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Whats your ethnic background?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Both your mom and dad

Mine is...
Dad German
Mom French

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lol, welcome, and nice first post :-P My parents are both English. Btw, does anyone say 'Mom' in England? I thought that was just a USA thing, although I have known a few people to say 'Mam' too.
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    **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    Monserrat wrote: »
    Btw, does anyone say 'Mom' in England?

    Yep, in Birmingham :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    **helen** wrote: »
    Yep, in Birmingham :D

    :yes:

    My dad's a brum and he calls my grandma Mom.

    ETA: Didn't answer the question! My mum's Polish, dad's English/Irish.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    White British, although my dad is first-generation Irish immigrant and my mum is half-first-generation Irish immigrant.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just plain ol English from boths sides, although my dad claims he has some Swedish or Italian or something in his family
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    **helen** wrote: »
    Yep, in Birmingham :D

    :eek: Slanderous! haha!

    I've never even noticed that, lol. Been in brum 21yrs too! I tend to just say mum, and my mum is from the north east so she would say mam :D

    I'm gonna get some of my colleagues to talk about their mum/mom/mam now and I'll report back :thumb: lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dad: Geordie
    Mother: Welsh
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dad: part welsh part brummie
    Mum: part american part cornish (yes it counts as an ethnicity!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Both from Austria. Mother from urban Vienna, dad from the alps of Tirol.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    **helen** wrote: »
    Yep, in Birmingham :D

    it's true :(

    i pronounce it 'mom' but i would never put it in a card because my mum (see) would hate it.

    and my parents are both english, specifically both brummie :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    both my parents are scottish, as are my grandparents, a few generations back theres some irish on my dads side and scandinavian somewhere in my mums side though
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dad - half English / half Maltese
    Mum - English
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Both of my parents are English but some of my mam's family members were Scottish (I think).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    White British.

    Mum is from Wakefield (Yorkshire), Dad is from London.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A whole bunch of things, as I know my dad's family has been in the US since pre civil war and my moms has been around quite a long time as well. I know there are Irish on both sides and I know German and Czech on my dads side but I'm not sure of what else.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Mum- Manchester, but with Irish heritage back in the 1800s
    Dad- Darlington/Dudley
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm from Oregon, my folks grew up in the midwest, so I'm an Oregonian who eats a lot of casserole.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think there's a little German in me. I wish he'd go home now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Both my parents are English.

    My Dad comes from London (no idea where the family is from originally, lost touch with them after my Granddad died.)

    My Mum comes from Guildford in Surrey, and her family is part Irish part French. They left Ireland during the famine and the other side were thrown out of France for being Huguenots.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Mum from Glasgow, came here with the fam when she was 12.
    Dad - NZ European.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I got asked what my ethnicity was while making an insurance claim the other day, and it totally threw me. I stammered for a bit, told her I was white, then said 'wait, white isn't an ethnicity, is it?'. The woman on the phone thought it was funny; I wasn't so sure. Turns out the correct answer is 'white British' - who'd have known. :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Both sides of my family are English as far back as we can find. The only difference I have is my dad is northern, and my mum southern. Leads to many debates about pronunciation...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was born in England but my fathers ancesters come from Northern Ireland I found that out recently through my surname which originates from County Down. My mothers ancesters are Scots-Polish, Polish immigrants who settled in Scotland around 1910.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My dad is Ukrainian/Irish American, my mother is Indian.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My mum is half-French half English (well, Channel Islands) and my dad... well.... My grandma on his side is half Austrian, half German and my grandad on my dad's side is half Russian, half Polish. Which makes him Austrian/Polish/German/Russian and makes me a right mongrel.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i was born here in london but my mum is from scotland and my dad's family is jewish, german.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Has anyone else noticed that the OP's post is his only post, and that we've had no comeback from him 5 days later?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah but its not as if the poster is lurking, they havnt been back on the site yet.

    There was an 8 month period where it would be weeks before I reappeared.
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