Clovis Merovingian
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Posts: 2,693
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Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 3:59:40 GMT
This is mostly for Americans but applies to other people as well. What part of your ancestry, what ethnic group, nationality, or any other people who are a part of your ancestry do you identify with most? If you come from the old word you are still probably a mix of tribes so this applies to you too.
Me personally, I'm a fourth German and Swiss on my fathers side plus the German ancestors on my mothers side making by my counting the Germans having the highest proportion of my ancestry. That plus the fact that I am closest to the German side of my family and know them far better than everyone else means I identify most with my German ancestry though I don't discount any part of my lineage.
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Post by Elizabeth on May 7, 2018 5:12:27 GMT
Just Ukrainian here that I know of. I decided on doing ancestryDNA this year so hopefully will get that test soon!
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Post by Διαμονδ on May 7, 2018 5:17:10 GMT
Clovis Merovingian Sorry dude, but for me you do not look German ... They're more classic Fritz!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 5:22:21 GMT
This is mostly for Americans but applies to other people as well. What part of your ancestry, what ethnic group, nationality, or any other people who are a part of your ancestry do you identify with most? If you come from the old word you are still probably a mix of tribes so this applies to you too. Me personally, I'm a fourth German and Swiss on my fathers side plus the German ancestors on my mothers side making by my counting the Germans having the highest proportion of my ancestry. That plus the fact that I am closest to the German side of my family and know them far better than everyone else means I identify most with my German ancestry though I don't discount any part of my lineage. I mean, I am majority from the British Isles but I think I'm just a Southron/Dixian, we have our own ethnic group, most Europeans call me an "English colonial" when they find out my heritage. So, I'm just typical Southern white boy.
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Clovis Merovingian
Prestige/VIP
Elder
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1,757
Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 5:27:49 GMT
Clovis Merovingian Sorry dude, but for me you do not look German ... They're more classic Fritz! Well even with the Germans having the highest single percentage of my ancestry the English and Ulster Scots together far outnumber the German in me so I'm mostly British with a large chunk of Kraut mixed in. @cornbread Yeah, I'm a Southerner too but I identify with and respect my European ancestors also.
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Post by Διαμονδ on May 7, 2018 5:32:00 GMT
Which Germans do you have more? Schwabs, Prussian or others?
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Clovis Merovingian
Prestige/VIP
Elder
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1,757
Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 5:33:46 GMT
Which Germans do you have more? Schwabs, Prussian or others? Alemannic Germans mostly.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 5:36:34 GMT
Clovis Merovingian Sorry dude, but for me you do not look German ... They're more classic Fritz! Well even with the Germans having the highest single percentage of my ancestry the English and Ulster Scots together far outnumber the German in me so I'm mostly British with a large chunk of Kraut mixed in. @cornbread Yeah, I'm a Southerner too but I identify with and respect my European ancestors also. I also respect them, but they are different from us. I'm not a native Englishmen, so, I'm not going to go primarily go on my English ancestry/heritage.
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Post by AmericanCharm on May 7, 2018 5:39:34 GMT
I identify with my British side and my Italian side equally. I love both cultures and history.
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Locnar
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Country: USA
Religion: Anglican
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Post by Locnar on May 7, 2018 5:43:44 GMT
I identify with my English ancestry the most. I have a mix of other Western European heritage but English just clicks with me more.
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Post by Elizabeth on May 7, 2018 5:50:12 GMT
I identify with my English ancestry the most. I have a mix of other Western European heritage but English just clicks with me more. Do you speak other languages too?
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Post by Διαμονδ on May 7, 2018 5:54:02 GMT
I have no experience with the Germans, my ancestors only fought with them ... for example my great-grandfather bombed Berlin on the eve of hitler's suicide and other , and as historians say it was the artillery that scared him the most!
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Clovis Merovingian
Prestige/VIP
Elder
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1,757
Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 5:54:41 GMT
Well even with the Germans having the highest single percentage of my ancestry the English and Ulster Scots together far outnumber the German in me so I'm mostly British with a large chunk of Kraut mixed in. @cornbread Yeah, I'm a Southerner too but I identify with and respect my European ancestors also. I also respect them, but they are different from us. I'm not a native Englishmen, so, I'm not going to go primarily go on my English ancestry/heritage. I'm not really talking about ethnic identity in which most Americans who aren't southern would have a hard time crafting. I'm just talking about which part of your ancestry you are most fond of.
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Clovis Merovingian
Prestige/VIP
Elder
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1,757
Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 5:57:39 GMT
I mean, besides southerners most Americans don't really have an ethnic identity other than being "white" which is why they identify with their ancestry via hyphen. You know Irish American, Italian American, German American, Greek American etc.
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Clovis Merovingian
Prestige/VIP
Elder
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1,757
Meta-Ethnicity: Anglo-American
Ethnicity: Deep Southerner
Country: My State and my Region are my country
Region: The Deep South
Location: South Carolina
Ancestry: Gaelic (patrilineal), English, Ulster Scots/Scots Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss German, Swedish, Manx, Finnish, Norman French/Quebecois (distantly), Dutch (distantly)
Taxonomy: Borreby/Alpine/ Nordid mix
Y-DNA: R-S660/R-DF109
mtDNA: T1a1
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Christian
Hero: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk
Age: 30
Philosophy: I try to find out what is true as best I can.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on May 7, 2018 6:01:18 GMT
Which Germans do you have more? Schwabs, Prussian or others? Most of my German and Swiss ancestors are from Baden Wurttemburg or Zurich Canton in Switzerland. On my mothers side they come from north Germany in places such as Niedersachsen .
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