortunately I never saw an Italian/Sicilian bubble to fill in on the ACT/SAT, never seen it on a job application either.
You’re part eggplant
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:53 pm to Pax Regis
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Didn’t Britons comes from Germany?
There were so many tribes that lived in Briton, but modern scholars believe the original Britons died out or left the British Isles. They were replaced by a Central European people now referred to as Beaker People. They are probably similar to modern Germans genetically. Later Anglo-Saxons took over much of the land and interbred with the Beakers. So yeah, a lot of German.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:57 pm to justaniceguy
Swedish, Scottish, German, Dutch, French, and Brit. First male ancestor to land in SC was a French Huguenot in the late 1600's.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:03 pm to Zappas Stache
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My Great Grandfather on my Mom's side , Matija Turk
Turk.....strong last name.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:03 pm to dgnx6
The largest ancestry group in the US is German.
True. After we took our country from the English not many English were sailing over here LOL.
French and Germans on the otherhand.
True. After we took our country from the English not many English were sailing over here LOL.
French and Germans on the otherhand.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:04 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I am a mix of French and German 
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:06 pm to justaniceguy
My test indicated 40% Scandinavian. Always thought it would be mostly German. German was around 20%.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:06 pm to justaniceguy
There's really not a whole lot of difference between the two.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:17 pm to justaniceguy
Paternal grandfather - Irish
Paternal grandmother - French
Maternal grandfather - English
Maternal grandmother - German
Paternal grandmother - French
Maternal grandfather - English
Maternal grandmother - German
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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It's funny because a lot of people in Louisiana who think they are Cajun are actually more German than French.
Some are actually Irish.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Spanish/Isleno
It's funny because a lot of people in Louisiana who think they are Cajun are actually more
Like most of Pierre Part and down Bayou Lafourche.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:23 pm to Loup
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then why dafuq does my dad speak fluent German?
His master was German
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:31 pm to justaniceguy
If you come from Europe, you are made-up of three ancestries:
1) Hunter-gatherers who ruled Europe from 40,000 years ago up until about 8,000 years ago.
2) Neolithic farmers who came in from Anatolia starting about 8,000 years ago, making it to places like Britain by 6,000 years ago. They basically pushed the old hunter-gatherers to the Pacific coastal areas.
3) Then in Bronze age (3,000 BC) the Ukrainians came in and killed off most people in Northern Europe. They killed all the men and "married" the native women. (We know this through DNA sampling of ancient skeletons). They started the Corded Ware Culture which dominated Northern/Eastern Europe. They also invaded southern Europe to some degree, but didn't fully replace the populations there. These people would have brought in the original Indo-European language. This language would evolve into Germanic, Italic/Latin/Romance, Celtic, Greek, Iranian, and Indic/Sanskrit, among others.
Any movements since that time were simply these three groups spreading around within Europe. Romans, Celts, Vikings, Anglos, etc. All the same people with different admixture levels of the same three populations. For example, Greeks/Romans were heavier in Neolithic ancestry while Vikings/Anglos were heavier in Ukrainian bronze age ancestry.
1) Hunter-gatherers who ruled Europe from 40,000 years ago up until about 8,000 years ago.
2) Neolithic farmers who came in from Anatolia starting about 8,000 years ago, making it to places like Britain by 6,000 years ago. They basically pushed the old hunter-gatherers to the Pacific coastal areas.
3) Then in Bronze age (3,000 BC) the Ukrainians came in and killed off most people in Northern Europe. They killed all the men and "married" the native women. (We know this through DNA sampling of ancient skeletons). They started the Corded Ware Culture which dominated Northern/Eastern Europe. They also invaded southern Europe to some degree, but didn't fully replace the populations there. These people would have brought in the original Indo-European language. This language would evolve into Germanic, Italic/Latin/Romance, Celtic, Greek, Iranian, and Indic/Sanskrit, among others.
Any movements since that time were simply these three groups spreading around within Europe. Romans, Celts, Vikings, Anglos, etc. All the same people with different admixture levels of the same three populations. For example, Greeks/Romans were heavier in Neolithic ancestry while Vikings/Anglos were heavier in Ukrainian bronze age ancestry.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:34 pm to justaniceguy
My dad's family and last name came from the Palitinate region of Germany to Virginia in the 1700s.
My German ancestors quickly mixed with Scot-Irish and English from the South. I'd say my dad's side is 60% Scot-Irish, 20% English, and 20% German.
My mom's side of family is 60% Scot-Irish, 35% English, and 5% Cherokee.
One common thing is most of my ancestors followed a similar migration pattern. South Carolina > Alabama > Mississippi
My German ancestors quickly mixed with Scot-Irish and English from the South. I'd say my dad's side is 60% Scot-Irish, 20% English, and 20% German.
My mom's side of family is 60% Scot-Irish, 35% English, and 5% Cherokee.
One common thing is most of my ancestors followed a similar migration pattern. South Carolina > Alabama > Mississippi
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:39 pm to justaniceguy
My great aunt traced our family history back to well before the Revolutionary War. What she found is we’re overwhelmingly of English descent with a little German, French, and Cherokee mixed in.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:41 pm to justaniceguy
If you want to trace your ancestry for free, you can use Family Search. The LDS owns it, and gives it away. They also own Acestry.com which is a pay ancestry site.
LINK
I took a DNA test and it took a wild twist. My dad always said he was 100% German. Well, it turned out that his great, great, great grandfather and bride were from Germany, but he was an Ashkenazi Jew. I have 2.9% Ashkenazi Jew, but 59.8% English, 14.7% Iberian, 11.5 Scandinavian, 6.1% Greek, and 5% Balklan = 100% mutt that originated in Germany 150 years ago.
When you take the DNA test the companies make you sign a waver that the test results can rock your world (you aren't who you thought you are). So get ready.
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I took a DNA test and it took a wild twist. My dad always said he was 100% German. Well, it turned out that his great, great, great grandfather and bride were from Germany, but he was an Ashkenazi Jew. I have 2.9% Ashkenazi Jew, but 59.8% English, 14.7% Iberian, 11.5 Scandinavian, 6.1% Greek, and 5% Balklan = 100% mutt that originated in Germany 150 years ago.
When you take the DNA test the companies make you sign a waver that the test results can rock your world (you aren't who you thought you are). So get ready.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:45 pm to lockthevaught
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One common thing is most of my ancestors followed a similar migration pattern. South Carolina > Alabama > Mississippi
Yeah same in my family. Started in Virginia in 1600s. Moved to NC, then SC. After Cumberland Gap opened, moved across Appalachia into TN, AL, KY, etc.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:47 pm to justaniceguy
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White Americans think they are mostly German
I have a hard time believing this part is true.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:55 pm to AUstar
My family is from texas but I’m pretty I have a great grandfather that fought for just about every state in the south in the civil war. They also have similar patterns. Virginia to the Carolinas through Tennessee and Arkansas then to texas. Or down to Georgia and then Alabama and then texas.
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