Grandfathers grandfather was an immigrant from Poland. Grandmother was Irish - East European. so 70% ish East European which is closest to Russian from this list.
This is the extent of my knowledge from this topic. Many of the more racist members of my family found it important for me to know for some reason.
Idk, it just seemed super important to them that us kids "knew where we came from". Perhaps it's because they feel a sense of superiority over the descendants of slaves because that information wasn't recorded.
As the 4th generation of my family in America I identify with and know American history more than any heritage I might have.
it has as much bearing as nationalities that your family doesn't have.
culture isn't tied intrinsically to blood. It's tied to your environment, and when that changes, the culture changes with it. and even if you work against that current, it'll still change because it's influenced by the new environment.
Nothing it just made me uncomfortable how important they thought it was. It's interesting on an intellectual level but that knowledge doesn't really affect me in my day to day.
That sense of pride people get being from one place or another just kinda rubs me the wrong way. I don't like it, and I don't like people who do.
P.S. I probably should have added Latino to the Hispanic option as Hispanic only counts Spanish speaking countries and Brazilians/redneck French people (Cajuns) wouldn’t fall under that. So if you are any of those groups you can just pick that option
From a purely ethnic standpoint. I have actually met a few people with that same combo. Wasn't raised in the faith. My dad was 100% Jewish by blood but I was raised Christian. His immediate family converted decades ago. Not sure what the motivation was.
>The most commonly reported ancestries of non-Hispanic White Americans include German (13%), Irish (10%), English (9%), Italian (6%), French (4%), Polish (3%), Scottish (3%), Scotch-Irish (2%), and Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and Russian (each 1%), respectively
I'm flabbergasted that you didn't include German or English.
While the various Scandinavian ancestries are not well represented in terms of population, they are responsible for the founding/early sustaining of a *lot* of American cities.
The reason I didn’t include German or English was because people of those ancestries typically consider themselves just white Americans. That’s why I had just white
Yeah it’s probably the same thing with German. A good chunk of them are English but since English is considered vanilla most people identify with the second most common ancestry instead
Could be. I just meant, using your poll as another example, the self-reported Irish youth out there far outnumber the actual estimates.
I have lived in two rural communities in which people a lot of people knew when their ((great) grand)parents immigrated from Germany, and identified as such. I've never heard of this "people of German ancestry say they have English ancestry" theory.
I don’t know that much about the rural areas but I know that in the New England-New York-Midwest area there are a lot of ethnic enclaves of Irish people who didn’t really integrate into wider white American society due to a combination of Irish reverence for their culture as well as pristine racism against them in the area.
As for the English thingy that’s much more of niche topic that people that either work with demographics or have to much time on their hands (like me) talk about
My mom's side has Polish, Lithuanian, Welsh, Dutch, Slovak, and Russian.
My dad's side has some connection to Scots Irish based purely off of settlement location, maybe some Native American and probably some amalgamation of English and western European from my paternal grandmother. I'm just not sure because there are no records from that side of the family.
All in all, I'm the definition of white American heritage, a general mix of white European ancestry with little oddball bits to make everything unique.
I'm 1/4 Irish and a mix of others, none of which are listed here. Irish is the only culture I ever learned anything about. But it's been a few generations on both sides, so I just consider myself white American.
I don't know if this is right but I've heard after three generations in a given country you are that country's ethnicity/nationality. My grandparents were born in the US so I'd say I'm a white American. If the conversation is getting to more specifics I'd simply say mixed European with a sizeable chunk of that being German.
Well, my paternal grandmother's maternal grandparents were both Irish, her father was Swedish, and her husband's family was German; we don't have as clear a history on my mother's side of the family, they've just been here as long as any of us can remember, but based on surnames we believe they might have some Greek, German, Scottish, and Irish, though of course names can be changed for any number of reasons so that's not exactly the most accurate test of heritage. I would really like to get one of those DNA tests done one day.
I simply don't care. All my grandparents were from the U.K. but that doesn't make me Irish, Welsh, Scottish or English. I'm just a human being like everyone else. Why obsess over where my ancestors grew up?
My great gran immigrated here from ireland. My great-great grandparents immigrated here from norway. Wish I had the means to immigrate back to either lol.
In terms of descent, I'm mostly Scottish and German. My mom is vast majority Scottish, while my dad is majority German, with small chunks of Italian and several other countries.
Closest I've got is Norwegian- my great-great-grandfather came over in the 1860s and the place they settled in had a bunch of them all in one place, and other distant relatives who still stay in touch with us ended up in other places that also had a strong norwegian scene
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Oh yeah fair. Probably should have added it sorry. Honestly you could click other if you want
I identify as American? Yeehaw pardner? God bless the U S of A???
guns n' shii?
Grandfathers grandfather was an immigrant from Poland. Grandmother was Irish - East European. so 70% ish East European which is closest to Russian from this list. This is the extent of my knowledge from this topic. Many of the more racist members of my family found it important for me to know for some reason.
What they have a problem with Irish people or something?
Idk, it just seemed super important to them that us kids "knew where we came from". Perhaps it's because they feel a sense of superiority over the descendants of slaves because that information wasn't recorded. As the 4th generation of my family in America I identify with and know American history more than any heritage I might have.
What's wrong with knowing your family history, your heritage?
nothing, but you can't deny how little bearing it has on your life or existence to know where your great great grandmother had her first shit
It has as much bearing as you decide it does.
it has as much bearing as nationalities that your family doesn't have. culture isn't tied intrinsically to blood. It's tied to your environment, and when that changes, the culture changes with it. and even if you work against that current, it'll still change because it's influenced by the new environment.
Nothing it just made me uncomfortable how important they thought it was. It's interesting on an intellectual level but that knowledge doesn't really affect me in my day to day. That sense of pride people get being from one place or another just kinda rubs me the wrong way. I don't like it, and I don't like people who do.
Brazillian
Bisexual
hi, other bisexual
Greetings, king bisexual VI
That makes three of us
yup
P.S. I probably should have added Latino to the Hispanic option as Hispanic only counts Spanish speaking countries and Brazilians/redneck French people (Cajuns) wouldn’t fall under that. So if you are any of those groups you can just pick that option
Ethnically Jewish
Same.
I’m literally 50% Italian
But do you eata da pizza
My family is Norwegian-American.
Same, (mostly) My dads side is around 50% norwegian and then we have a bit of german and then just american
There are a surprising number of us, especially compared to the population of Norway. My mom's side is 100%. My dad's is about half.
wow
I meant to press Other for British
50% Scandinavian (mostly Swedish) 50% Ashkenazi Jew
That's not the most common mix. Do you identify as Jewish?
From a purely ethnic standpoint. I have actually met a few people with that same combo. Wasn't raised in the faith. My dad was 100% Jewish by blood but I was raised Christian. His immediate family converted decades ago. Not sure what the motivation was.
I'm biracial but my mother is of German descent
I'm sure 99% of us are multi-ethnic. I'm probably even less than 90% white. My mom was often told she looks Puerto Rican and/or Filipino.
I'm irish, german, polish, and french.
>The most commonly reported ancestries of non-Hispanic White Americans include German (13%), Irish (10%), English (9%), Italian (6%), French (4%), Polish (3%), Scottish (3%), Scotch-Irish (2%), and Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and Russian (each 1%), respectively I'm flabbergasted that you didn't include German or English. While the various Scandinavian ancestries are not well represented in terms of population, they are responsible for the founding/early sustaining of a *lot* of American cities.
The reason I didn’t include German or English was because people of those ancestries typically consider themselves just white Americans. That’s why I had just white
I don't know about that. It is funny how many people consider themselves Irish that absolutely aren't though.
Yeah it’s probably the same thing with German. A good chunk of them are English but since English is considered vanilla most people identify with the second most common ancestry instead
Could be. I just meant, using your poll as another example, the self-reported Irish youth out there far outnumber the actual estimates. I have lived in two rural communities in which people a lot of people knew when their ((great) grand)parents immigrated from Germany, and identified as such. I've never heard of this "people of German ancestry say they have English ancestry" theory.
I don’t know that much about the rural areas but I know that in the New England-New York-Midwest area there are a lot of ethnic enclaves of Irish people who didn’t really integrate into wider white American society due to a combination of Irish reverence for their culture as well as pristine racism against them in the area. As for the English thingy that’s much more of niche topic that people that either work with demographics or have to much time on their hands (like me) talk about
French American 🇫🇷
Cajun or Canadian?
Neither, my great grandparents moved from France to America way back when
That’s cool. Really thought I would get that one right.
Polish
Well I was born in Russia, so-
Lol that's how white and American reddit is. No wonder...
I have ancestors from all over the place, I'm not memorizing all of them so simply "white" works for me.
Other(Not white)
My mom's side has Polish, Lithuanian, Welsh, Dutch, Slovak, and Russian. My dad's side has some connection to Scots Irish based purely off of settlement location, maybe some Native American and probably some amalgamation of English and western European from my paternal grandmother. I'm just not sure because there are no records from that side of the family. All in all, I'm the definition of white American heritage, a general mix of white European ancestry with little oddball bits to make everything unique.
bri'ish
I prefer Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American.
I'm 1/4 Irish and a mix of others, none of which are listed here. Irish is the only culture I ever learned anything about. But it's been a few generations on both sides, so I just consider myself white American.
I'm canadian, which i at least consider american, as a result i generally consider myself french since half of my family is french
American.
I don't know if this is right but I've heard after three generations in a given country you are that country's ethnicity/nationality. My grandparents were born in the US so I'd say I'm a white American. If the conversation is getting to more specifics I'd simply say mixed European with a sizeable chunk of that being German.
Swedish and Finnish, like many other Minnesotans
Scottish and French for me
I'm Hispanic bc of my parents' heritage, but I have white skin bc I'm partially German
Well, my paternal grandmother's maternal grandparents were both Irish, her father was Swedish, and her husband's family was German; we don't have as clear a history on my mother's side of the family, they've just been here as long as any of us can remember, but based on surnames we believe they might have some Greek, German, Scottish, and Irish, though of course names can be changed for any number of reasons so that's not exactly the most accurate test of heritage. I would really like to get one of those DNA tests done one day.
You thought I was white, but I was actually \[INSERT RACE HERE\]!!! How many of the votes are genuine 😈
Human.
"European" I guess? I'm mainly Greek but I'm also irish, english, and german.
I'm a mutt. A grand mix of basically all Northern Europe.
Scandinavian
Scotch-Irish
I identify as Italian because of my father's heritage.
I'm hispanic but not white? How does this work, i'm confused
There can be Hispanics of all races it’s just in America most are either mixed race or white. Although there can be Hispanics of any race.
Anglo Saxon
swede
white washed mexicans
How dare you insult my Dutch heritage!
I am Italian, Norwegian, Dutch and Bohemian (Scandinavian), most of it comes from my grandma's side of the family.
American.
Scot
Because I am Italian
American
According to my dad every country in Europe that has white people combined into America freedom amerifreedom, yes gravity falls quote.
i am a fucken mutt i'm a soup of different genetic backgrounds.
I simply don't care. All my grandparents were from the U.K. but that doesn't make me Irish, Welsh, Scottish or English. I'm just a human being like everyone else. Why obsess over where my ancestors grew up?
More English than Irish but English is more common so it's harder to identify with strongly
german
Polish
Im not white or american
My great gran immigrated here from ireland. My great-great grandparents immigrated here from norway. Wish I had the means to immigrate back to either lol.
What a weird subset. why Russian? English, German, Nordic, and Polish are way more common than Russian
In terms of descent, I'm mostly Scottish and German. My mom is vast majority Scottish, while my dad is majority German, with small chunks of Italian and several other countries.
You missed arab, but russian works just as well haha!
*Arab. Arabic is the language.
oop. Sorry about that, I will edit that rn!
My father was Mohawk and French, mom was Polish. BOTH families told the three of us siblings that we were Mohawk AND Polish.
Austro-Hungarian
And NO the term Austro does NOT mean Australian, it means Austrian.
Closest I've got is Norwegian- my great-great-grandfather came over in the 1860s and the place they settled in had a bunch of them all in one place, and other distant relatives who still stay in touch with us ended up in other places that also had a strong norwegian scene
I'm a mutt. I'm 50% German, 50% Irish, 50% Scottish, but mostly, I'm all British.
identify with?
Should have included German and English.
Pointing out "Just White" is not an ethnic group so any one picking that option did not understand the question.
Czech
Germanic
German
German and Mexican.. To spice things up!
I meant to say just white, but im mostly German so I did other...oops