[Xun]

I'm Filipino...Yes, another asian and yes, I've been told, "Oh, how smart are you?" It actually got to the point where I would say, "Screw this" and just become completely laid back in my classes just to prove to everyone that not EVERY ASIAN is a genius. ...I still passed those classes with B's and C's. orz

As far as how I keep traditions... I don't, but there's actually a festival during the summer that a city holds in honor of the Filipino community that shows the different folklore dances and stuff. I actually took part in some of the dances myself when I was younger. lol

[Gallagher]

I consider myself to be a Southern American... Specifically, I'm a mix of several brands of white, German included, and a bit of Native American. We're fairly sure there's some Cherokee and Powhatan (specifically), but I'm not actually sure. The whole lot of us are very Southern, though. I'm the only one in my entire family that's blonde. Honestly, a lot of my family is right on the borderline of being country hicks. Where I live specifically, there's a fair bit of Northern mixing though, and it shows up with a few of us... Mostly the ones that don't quite mix well with traditional ideals. I get singled out sometimes because I don't share the same religion as the rest of my family. My mother is the same way, but more intimidating to them because she does do rituals and such, whereas I am still in the wide wide world of Christianity. I've got a gay cousin that gets... mixed reactions. His mother can be seriously dangerous, so it's mostly limited to certain looks and tones when talking about him, but... The lack of approval is there from quite a few members. I know that my adoptive parents find anything homosexual to be outright wrong, and my adop. mother isn't a fan of mixed marriages, either. I don't really want to think about how they'd react if I told them what's in my head doesn't match what's in my pants.

In any case, our food leans towards the very soulful. It'd be a lie if I said I didn't look forward to breakfast with some good grits, or special dinner with a big batch of collard greens. And the more relaxed or worked up I get, the more my drawl comes out. "Y'all", "ain't", and double negatives are a common part of my vocabulary. My little sister lives on a farm with her dad, she used to live in a trailer park, quite a few of us have old pick-up trucks, and I personally have two guns I keep in my room. Yes, one is a shotgun. Yes, we can all also bake and cook. Yes, most of us get married/have kids young. I enjoy country music (a lot of my family does not) and I love how the banjo sounds.

Us Americans, it can be hard to define our own culture in a lot of places, but y'all best believe me when I tell ya that I ain't got no problems with knowing who I am or where I come from.

[Daring Scylla]

Thanks for that, Gallagher. :) soul food is good. i like it.

A lot of Asian friends i have get really tired of the "you're an Asian in America, you must be brilliant!" stereotype. it makes me wonder what people here think Asian schools are like.

i really love native american culture because it's so rich and fascinating, but the languages ARE hard to speak i'm sure. the camp sounds neat - are all Native Americans invited, or is it tribe specific, or open to the general public?

Something I'd like to bring up is the American concept of "bacon" versus the irish concept of "bacon" - american 'bacon' is what i call rashers and irish 'bacon' is what americans call country ham. it's so weird. also pudding XP

I burn and then tan in the sun. don't know what that's about. :cool:

[Rem]

My heritage is -- complicated, and basically unknown lol. I was adopted by my paternal grandparents (bio 'dad's' parents) but HE was from a relationship prior to when my grandparents met, so I know nothing about my bio 'mother' / bio grandmother's heritages, outside of vaguely recalling being told dad got a German woman pregnant when he was in the military, lol. If I had German blood it wouldn't surprise me in the least considering I am quite stocky and big boned. Like, literally BIG BONED, lmao. Thick and sturdy like a tree trunk.

What I do know is that my dad's family line is supposedly English -- did a little research a long time ago and apparently an ancestor came over with the colonists, supposedly on the Mayflower, but who knows if that's true. I look very English too though, so more'n likely it's English and German. I do know they were settlers though, my paternal great-grandmother's family even has a town in Indiana named after them. I come from hardy pioneer stock, woo!

My mom was Native - Apache, though I don't know the specifics of her tribe. Her family settled in the Kentucky mountains back in the 1900s and basically assimilated to survive, so she didn't know anything about her Native history. I know she was really sad about that, I wish I could have helped her find out some stuff. I plan to try to trace it myself someday when I get the time.

Haha I remember being really small and asking her once when my skin was going to turn dark like hers, and she told me it wouldn't, and I actually started crying. xD I just wanted to look like my mama! She had a really hard time of it, trying to be accepted by my dad's ultra fundie Christian family, it's one of the reasons I have nothing to do with them now. >_> Bad blood there.

Some of his family's also from the Appalachia region so there's probably Scottish in me somewhere too, it would seem likely, considering. Cultural wise though, I grew up in a lil rural country town, grew up on a 16 acre farm, lived in a trailer, all the stereotypes lol. Typical Baptist religious upbringing, til I was 12 and told I had the choice as to whether I wanted to attend church or not. Never did again. Half my family's made up of preachers on my dad's side, Southern Baptist elite. Good luck to 'em.

...shit this was long xD

[Espy]

I never used to burn. I do now...such a pain. What used to happen was that I'd tan like hell...and that reeled in the "Little Charcoal" nickname >.>

Uh. Anyways. I'm Taiwanese. I will punch the person who dares call that little country "part of China" in the guts. That's an exception to my usual lack of loyalties.

Yeah, I get the "Oh, Espy, why don't you answer all the questions, and we'll back you up" in groupwork because I'm Asian. And the martial arts thing...I actually don't have any martial arts experience whatsoever. I'm decent and math and all, but...you know. Don't link that to me being Asian. >.> Same with art. -twitch-

Aaaaaactually. Even though I say I'm Taiwanese... On my dad's side, they've pretty much tracked the family history back to hundreds of years ago. The problem with that is, someone might've fudged the facts a few generations ago, especially if they weren't fully Han (uh...google "Han Chinese"; hard to explain) and didn't want to seem like outsiders. And then on my mom's side, I'm pretty sure there's some Dutch influence. My mom has a few traits that really aren't seen in Taiwanese people in general.

...So, I can say that I'm Taiwanese, but...who knows >.>

[Echo-chan713]

Nothing special about me really.

I'm German (good chance western), Portuguese, Welch, Dutch, Wales, Tiny amount of Native American (Sioux Indian Tribe to be specific).

My Mom is Everything that I said. My Grandma Was Portuguese and German, and my Grandfather is a little bit of everything.

My Dad is pure German (Great Grandfather got marooned by the German Navy in the early 1900s)

In regard to family history I don't have any cause my psycho grandpa on my dad's side destroyed all of our family memorabilia by the city because he's a hoarder and doesn't value family over his political views. (other than this Maid in Manhattan scenario but I'm not going to put it in this post)

I asked my mom if we have family history on her side and she though and said that there wasn't really much of family history there.

So to me, we came out of nowhere until 80 years ago cause there is no evidence of my family tree or no one can remember/stories about my family.

I'm bland

[Saiyouri]

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☪ஐﻬ☽ I know nothing about who I am. All I know is
that I am canadian, french, german, irish, norwegian
polish and native american. Oneida Irquios tribes to
be exact. My dad is german and maybe irish... But I'm
everything from my mom's side.

My family is catholic but I'm a buddhist. I personally
hate catholics, no offense to anyone.

And the only other thing I know is that the polish relatives
think the ones in america are rich and there is a family
farm in Norway still. Plus my great grandpa on my
mom's side ran Milwaukee during prohabition. He had
the city in his back pocket... HAHA A Polish man ran an
entire city, that is funny... ~_~ That is really all I
even know about my family.


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[Quiet Man Cometh]

I'm never sure what to say about cultural background really, I suppose because the notion of "Canadian" culture seems somewhat odd. Not really sure what it would be. I think a lot of people in Canada tend to think of themselves as being whatever their background is outside of Canada, since the country as it is now was largely built around immigration and meetings between the Native populations and European immigrants. My mother is very keen on identifying herself as Canadian though, and considers our family to be traditional Canadians, given our own family history and heritage is tied in with the history of the country.

I'd like to see more of the county, particularly out East since I haven't been there yet. My mother's family came from the Maritimes, specifically New Brunswick where her parents settled. My Dad from the prairies, his parents meeting in Calgary and him growing up in rural towns in Alberta and BC. My sister and I were born here on the West Coast. Geographically speaking we cover most of the country, though the bulk of my family has now made it over to BC. My great grandfather was an Anglican minister in New Brunswick and he is still remembered over there. My aunt went to visit and the community where he had lived held a welcome for her. I'd like to go see it myself one of these days.

I've been sorting through old books of my mothers, and it's been interesting to see the stuff that has come out of it. I've discovered books beloning to a man previously known only as "Bill" who turned out to be the soldier my great grandmother has married and my grandfather's stepfather. My mom had met him as well and he left some stamps for myself and my sister when we were very young. I also found a Danish copy of the Book of Common Prayer which I assumed had been my Danish grandmother's, but it actually was a gift to my mom's mother, as her father (the minister) worked with a community that was made up of Danish immigrants, the area called "New Denmark." I also found a book of children's stories of my dad's and uncle's that they got from their grandmother. Their Danish grandmother used to make pastries and tell them stories about 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus" that they loved to hear. (Their English grandmother used to insist they come down for breakfast every morning dressed in corduroys and bow ties. After breakfast they could get changed in jeans and go play).

[Dorian Pavus]

German & British on my dad's side and Dutch & Cherokee on my mom's side.

; u;

[Fauxreal]

Puerto Rico! Represent!

[Hero]

I'm Korean.
Parents were both born in Korea
I was born in the US

I don't fit the Asian stereotype
At all. But I don't care much.

Annndd that's pretty much it for me
._.

[D.Franco]

I'm Filipino and I can't speak fluently in Tagalog, nor my dialect, Ilocano. Also I can't seem to fit in with the kids there, which pretty much alienated me even further.
Since I moved to Singapore, I practically grew up there, getting influenced by the surroundings, lol.

[Ashy]

does Aussie count as an ethnicity?

[Zerook]

I think that's more nationality since people usually quote their Irish or British roots.

I'm a Sino-Thai Australian with Middle Eastern and German upbringings. I'm not a rich bitch nor am I a money hungry prostitute, they're huge stereotypes among my ethnic background and it's not an unfounded reputation.I have a stronger than usual Aussie accent compared to a lot of Asians born here too.

It's actually hard to tell what I am since I come from a small ethnic group in the south of China. I end up looking Asian without the typical Asian features and most people think I'm from Malaysia where they're a mix of everything.

[Ashy]

I guess "Aussie" would technically be Indigenous Australians :P

[Alpha]

Hmm....well, predominantly British and Cherokee, but I also have some bits of German and Irish as well.

Born and raised in America with most of my time in the South.