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Umihito 02-28-2011 11:48 PM

Your Heritage
 
So, what is your heritage or different heritages? :)

I'm caucasian British through and through. Well technically I'm Welsh, but Wales is part of Britain, so meh XD As far as I can trace back there's been no immigration in my family.

Ronin4hire 03-01-2011 12:09 AM

Interesting... If someone says they're British I just assume that they're either English or have a strictly civic national identity that has nothing to do with heritage.

Ronin4hire 03-01-2011 12:13 AM

Oh.. an in answer to your question. I'm a mix of various European countries. Mostly Wales and England.. but there's some Swiss French and Scandinavian in there so I'm told.

I also have some Samoan in me.

But my heritage and my national identity are completely different to me. Publicly I identify strictly with New Zealand for my national identity and my heritage is more of a private thing (similar to how many people practice religion).

drejification 03-01-2011 12:26 AM

I'm 50/50 German and Serbian. But I don't really feel like neither...

GoNative 03-01-2011 02:04 AM

Absolutely no idea. I was adopted at the age of 10 days old and have never had any interest whatsoever to find out anything about my biological parents!

tokusatsufan 03-01-2011 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Umihito (Post 853620)
So, what is your heritage or different heritages? :)

I'm caucasian British through and through. Well technically I'm Welsh, but Wales is part of Britain, so meh XD As far as I can trace back there's been no immigration in my family.

A Welsh guy saying they're British is like an English person saying they're European;it might be true but it's still naff!

I am Welsh up until my dad came into the family. I'm half.

WingsToDiscovery 03-01-2011 10:25 AM

I'm American.

Dutchie 03-01-2011 11:50 AM

I'm Dutch,
I don't look that Dutch tho , i think it was the mother of my grandfather that came from Romania and was a gypsy.
The other side of the family has its roots in Germany.
I have a darker tan than most dutch people over here and dark hair with light blue eyes...it's a weird combination :confused:

tokusatsufan 03-01-2011 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery (Post 853660)
I'm American.

You're what?! FLAME WAR!

Hmm,sometimes I wish I was more exotic. Nothing I can do! They should make an operation that like lets you temporarily transform into different ethnicities. I'm glad I'm half-Welsh though. Someone on another site raised a good point that we tend to focus overly on our differences and we only really have superficial differences.

Ronin4hire 03-01-2011 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery (Post 853660)
I'm American.

Aren't we all.


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