My mom's family are all Irish, so even though most of them came over in the post-Civil-War years I'm closer to that part of my ethnic heritage than my paternal grandpa's Swedish childhood (all I know about that side of the family is that his hometown was some 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle).
I can count the trappings of my swedishness on one hand: when you open presents on christmas, and um....well, I like peperkokr.
Swedish pancakes and meatballs here! I also like limpa bread, but have no idea how to make it (Grandma wasn't a baker), which is why I'm glad my boss (also has Swedish heritage) lives near Andersonville and likes to buy me a loaf at the Swedish Bakery for my birthday present every year.
There's a category for "American" ancestry (not American Indian) - what's that supposed to mean?
That's what I consider me to be. Because this
Anglo-Irish-Scottish-German-Swiss-French, but all of those are so long ago that that's only a small portion of my ancestors that I know the heritage on.
is almost me (substitute "Dutch" for "Swiss" and you've got it).
All of my grandparents were of French-Canadian extraction, though one of them introduced Irish, English and Native American into the mix. My father's parents only spoke English as a second language.
What's the internet rule again where the weaker party in an argument invariably likens the other party to hitler? [link]
Thanks amych. So, so true.
I really thought I couldn't hate Rick Santorum any more. Surprise!!
He's almost infinitely hateable.
Canadians would identify themselves as American?
North American, they could.
