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Heritage
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It wasn't until I moved to a big city that I realized how imprortant heritage is to people and I was wondering how it is to people in the UK and such. When I lived in small town America nobody really cared. If you were hispanic you were "mexican" and nobody seemed to make a big deal of what their heritage was. My dad a few years back got into the family history and heritage thing and since I moved to Chicago and Chicagoland alot of people take alot of pride on where they come from. I also work in a very multicultural place and see it there too. Whether your from India, Puerto Rico, Poland or Phillipeans or whatnot, people are very intouch with their roots. Due to the cultural expression here and my parents, I've recently become very intune with my Irish roots. I, like most other people I have known have a dozen cultures to them, but I can safely say I am about 90% Irish. I think 2 or 3 other things, Danish being one, I can't remember the rest. I'm very proud if Irish and love to learn more and more about it. It has been many many generations since the family has lived in Ireland but my father as auired and traced back a sword used in the Civil war and such. I find it all extremly interesing and love to learn more and as much as I can about the family history.
I was even thinking of getting the family crest tattoo'd before I change my name. What do you think of family crests?
Do you learn about your heritage? Tell me about your experiences.
I was even thinking of getting the family crest tattoo'd before I change my name. What do you think of family crests?
Do you learn about your heritage? Tell me about your experiences.
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My ideology is that it doesn't matter who your ancestors were, but only who you are. Although that's not the reason I've not searched.
I have mainly Irish blood and some Welsh blood in me for generations, so I can safely say I'm a Celt at heart and in thinking.
Slán agus sabhailte achan duine. Tá suile agam go mbeigh bhur lá agaibhse más mhian libh! Óiche mhaith!
Its actually quite differnt once you expereince it. Most people know where they are from and when the travels came from. Though your on with the blacks. There are very few blacks who know where they are from. I'm friendly with quite a few via various jobs and none of them know unless its been in the last few generations. Which I know a few of those. But alot of people I've come into contact with have either recently come over and know specifically or done alot of research to find out exatly and become very proud. I extremly/highly disagree with your hispanic view though. Its not even close.
Most Hispanics in America are Mexican which is a product of native Amerindians and Spanish immigrants mating from the 16th Century onwards.
I'm all English though as far back as I know. How unexciting :rolleyes:
But i'm sure every family has someone that 'they don't talk about anymore'
I'm half Irish, half Scottish so another Celt here of sorts. I'm very proud of my background and have done a lot of research into the Irish side of my family with my mother - who finished her family tree last year. I think the pride in my heritage probably stems largely from my Dad's extreme pride in being Scottish, though.
Yep. He moved out to Aus.
Anway, I don't know. I have Scottish in me, Yorkshire, a little Irish, and we reackon some German furthur back.
I don't know though.
They are another product of race mixing. Southern and Central America was full of native Amerindians until the Spanish/Portuguese came and started race mixing. You will find native Amerindians and native Spanish people in this countries but they're few and far between.
There are lots of "unspeakables" in my family although thats a topic I'm not going to discuss on here.
It's not really thrilling stuff, I couldn't give a toss what my great great great Granda did in all honesty.
Thats about all that is interesting in my family, my other Gran and Grandad are from Battle and Portsmouth.
Most people I know in the UK who are interested in their heritage tend to be interested in the events that shaped their family rather than their racial makeup (after all we're ALL African when you go far enough back).
I know some of my mums side have been traced back to essex but thats about it. Hardly thrilling stuff.
Having said that my cousins married an american and now they're having a kid so we're begining to widen our heritage
Have you even read what I wrote? I never said anything of the sort.
My Aunt's done the old familly tree thingy and one side of my familly is from London and the Cotswolds and the other is from up Derry way.
So happens that I'm also distantly related to Julie Andrews aka Mary Poppins.