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Beth
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Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
how do you identity yourself?
and do you think it's more of a north east coast thing to say.....
that you are Irish, Italian, Spanish etc
I lived in another part of the country- the west/mid-west and I don't think people added where they came from to American
My family has been here for so long, I tend to say I am Italian- but my Grandmother was born here- so come on- how Italian am I? and my Dad is Irish- I happen to have dark features- which makes me get this question alot
but I feel like I am really am just American- I can only speak english, I have no family living in another country
thoughts?
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Theresa05
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I am 100% sicilian.....
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:12 PM |
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Booklady1017
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I identify myself primarily as a Jewish American.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:14 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
latin american
i was born here in the US but i will NEVER EVER forget that my ancesters are from Ecuador.....
My kids ethnicities will be ecuadorian, italian, irish, and german and im going to teach them about every culture equally while also having American pride for living in this free country
Message edited 6/18/2007 4:15:38 PM.
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Beth
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Beth
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by Theresa05
I am 100% sicilian.....
were you born in sicily? you don't think of yourself as an American?
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:16 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
if someone specifically asks "what is your background?" I usually say I am am mutt, which I am  but mostly German ancenstry.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:17 PM |
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sami
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I'm first generation here both my parents are from Italy. I guess when people ask I do say I'm Italian..but its basically written all over I look very Italian but sometimes people ask if I'm spanish.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:18 PM |
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Tany
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I'm 100 % Colombian.
although I have lived in this country for so long, that's where I was born.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:19 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
if someone specifically asks "what is your background?" I usually say I am am mutt, which I am but mostly German ancenstry.
techinally I am also- and my kids- forget- it- they will be half Italian- but the other half is 10 things!
I hope we will just move to the south- where I will called a yankee- and we can leave it at that 
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:19 PM |
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alnem
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
i'm 100% filipino and was born in the Philippines...however, we came to america when i was 2 so i am fully "americanized".
DH is 100% italian (his parents moved here in the 70's and then DH was born).
both sets of parents still speak the native languages. i feel bad for our kids...they're gonna be so confused with having to learn everything in filipino and italian! and when people ask them what they are, i'm gonna tell them to say they are filitalians!
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:19 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by alnem
i'm 100% filipino and was born in the Philippines...however, we came to america when i was 2 so i am fully "americanized".
DH is 100% italian (his parents moved here in the 70's and then DH was born).
both sets of parents still speak the native languages. i feel bad for our kids...they're gonna be so confused with having to learn everything in filipino and italian! and when people ask them what they are, i'm gonna tell them to say they are filitalians!
filitalians!
i looove it
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:20 PM |
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Tany
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by Jessica
Posted by alnem
i'm 100% filipino and was born in the Philippines...however, we came to america when i was 2 so i am fully "americanized".
DH is 100% italian (his parents moved here in the 70's and then DH was born).
both sets of parents still speak the native languages. i feel bad for our kids...they're gonna be so confused with having to learn everything in filipino and italian! and when people ask them what they are, i'm gonna tell them to say they are filitalians!
filitalians!
i looove it
too cute, my daughter is a colombiannuyorican.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:21 PM |
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MegZee
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
100% American.
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
The thing is, IMO, unless you are Native American, no one is really, truly, "American". Everyone has ancestry based somewhere else...so at what point do you stop acknowledging that? Two generations? Three? I don't have the answer... I'm just putting it out there.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:22 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by Beth1210
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
if someone specifically asks "what is your background?" I usually say I am am mutt, which I am but mostly German ancenstry.
techinally I am also- and my kids- forget- it- they will be half Italian- but the other half is 10 things!
I hope we will just move to the south- where I will called a yankee- and we can leave it at that
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:23 PM |
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by BabyAvocado
The thing is, IMO, unless you are Native American, no one is really, truly, "American". Everyone has ancestry based somewhere else...so at what point do you stop acknowledging that? Two generations? Three? I don't have the answer... I'm just putting it out there.
thank you.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:24 PM |
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pmpkn087
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by BabyAvocado
The thing is, IMO, unless you are Native American, no one is really, truly, "American". Everyone has ancestry based somewhere else...so at what point do you stop acknowledging that? Two generations? Three? I don't have the answer... I'm just putting it out there.
Well, my ancestors have been in America for well over 100 years. Before that, I have a laundry list of "ethnicities" so I can't call myself anything else. Also, my moms grandfather was Native American. So....
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:25 PM |
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Phyl
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
if someone specifically asks "what is your background?" I usually say I am am mutt, which I am but mostly German ancenstry.
I was going to say the same thing! I have 4 different european ethnicities in me! Also I consider myself American, 3rd generation Californian.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:27 PM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by Meaghan729
100% American.
My thoughts exactly.
The I add, with a family descent in Irish, English, German and Romanian
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:29 PM |
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Chica
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I think of myself as a mutt - Austrian, Polish, Russian and Romanian. I'll never let go of the generations above me b/c I love that I'm molded from so many great cultures!
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:29 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by pmpkn087
Posted by BabyAvocado
The thing is, IMO, unless you are Native American, no one is really, truly, "American". Everyone has ancestry based somewhere else...so at what point do you stop acknowledging that? Two generations? Three? I don't have the answer... I'm just putting it out there.
Well, my ancestors have been in America for well over 100 years. Before that, I have a laundry list of "ethnicities" so I can't call myself anything else. Also, my moms grandfather was Native American. So....
so have mine- and my DH is part Native American
but what is so wrong with just wanting to be American? I can understand if you are 1 or 2 different backgrounds- but my DH is like 8 different things- and b/c of his name - most people just assume he is Jewish- which he isn't
I don't really know either- but I just feel like in this area- no one ever just says they are American- but if you lived in West Virginia- you would just say American???
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:30 PM |
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Christine
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
I consider myself American with an Irish & Greek ancestry. My grandfather was born in Ireland but the rest of my grandparents were born here. I was not raised with any particular Greek or Irish traditions.
Posted by BabyAvocado
The thing is, IMO, unless you are Native American, no one is really, truly, "American". Everyone has ancestry based somewhere else...so at what point do you stop acknowledging that? Two generations? Three? I don't have the answer... I'm just putting it out there.
How do you really know where your ancestors came from 500+ years ago? Didn't people move around then also? I don't think it's wrong to associate yourself with the country where you are born.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:31 PM |
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MichelleR
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
The thing is, if you answer "American" the other person usually says "No, I mean what is your background?". Then unless you are Native American, your answer can't be American. People want to know where your ancestors are from... they don't care where you were born.
My family has been here in America for over 400 years, but I would still tell them by background is German and English.
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Theresa05
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
no I was born here but we still have all of the Siclian ways.. Much more then even American ways..
If that makes sense.. Our culture and traditions are not "american' but from the country where my parents were born.....
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:37 PM |
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KGools
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Re: Spin off to the Jessica Alba topic on the celeb board
Posted by MichelleR
The thing is, if you answer "American" the other person usually says "No, I mean what is your background?". Then unless you are Native American, your answer can't be American.
My family has been here in America for over 400 years, but I would still tell them by background is German and English.
I was going to say the saaame exact thing... it's a given that you are an American, but if someone is asking you, you know that they are inquiring about your heritage.
I'm Irish and Polish... my kids will be 75% Irish and 25% Polish (shhh, don't tell Fh's very Irish and very Polish-predjudice grandmother... the woman thinks I'm a mick thru and thru )
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