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i am 100% american, yes my tree came from scotland, but where did they come from, had to be someplace beside scotland, so are they really scottish.
so i am 100% american
Curious. What makes you want to pick the German ancestry over the others? I wondered myself what I should chose when reporting an ancestry. My ancestry is mostly German (four of my g-grandparents were German speakers even) but through a name change that I did a few years ago I have my mother's father's surname, which is English.
So, if someone was to ask to write a heritage on paper, I would probably pick the English just because that is what my last name is.
Just one of my ancestors way back when really changed my family for the better and he was full blood german.I am proud of being German because of him.I have always felt a connection to Germany
Just one of my ancestors way back when really changed my family for the better and he was full blood german.I am proud of being German because of him.I have always felt a connection to Germany
I have a friend who thought he was 100% German. He eventually ended up finding out that the relatives that came over in the 1800s were Russian.
I have a friend who thought he was 100% German. He eventually ended up finding out that the relatives that came over in the 1800s were Russian.
That's actually not a contradiction. Many Germans migrated as colonists to areas in Eastern Europe which were under Russian control in the late 18th century and in the 19th century, including parts of present day Poland and the Ukraine. They kept their language, religion and German culture. Large numbers of their descendants then immigrated to North America starting about the early 1890s, in search of a better life. On census lists their place of birth is listed as Russia. They spoke German and sometimes Russian as well.
The report itself says it : "the number of people directly claiming to be English-American has dropped by 20 million since the 1980 U.S. Census because more citizens have started to identify themselves as American." [LEFT]
Also, how many times have you heard the expression "English-American" used in a forum, or other media ? You do hear all manner of other names (XXX-American). So I think, if asked, many times people will report their other predominate heritage, other than English.
My father's ancestor came to America in 1630 from England to the Jamestown colonies. My mother was born in Italy. What should I report, English, Italian or American ??
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Yep. Some on my mother's father's side were from the Jamestown colonies, others from NE colonies, some later were Scots-Irish and came in the 1700s, and then mixed with American Indian...her great-grandfather did come from England in the 1800s...it's all too confusing. My dad's side is easier, all German and Bohemian (if you can call that easy!).
The report itself says it : "the number of people directly claiming to be English-American has dropped by 20 million since the 1980 U.S. Census because more citizens have started to identify themselves as American." [LEFT]
Also, how many times have you heard the expression "English-American" used in a forum, or other media ? You do hear all manner of other names (XXX-American). So I think, if asked, many times people will report their other predominate heritage, other than English.
My father's ancestor came to America in 1630 from England to the Jamestown colonies. My mother was born in Italy. What should I report, English, Italian or American ??
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Originally Posted by InsaneTraveler
The vast majority of the people who chose 'American' are of predominately English ancestry.
Also, the English, Irish, and Germans all mixed extensively. You are probably hard pressed to find anyone in America who is exclusively descended from any of those three.
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