Title: Nationality!
Description: Where do your looks originate from?
goddess_in_pink07 - May 19, 2006 02:50 AM (GMT)
ok, hopefully this hasn't already been posted. I don't feel like going throught all the pages...
But anyways, what nationality do you take after?
For me, my daddie gives me French! The national language of love! :wub:
From my mommie, i get Irish! :shamrock: :shamrock: So kiss me, i'm Irish. :D
Your replies are appreciated! Show your love for goddess! :huggle: :flag: :flag:
My last name is actually Hungarian, so i'm guessing somewhere along the line with my dad, he gets Hungarian....
Kusari Yarou - May 19, 2006 03:21 AM (GMT)
From my father's side, American. His father is half-American, half-Filipino
From my mother's side. Spanish. Her mother was half-Spanish, half-Filipino
So really, it's a hybrid of races :blink:
My last name is Spanish, which is unsurprising, as the Spanish conquered the Philippines for 300 years
Lynn - May 19, 2006 04:16 AM (GMT)
Both of my parents are Chinese.
...
Yeah, boring, innit?
So God or genes or whatever decided to mix it up a bit. So my dad looks Indian and my mom looks Malay, which ends up in me looking Eurasian/Chinese-Indian/Malay-Indian... I've even gotten "Portugese" thrown at me once.
But rest assured, even though I don't speak a word of my mother tongue, I'm actually Chinese. :lol:
yin-chan - May 19, 2006 07:56 AM (GMT)
...I'm afraid my answer is going to be exactly the same as Lynn's therefore making it three times more boring. :lol:
Ah, my mother's grandmother was .... from Holland, if I remember right? That's why my mum looks somewhat Caucasian, with the auburn eyes and elegant features and all. She got the good looks of the gene pool. :P
Thing that makes me even more boring is that I look chinese too, not any mixture of any kind. Normality is a.....blessing and a curse...? :blush:
Marionette - May 19, 2006 09:57 AM (GMT)
My Father is of Mexican decent, but was born and raised in the United States and my Mother is Greek, born in Greece etc. So I'm mixed XD I must look more "latina" though because people automatically assume that I speak Spanish and they start speaking to me in Spanish. XD (I don't know Spanish! So, whenever that happens it get's on my nerves.) But I also have a lot of people tell me that I look "exotic" and/or "mixed". People get confused by me. XD
Artec - May 19, 2006 10:22 AM (GMT)
I'm 25% Italian, 25% Irish, and 50% lebanese. And that's some how making me Blonde and blue eyed.. :hmm: Yups!
NekoDono - May 19, 2006 11:00 AM (GMT)
Born in: USA
Blood: Mexican , Irish , French, Mongolian, Whelsh, and Polish
^^ I am actually mostly mexican even though I'm as pale as printer paper. Sad thing? I speak French incredibly well, English is my first language, and all I know in Spanish is how to cuss at people. XD
Real_Emotion - May 19, 2006 05:40 PM (GMT)
I pretty much just label myself as Filipino, but I have a few other nationalities mixed in.
Both of my parents are Filipinos. My mom is from Cebu, and my dad from Manilla. But, my mother has Hawaiian, Chinese, and Spanish(Argentina) blood mixed in, which she passed on to my brother and I. So, I am Filipino, Spanish, Hawaiian, and Chinese. An interesting mix... you have to wonder how this effects my hair :lol: Heh, super thick, long, naturally wavy, and frizzes up the instant humidity and moisture is hanging in the air.
I don't know about my dad's side though.
Ally McBeal - May 19, 2006 06:13 PM (GMT)
Sadhana - May 19, 2006 06:40 PM (GMT)
I hope I can remember them all. Well, I was born in America, so I really consider myself American above anything else. However, my mom is an immigrant from Mexico, so she's Mexican with some Spanish and Indian (like the Aztecs) blood. My dad's paternal grandparents immigrated from Russia. The confusing part is my dad's maternal side which is where all the European blood comes from. It'll be easier if I make a list...
I am:
1) Mexican
2) Native American
3) Spanish
4) Russian
5) Irish
6) Welsh
7) British
8) Scottish
9) French
10) Polish
11) Italian
12) Israeli
I think that's all of it. I could be forgetting something. Basically, I'm a mutt. :blush:
And somewhere between all of those nationalities, I earned myself a Jewish last name and a Sanskrit (the ancient language of classical India) first name.
Paladin's Heart - May 19, 2006 07:35 PM (GMT)
Looks like we have another Filipino right here. :lol:
Both my Mother and Father are from the Phillipines, but I've been rumoured to have Japanese blood from my mothers side. Although I don't believe it, I enjoy being a Full Filipino (with Canadian Influence!), even though I can only understand some of our language. I can't speak it, though. What a disgrace I am XD.
Schala - May 19, 2006 07:45 PM (GMT)
I'm 100% Chinese, at least as far back I've been able to trace. I'm proud of it too, though I've actually never been to China before (but I know the language)! I guess I look... Chinese, but I've been mistaken for Malay because my skin is pretty dark. Americans sometimes think I'm Korean or Vietnamese. :P
Real_Emotion - May 19, 2006 08:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Paladin's Heart @ May 19 2006, 02:35 PM) |
| even though I can only understand some of our language. I can't speak it, though. What a disgrace I am XD. |
:lmao: Same thing with me. My parent's tried teaching me, but seems like I just can't grasp the language as easy as they expected.
Dad: I don't get it. She's a honor roll student with a 4.0 gpa, captain of the Academic Team, and is in the National Spanish Honors Society... yet, she can't even respond to the simplest tagalog phrases?
Mom: She does know a few phrases...
Dad: Only phrases that concern her asking us for money! >_<
0:3
At least I can understand some... :sweat:
Maiden - May 19, 2006 08:58 PM (GMT)
I'm Indian FULL BLOWN Indian :woot: so kiss me i'm Indian :P
Imaginary__girl - May 19, 2006 09:03 PM (GMT)
I was born in the US. But according to my dad, I'm 85% Scottish, and 15% Italian. Not much in my blood XD
Kuki Prower - May 19, 2006 10:06 PM (GMT)
Born in Scotland, all of my family sides are Scottish cept for my great great great grandfather who immigrated from India.
So I'm like 90% Scottish and 10% Indian.
Pyra Kurai Akaidra - May 19, 2006 11:07 PM (GMT)
I'm 100% Chinese with some Australian influence on me like accent!
From my dad side, pure Chinese all the way to my ancestor as an councilor/adviser in a village near Lake of Thunder (that's what my dad told me). I'm the 26th generation!
I don't know my mum side, as she lost her copy of our family history. Maybe my relatives have one...But I know we're pure Chinese with the exception of an white guy married into the family to my aunt.
It's a thing with my family, but we have two first names, Chinese and English. I think it's to let the English-speakers be more comfortable.
Evenstar - May 20, 2006 01:02 AM (GMT)
@Kusari Yarou, Real Emotion, Paladin's Heart: Good lord! All this time you guys are Filipino, or at least have Filipino blood?! I never knew! :lol:
Anywho, yeah, I'm Filipino but I was born and raised in Indonesia. My parents are both Filipino, my dad being 1/4 Chinese from his mother's side. He even looks Chinese :lol:. I can't really speak Tagalog well (same as you, Paladin Heart ;)) and I only know a few phrases. I could speak Bahasa Indonesia better than Tagalog, obviously.
My last name is Spanish, most likely given by the Spanish during colonial times as the bureaucrats decided that the natives should have "proper" names. Interestingly, my surname is pretty rare since I've been told that there are only a few of us with that surname, as compared to the usual De Leon or Cruz. My surname is the same as the town in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain in the region of Alto Palancia... Look it up if you're curious. :P
Schala - May 20, 2006 04:48 PM (GMT)
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| But I know we're pure Chinese with the exception of an white guy married into the family to my aunt. |
:o What a coincidence, Pyra! My family is all Chinese, except my aunt who married a white! And some of my relatives migrated to Australia for university, AND they have both English and Chinese names (though that's actually pretty common nowadays)!
Pyra Kurai Akaidra - May 20, 2006 10:27 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Schala @ May 20 2006, 04:48 PM) |
| QUOTE | | But I know we're pure Chinese with the exception of an white guy married into the family to my aunt. |
:o What a coincidence, Pyra! My family is all Chinese, except my aunt who married a white! And some of my relatives migrated to Australia for university, AND they have both English and Chinese names (though that's actually pretty common nowadays)!
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WHOA! I'm not sure if that's suppose to be coincidental or fated! Also, it's my relatives from my dad side who came to Australia, with the except of my uncle from my mum's.
This is SO cooooool~! :D
Tacofoolio - May 20, 2006 10:54 PM (GMT)
I was born here in the US, but my blood got all good and mixed up! :P
1/2 Spanish from my mom, but I think there was a little Native American also mixed in there. On my dad's side, I got 1/4 Dutch, 1/8th Native American, 1/16th of German and Irish!
I like being mixed most the time, but it can get annoying when I'm labeled as not being something because I only have a part of it, or when questionaires force me to pick. It's even worse when I've asked my teachers in the past and they tell me just to pick white. I think that they should allow mixed race to be an answer, I always feel like I have to choose between my parents when I have to answer, when I'm actually proud of being a mix. *gives rant* Oh well!
MistaCloudStrife - May 20, 2006 11:15 PM (GMT)
Mostly Filipino but I also have some Japanese and Chinese blood.
Ally McBeal - May 21, 2006 06:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Evenstar @ May 20 2006, 01:02 AM) |
My last name is Spanish, most likely given by the Spanish during colonial times as the bureaucrats decided that the natives should have "proper" names. Interestingly, my surname is pretty rare since I've been told that there are only a few of us with that surname, as compared to the usual De Leon or Cruz. My surname is the same as the town in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain in the region of Alto Palancia... Look it up if you're curious. :P |
i'm from the communiti valencian :cleris:
Bremic - May 21, 2006 06:38 PM (GMT)
Born in the U.S. of f*^%in' A!!!
My mom's side is German, and my dad's side is Irish, so im half.
One time this kid made fun of me for it. I told him I was Irish/German...
"Wow, thats a great combo. A buncha jew killers and drunks."
Thanks, that lifts me up! Hehe, I didnt care though.
Sadhana - May 21, 2006 06:43 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Bremic @ May 21 2006, 06:38 PM) |
One time this kid made fun of me for it. I told him I was Irish/German...
"Wow, thats a great combo. A buncha jew killers and drunks."
Thanks, that lifts me up! Hehe, I didnt care though. |
I was over my boyfriend's house once, and his little brother made a comment about how Mexicans are dirty, not knowing I'm half-Mexican. :lol: That was an awkward conversation.
Onigiri - May 22, 2006 01:09 AM (GMT)
My dad's 100% Vietnamese. My mom is half Viet, half Chinese, and some tiny bit of Cambodian. So I'm mostly Vietnamese, so that's what I identify myself as.
pinaycutie - May 22, 2006 01:36 AM (GMT)
Born in California. Full Filipino. I've never been to the Philippines but both my brothers have. I'm so jealous of them! I used to speak Tagalog well but now I can just understand it and speak rough sentences. It's true, if you don't use the language, you lose it. :P
Resha - May 22, 2006 08:57 AM (GMT)
my mom is half south korean and filipino, my dad half spanish and filipino, so there. but now my family and i are Korean citizens.
EDIT: I am still studying Korean language, and I only know a bit of Tagalog, am not good at it though, I've been in the Philippines just once, my parents trained me for English...because they told me it was the international language and damn they haven't taught me a lot of Korean and Tagalog words!!!
Naminč - May 22, 2006 02:23 PM (GMT)
Carmen - May 22, 2006 06:11 PM (GMT)
Im American and I accept it, although sometimes I hate being American due to patroitism. Anyway...:rolleyes:
Im half Black, half White, and half Indian. I want to be Asian!!! :fist: I love Asians and they're really coool people. European is great too :D. I just for one day want to be something other than American. Because I feel like its us against the world...:ermm: (Not turning this into a racist issue.)
| QUOTE |
| Born in California. Full Filipino. I've never been to the Philippines but both my brothers have. I'm so jealous of them! I used to speak Tagalog well but now I can just understand it and speak rough sentences. It's true, if you don't use the language, you lose it. |
Cool Filipinos! I have LOTS of Filipinos at my school. Thats most of the Asian race here. I wanna know so much about them. They seem like really nice people.
Tacofoolio - May 22, 2006 08:12 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Carmen) |
| Im half Black, half White, and half Indian. |
Do you mean 1/3 of each? :P Or perhaps a half something and two forths of the rest?
Anyway, I think it's so cool that the people of the forum are such a mix, it goes to show how FF7 and the LT has appealed to people of all kinds of backgrounds! ^_^
Paladin's Heart - May 22, 2006 08:28 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Evenstar) |
| I've been told that there are only a few of us with that surname, as compared to the usual De Leon or Cruz. |
My last name is Dial De Leon. :P
RE, Evenstar: Wow! You guys too? And all this time at school I pitied myself because mostly all my fellow flip friends can speak tagalog, ilocano or pangasinan (is that how it's spelt?) fluently, or they can understand them well. I, however, Can only understand a few words and phrases. I'm so glad that I'm not alone! :huggle:
| QUOTE (Carmen) |
| Cool Filipinos! I have LOTS of Filipinos at my school. Thats most of the Asian race here. I wanna know so much about them. They seem like really nice people. |
It's true, Filipino's are the dominent culture in my school. We raid and corrupt the schools. :devil:
i pRomiSe** - May 22, 2006 09:04 PM (GMT)
I'm 100% Chinese. w00t. ^_^ My mom came from Singapore and my dad came from China. And yeah. My history's kinda boring. As far as I know, my grandparents and great-grandparents and so on are all from China or Singapore. =]
Um, like some said before, I can't speak Chinese. I can speak little, but it's like numbers. But I can understand it well. :] I feel like a disgrace. :lol:
goddess_in_pink07 - May 24, 2006 02:02 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Carmen @ May 22 2006, 06:11 PM) |
Im American and I accept it, although sometimes I hate being American due to patroitism. Anyway...:rolleyes:
Im half Black, half White, and half Indian. I want to be Asian!!! :fist: I love Asians and they're really coool people. European is great too :D. I just for one day want to be something other than American. Because I feel like its us against the world...:ermm: (Not turning this into a racist issue.)
| QUOTE | | Born in California. Full Filipino. I've never been to the Philippines but both my brothers have. I'm so jealous of them! I used to speak Tagalog well but now I can just understand it and speak rough sentences. It's true, if you don't use the language, you lose it. |
Cool Filipinos! I have LOTS of Filipinos at my school. Thats most of the Asian race here. I wanna know so much about them. They seem like really nice people.
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ah, just put it this way... your a bitch American and your proud of it! lol, I like being America.... i stick out from different cultures, and were the most kick-ass country ever! :D
I think Americans are just awsome. I'm a proud American. Teehee, i'm one ditzy America girl! :fangirl: We're smart, but we don't have clue...teehee :fangirl:
Sarah - May 24, 2006 05:25 PM (GMT)
norwegian and british not much really ^_^
goddess_in_pink07 - May 24, 2006 10:37 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (msz aeris strife @ May 19 2006, 06:40 PM) |
I hope I can remember them all. Well, I was born in America, so I really consider myself American above anything else. However, my mom is an immigrant from Mexico, so she's Mexican with some Spanish and Indian (like the Aztecs) blood. My dad's paternal grandparents immigrated from Russia. The confusing part is my dad's maternal side which is where all the European blood comes from. It'll be easier if I make a list...
I am: 1) Mexican 2) Native American 3) Spanish 4) Russian 5) Irish 6) Welsh 7) British 8) Scottish 9) French 10) Polish 11) Italian 12) Israeli
I think that's all of it. I could be forgetting something. Basically, I'm a mutt. :blush:
And somewhere between all of those nationalities, I earned myself a Jewish last name and a Sanskrit (the ancient language of classical India) first name. |
Mutt? Awww, thats not true. I think its cool how you come from so many cultures.
Maiden - May 25, 2006 07:53 PM (GMT)
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| norwegian and british not much really |
I wasn't much either but i'm full blooded Indian and proud of it ^_^ so I guess there isn't much to explain about how since I'm like full lol My best Friends on here you know Maikobeauty They both are Full blooded norwegian and are royalty they used to live in a palace there weird ne? :lol:
Carmen - May 26, 2006 05:08 PM (GMT)
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ah, just put it this way... your a bitch American and your proud of it! lol, I like being America.... i stick out from different cultures, and were the most kick-ass country ever! I think Americans are just awsome. I'm a proud American. Teehee, i'm one ditzy America girl! We're smart, but we don't have clue...teehee
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HELL YEAH GODDESS!!!! :punk: :lol: And not to mention that we're cocky. I just wish this country wasn't being runned by a certain person *coughsBUSHcoughs*. That way everyone doesn't pick fights with us or we pick fights with them :P.
But I stil love Asians though :rose:. I wonder what's life like right now in their eyes? :hmm:
Pyra Kurai Akaidra - May 26, 2006 09:39 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Carmen @ May 26 2006, 05:08 PM) |
| But I stil love Asians though :rose:. I wonder what's life like right now in their eyes? :hmm: |
For me, pretty okay with occasional school work. But I was too darn calm and collected most of the time, nearly loose my temper over a harmless, but annoying, joke.
Oh and like various types of love and music.
auril - May 18, 2007 03:06 AM (GMT)