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WORKDAY TIME KILLER: WHAT IS YOUR ETHNICITY? HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE?

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,639
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I am 1/2 Polish, 1/2 British

Dad came to the U.S. after surviving the Holocaust.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,502
    very german…..prior family name was VonWitzleben...relatives changed it at about the time of WWI.

    look at this motherfucker! I got his nose. :angry:

    https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=von%20witzleben&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,928
    1/2 Polish
    1/4 Ukrainian
    1/4 British

    Grandparents all came over before WW1
  • soph189soph189 Posts: 425
    I’m French and Polish

    First generation in the US. Dad came from France to UC Berkeley to get his PhD, where he met my Polish mother at the International House (student housing for foreigners)
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,243
    I did a DNA heritage thing and found I had a fair bit Scandinavian as well as mainly Celtic/ Saxon so I guess the vikings had their way with my farmer ansestors. And here I am in London 
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
    barcelona 06
    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,348
    100% Chilean but I’ve never done a family history inquiry I will once I’m down there for extended period of time! Not sure if my blood line has any native indigenous roots or all European maybe even German after all the Nazi’s did flee down to South America after their defeat! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,996
    I’m 100% Croatian 

    my grandparents arrived in 1974 to Queens, NY in 1978 my mom & dad along with my dads siblings all came over… family moved out to Long Island, where we have been ever since 
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,348
    CROJAM95 said:
    I’m 100% Croatian 

    my grandparents arrived in 1974 to Queens, NY in 1978 my mom & dad along with my dads siblings all came over… family moved out to Long Island, where we have been ever since 
    My dad immigrated here in 68 we didn’t follow till 71 straight to Long Island been here since and now looking to move out! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,639
    I think my dad's side came here in the early to mid 1800's. Scottish/English. 
    "Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk"
    -EV  8/14/93




  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    edited January 10
    I come from downtown.
    Post edited by Spunkie on
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,053
    lastexitlondon said:
    I did a DNA heritage thing and found I had a fair bit Scandinavian as well as mainly Celtic/ Saxon so I guess the vikings had their way with my farmer ansestors. And here I am in London 
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_XKueICf64

  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,426
    Μy mother's grandfather came in Greece from Constantinople about early 1900's..
    proud of my origin..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,639
    turns out my mom's side came here around the same time from the same region. interesting. 
    "Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk"
    -EV  8/14/93




  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,639
    Loujoe said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    I did a DNA heritage thing and found I had a fair bit Scandinavian as well as mainly Celtic/ Saxon so I guess the vikings had their way with my farmer ansestors. And here I am in London 
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_XKueICf64

    It's a shame that Saxon didn't make it to the upper level of the NWOBHM bands
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,290
    My mother's family is mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe, and my father's family is mainly from Eastern Europe (not sure of the all the exact countries). I think my great-grandparent's came to the U.S. in the late 1800s/early 1900s. My mother's parent's were born in Boston, and my father's parents were born in NYC - so I am 3rd generation American born.
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    23scidoo said:
    Μy mother's grandfather came in Greece from Constantinople about early 1900's..
    proud of my origin..
    Good thing he came.
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    edited January 9
    GlowGirl said:
    My mother's family is mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe, and my father's family is mainly from Eastern Europe (not sure of the all the exact countries). I think my great-grandparent's came to the U.S. in the late 1800s/early 1900s. My mother's parent's were born in Boston, and my father's parents were born in NYC - so I am 3rd generation American born.
    Were both parents Jewish? Did their immigration have to do with persecution?

    Pipsqueak is half white Russian that made it out of the Czech Republic. She's the last in the line to get First Nation status unless we self-govern who members are. We date back about 16,000 years in this region. I always like to point that out when my kid tells me what year it is.
    Post edited by Spunkie on
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,348
    Spunkie said:
    23scidoo said: poop
    Μy mother's grandfather came in Greece from Constantinople about early 1900's..
    proud of my origin..
    Good thing he came.
    😂
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,221
    Spunkie said:
    GlowGirl said:
    My mother's family is mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe, and my father's family is mainly from Eastern Europe (not sure of the all the exact countries). I think my great-grandparent's came to the U.S. in the late 1800s/early 1900s. My mother's parent's were born in Boston, and my father's parents were born in NYC - so I am 3rd generation American born.
     

    Pipsqueak is half white Russian  

    This weekend we rock Portland
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    ^ maybe 1/4. The The Russian took a Czech Republican girl with him. And I think I heard the word White Russian before that's some political thing or something? white Indian
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,243
    Doing the DNA heritage thing is really quite interesting 
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
    barcelona 06
    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,426
    Spunkie said:
    23scidoo said:
    Μy mother's grandfather came in Greece from Constantinople about early 1900's..
    proud of my origin..
    Good thing he came.
    Not sure about the story but i think he haven't a choice..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,243
    edited January 10
    Always a place for a ejaculate joke 
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
    barcelona 06
    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,221
    edited January 10
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    I got it. The joke was good.
    But loses it's luster when you have to explain it and use the word ejaculated. :lol:
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,426
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    i said from where he came..don't understand, sorry..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,783
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    i said from where he came..don't understand, sorry..

  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,426
    Spunkie said:
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    i said from where he came..don't understand, sorry..

    Sorry, i wasn't a good student in English class..
    "In English class".. correct??
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,221
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    i said from where he came..don't understand, sorry..

    Sorry, i wasn't a good student in English class..
    "In English class".. correct??
    As long as you came to English class and not in English class.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,639
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    Oh I was being a rascal and giving you a hard time for your English even though it's a second language. 

    It's funny because u said Greece is where he came in 
    Instead and said of where he came to

    The double entendre joke is ... Good thing he came is like saying good thing he ejaculated.
    i said from where he came..don't understand, sorry..

    Sorry, i wasn't a good student in English class..
    "In English class".. correct??
    I assure you it was a joke not aimed to make fun of you, but spunkie just likes the sexual jokes.  =)
    "Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk"
    -EV  8/14/93




  • LaFleurLaFleur Posts: 818
    Spunkie said:
    I come from downtown.
    born ready for you.
    Barrie - '98
    Toronto - '96, '00, '03, '05, '06, '16, '20, '22
    Ottawa - '16, '20, '22
    Hamilton - '20, '22
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