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I'm PROUD of my Heritage.
« on: April 04, 2012, 02:33:42 PM »
When people ask me my nationality (and they tend to ask a lot) I give them one of two answers depending on the situation/my mood. The short answer:Mexican. The long answer is that I' 3/4 Mexican, my grandfather was from Guatemala, my grandmother had a French Grandfather who was totally blonde, with a big long beard. I have seen the picture. Its massive. My grandfather had a Spanish Father or Grandfather. I'm going to have to ask my mom to clariify that for me. And like a lot of Mexicans, there is a lot of European (mostly Spanish) blood in my veins. So, yeah... I'm "Mexican"

So I was wondering about you guys. What are your origins, as far as you know?
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Re: I'm PROUD of my Heritage.
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 07:25:13 AM »
Why do people ask you your nationality? Hispanic covers almost everything except French. I'm half Italian (Sicily) with a little Swedish and Dutch from my Dad. No one asks me, but If they did, I'd just say mostly Italian.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 12:53:32 PM »
Mainly Welsh and Irish that I know of. Welsh on my dad's side of the family and Irish on my mom's.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 03:00:25 PM »
So Welsh is different from English? I have always wondered. Or is it like Sicilian and Italian, because Mexicans also identify with different regions, states, etc.

And LittlePuff, some people wonder my nationality, because they say i dont "look" Mexica. I think they mean to say I don't "act" Mexican, plus, I have light skin, my eyes change color and I sometimes get confused for white. It mostly happens when they hear me speak spanish and they didn't expect it.
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Re: I'm PROUD of my Heritage.
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 06:51:35 AM »
I'm Pennsylvania Dutch, so lots of German in my blood.  However, my moms side of the family looks middle eastern, so I'm not sure what's up with that.
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 08:24:47 AM »
LOL!! Everyone is just a mutt ;) If someone asked me what I was, like Alex, I'd just say, "a little bit of everything"   
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 03:22:54 PM »
Lol. I call myself a mutt all the time. And in Mexico theres a thing about being a hundred percent from one state. my friend used to try to tease me about his family being a hundren percent from Sinaloa, so I just started saying his parents were cousins, and never heard about that.
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Re: I'm PROUD of my Heritage.
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 10:23:47 PM »
"If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much!"    (Or so my family likes to say  :P )  Lucky for me, I am indeed Dutch!   I'm also some German, and probably another tiny bit of everything, but I mostly identify with my Dutch heritage - I bake Dutch treats like banket, tulips are my favorite flowers, I own klompen (the wooden shoes), and I even speak a little Dutch!   ;D
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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 10:33:19 PM »
lol. thats kind of how my family is about being mexican. I have a Mexican flag in my room, and if I ever found a Guatemalan flag that was the same size, I wold hang it up, and I'm sure I'd get some sideways looks from my brothers and sisters. Although we are all a quarter Guati. I want to go to Amsterdam one day. It looks like a good rime.
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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2012, 10:44:43 PM »
I'm not Polish or Russian, but pretty much every other "white" blood and some Nez Perce several generations back. Just enough so that I tan pretty dark, and got mistaken for a Cuban a lot when I lived in the Keys.
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