[Alyssia]

I'm African American, as far as ancestry goes it's really mixed up ^^. I'm pretty sure that the African side of my background hails from the Horn of Africa/in that area. As for the rest, well on my mom's side there is Asian, and Native American(unsure which group), on my dad's side there is European(Poland,Germany), Native American(unsure which group), and African.

I think that my dad said the Native American found in his blood line was a tribe out of Florida....but I'm not 100% sure. Recently my ancestry is something that I've been more interested in than before...I guess it's because I'm getting older, so I've been digging into it recently.

Influences, well we are a church going family so there is that tradition, but compared to my extended family our traditions are a little different. My background totally influences the way I cook, but not so much as to what I'll eat as I'm game to try just about anything! Actually I don't listen to a lot of Rap, but I do love soul songs from like the 20's~early 70's. I'm also partial to old school hymns too~

If there was any stereotype that I fell into, it would have to be the "Don't make a black woman mad" one. I don't get angry often, and I'm extremely slow to anger too. But my sister, and friends all insist that I'm genuinely scary when I'm angry, she calls me she-hulk.