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amandabeech

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132. Substitute Swedish for Welsh

Sun May 18, 2014, 05:36 PM

May 2014

and add a smidgeon of Belgian and German, and you have me.

I have dark brown eyes and dark brown hair, but the Florida sun makes me break out in hives!

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How much of a "mutt" are you-in terms of your ancestry? [View all] YoungDemCA May 2014 OP

I am a huge mutt; and a cultural mongrel! MADem May 2014 #1

Oh yeah? YoungDemCA May 2014 #2

Well, I don't have any Asian or Australian indigenous heritage! MADem May 2014 #5

Same as me! cabot May 2014 #75

Not that much... Wounded Bear May 2014 #3

mutt here Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #4

Scottish, english, Irish and German applegrove May 2014 #6

Walk into a bar.... no seriously uriel1972 May 2014 #7

Mine as well. n/t ChazII May 2014 #114

Me, too! knitter4democracy May 2014 #156

1/4 german, 1/16 Irish, 1/16 English and the rest 5/8 scottish. I think. applegrove May 2014 #157

scots-irish/mexican arely staircase May 2014 #8

"Heinz 57" silverweb May 2014 #9

That's exactly what my Dad would have said about our lineage! woodsprite May 2014 #80

Going back far enough... silverweb May 2014 #87

Not much of a mutt. Lugnut May 2014 #10

Entirely Norwegian ancestry. Wife is half-Norwegian and half English. Sognefjord May 2014 #11

Not much nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #12

Polish German eom MohRokTah May 2014 #13

3/8 Irish, 3/8 French-Canadian, 1/4 German, and perhaps No Vested Interest May 2014 #14

I heard that as well laundry_queen May 2014 #23

In our case there are official records in French referring to a specific ancestor as being native. eShirl May 2014 #25

I recommend DNA testing me b zola May 2014 #122

can i ask what test type you took? lunasun May 2014 #158

23 and me me b zola May 2014 #160

doing this over the holiday- thanks again - I am a worldly mutt so lunasun May 2014 #164

There were German Protestants who moved to Northern Ireland csziggy May 2014 #118

That's interesting; I had never heard that. nt No Vested Interest May 2014 #131

What the fuck? 951-Riverside May 2014 #15

Really pintobean May 2014 #35

"Our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world." Brigid May 2014 #54

True - the Pilgrims & Puritans were so insufferable no other country could stand them csziggy May 2014 #120

100% mutt. MadrasT May 2014 #16

Scottish and Welsh with a touch of English, French and Native American LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #17

My sister posted this, lol me b zola May 2014 #123

LOL LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #124

Half Irish the other half....probably Irish or Scots/Irish. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #18

English, Irish, Welsh, Italian, and Slovak. WinkyDink May 2014 #19

Irish/Welsh pinboy3niner May 2014 #20

Maternal Grandmother - North Wales intaglio May 2014 #21

Sort of. laundry_queen May 2014 #22

Getting one of thoe DNA tests Separation May 2014 #24

I want to get tested too. GreenPartyVoter May 2014 #111

mostly British Isles with a dash of French Canadian eShirl May 2014 #26

Scot/Irish newfie11 May 2014 #27

Proud mutt Populist_Prole May 2014 #28

British,German,Spanish,Cherokee. redgreenandblue May 2014 #29

Let's see--Scottish, Irish, Breton, and Cherokee. QC May 2014 #30

I'm made up of the pasty people of the world BainsBane May 2014 #31

Same here, minus only the Irish. CTyankee May 2014 #42

Speaking of pasty... Freddie May 2014 #62

Substitute Swedish for Welsh amandabeech May 2014 #132

Ashkenazi Jewish on Dad's side, Anglo/Irish on Mom's pink-o May 2014 #32

My kids are HockeyMom May 2014 #33

On my mother's side I came from that area of Central Europe hobbit709 May 2014 #34

I find it a little offputting for white people to talk about how "mixed" they are. Nine May 2014 #36

For most white people I don't think it's about privilege but about knowing where you're from justiceischeap May 2014 #38

You don't have dealing with Asians or Hispanics do you. whistler162 May 2014 #51

What do you mean? (nt) Nine May 2014 #53

I think he or she means that at least with Asians senseandsensibility May 2014 #91

Of course. That's the very point I was trying to make. Nine May 2014 #143

Half Japanese, Half Maltese. Katashi_itto May 2014 #37

"We are all of us mongrels, dark haired and light who must learn not to bite one another" cali May 2014 #39

well, my Mom's folks are from Connaught, but Dad's are from Munster, so hedgehog May 2014 #40

+1 eShirl May 2014 #47

German, Spanish, Panamanian, American Aborigine, Caribbean/African, French stevenleser May 2014 #41

3 grandparents from Ireland, 1 from Poland. JNelson6563 May 2014 #43

Depends. Are Sicily and Italy the Same Thing? ProfessorGAC May 2014 #44

Only if you are Italian whistler162 May 2014 #52

Unknown Crepuscular May 2014 #45

DNA testing can now give you some info, No Vested Interest May 2014 #70

Thought about it. Crepuscular May 2014 #88

I think it was 23and me that had the lawsuit. No Vested Interest May 2014 #89

I am a complete and total mongrel malaise May 2014 #46

Great question. bravenak May 2014 #48

50% Latvian NuclearDem May 2014 #49

Swedish, Swedish-Finn, and either a little whistler162 May 2014 #50

50%, 25% and 25% MissMillie May 2014 #55

Both sides of my family are from Germany ..... oldhippie May 2014 #56

1/2 German, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 Latvian. nt City Lights May 2014 #57

British Isles mutt here. Brigid May 2014 #58

I am from German descent on both sides. My children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are jwirr May 2014 #59

All eight of my great-grandparents were born in Ireland.. SiobhanClancy May 2014 #60

I'm Irish, Italian, Spanish and French. a la izquierda May 2014 #61

Irish, German, Norwegian, French ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #63

Scottish, English, Swedish, Cherokee... CherokeeDem May 2014 #64

I'm reasonably certain my parents weren't brother and sister Fumesucker May 2014 #65

I know I'm at least part Lithuanian. sakabatou May 2014 #66

I'm a huge MUTT RockaFowler May 2014 #67

German sounding name but mostly English exboyfil May 2014 #68

The English were Germanic origin. HooptieWagon May 2014 #130

Interesting to see all the mixes from different countries/regions. ladyVet May 2014 #69

100% Ukraninan nykym May 2014 #71

From my dad's side, I have Polish and Slovak ancestry. WatermelonRat May 2014 #72

haven't been haplogroup-tested yet MisterP May 2014 #73

I am H1 me b zola May 2014 #128

Definitely a mix! cabot May 2014 #74

I'm not very diverse.... northoftheborder May 2014 #76

Inasmuch as the census only asked about OldHippieChick May 2014 #77

50% Russian, 25% French, 25% Spanish. JaneyVee May 2014 #78

Don't know. I claim to be just re-constituted star dust. n/t jtuck004 May 2014 #79

What the star dust guy said. Benton D Struckcheon May 2014 #81

Scottish, Irish, German, and Portuguese. Codeine May 2014 #82

Depends on how you define "multiple ancestries", I guess? Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #83

Irish, English and a bit of Scottish. n/t RebelOne May 2014 #84

Northern European for the most part rurallib May 2014 #85

I'm 1/4 Filipina, 1/4 Italian, approximately 1/4 British (English, Scottish and Irish), Louisiana1976 May 2014 #86

DNA agrees with genealogy but adds some Thirties Child May 2014 #90

My ancestors were mostly hot-tempered religious heretics. hunter May 2014 #92

I don't know how 'mutt' is defined. Jenoch May 2014 #93

African, supposedly mostly from Ethiopia. Russian Jew, Cherokee, Scots, Irish, little Dutch TheKentuckian May 2014 #94

Hungarian, English, French with maybe some Jewish, Mogol and Gypsy blood. DCBob May 2014 #95

Too many bastards and orphans in my ancestry to know for sure. winter is coming May 2014 #96

3/4 Black, 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 White. nt Jamaal510 May 2014 #97

I really am a "mutt". =) AverageJoe90 May 2014 #98

Looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. -nt miyazaki May 2014 #99

I am a walking poster child for United Nations... HipChick May 2014 #100

Irish, Swedish, French, African and ? n/t bitchkitty May 2014 #101

White mixed with other white. Monochromatic. kwassa May 2014 #102

My father once remarked that I had to marry a Martian for my kids to have Cleita May 2014 #103

All you need to know: You're my sister. Oh, and I love you. n/t UTUSN May 2014 #153

If someone is German, or English etc. it really means very little Quixote1818 May 2014 #104

Ain't that "Celtic"?!1 n/t UTUSN May 2014 #154

I am definitely a mutt. I am mainly Ojibwe, but have French Canadian & Irish too catbyte May 2014 #105

Sicilian, Polish, German CanonRay May 2014 #106

as far back as I know (great grand parents middle 1800's) 100% Polish hollysmom May 2014 #107

English, Irish, Welsh And Scotch, yortsed snacilbuper May 2014 #108

German, Hungarian, Flemish, Norman French, English, Scottish, Welsh, N. Irish GreenPartyVoter May 2014 #109

I'm completely Northern European csziggy May 2014 #110

I'm descended from whoever it was that didn't get eaten by tigers before reproducing Scootaloo May 2014 #112

I'm Donauschwabein (Hungarian of German decent) and Italian (Rome, not Siclily) LeftyMom May 2014 #113

I'm either half native american, or two quarters, and quarter irish and german. Lancero May 2014 #115

Mostly European mutt loyalsister May 2014 #116

Pretty Much, I guess. NOLALady May 2014 #117

Excellent thread. K&R Louisiana1976 May 2014 #119

Lotsa Swede, but mixing it up: boguspotus May 2014 #121

Once the Nazis zapped Denmark and Norway, Sweden was completely surrounded. amandabeech May 2014 #135

That's some cool info. boguspotus May 2014 #141

It's a nice place to visit, too. amandabeech May 2014 #144

Yes! My wife and I would love to go there. boguspotus May 2014 #146

France, Germany, England, India frogmarch May 2014 #125

Not much pipi_k May 2014 #126

None. Pretty much all Germanic. HooptieWagon May 2014 #127

Total mongrel here Warpy May 2014 #129

Really? NOLALady May 2014 #142

Yes, they are Warpy May 2014 #150

half and half Skittles May 2014 #133

Odd combo here AnalystInParadise May 2014 #134

I don't know Kalidurga May 2014 #136

Italian, German, English, and Cherokee n/t krispos42 May 2014 #137

I find it strange that with so many slave owners bearing children with slaves. whenever these lunamagica May 2014 #138

Possibly NOLALady May 2014 #140

Yeah, that's what I think too. It's funny to call yourself a "mutt", then claim a 100% lunamagica May 2014 #145

Ummmm ok AnalystInParadise May 2014 #147

True! pipi_k May 2014 #148

Not sure how much of a mutt I am. Oakenshield May 2014 #139

I'm an erdi odol Wolf Frankula May 2014 #149

Italian 25%, Irish 12.5%, Scandanavian 12.5%, Native America some %, African American some %, McCamy Taylor May 2014 #151

1/4 Scottish, 1/8 German, 1/8 Italian moms side, 1/4 Native American, 1/4 Irish (we think) on dads tularetom May 2014 #152

All European, but.. mvd May 2014 #155

I know my father's side Blue_In_AK May 2014 #159

Oh lord... Italian, Welsh, Senegalese, French, Greek, Lebanese, English, English Recursion May 2014 #161

I was able to find information on one of my grandfathers davidpdx May 2014 #162

Mostly East Indian, and some sort of European IronLionZion May 2014 #163

English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, Ukranian, German, perhaps Polish. Plus Jewish and gentile. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #165