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Ireland and Germany/Austria redstatebluegirl Jan 2018 #1
Norway. But in the 19th century, Norway was, if not a shithole, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #2
Sicily and Ireland. maveric Jan 2018 #3
Puerto Rico and the DR IluvPitties Jan 2018 #4
Half from Scotland. The other half were already here. Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #5
Sorry MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #10
Ireland and Norway jpak Jan 2018 #6
Dad and all four Grandparents were from Czechoslovakia. livetohike Jan 2018 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Mc Mike Jan 2018 #74
Ireland MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #8
Ireland and Hungary maryellen99 Jan 2018 #9
The ones I know that came here after the Revolution geardaddy Jan 2018 #11
Norway, Sweden, Mexico and England nadine_mn Jan 2018 #12
Me too! ariadne0614 Jan 2018 #104
My grandpa's family were fleeing the Revolution! nadine_mn Jan 2018 #123
England, Ireland, Holland, and North America (Cherokee and Blackfoot) lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #13
Your Native Americans should have kept the rest of us shitholes out Motley13 Jan 2018 #45
The invaders used WMDs on the native defenders lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #52
Irish, here. jeffreyi Jan 2018 #14
My ancestors were Irish and British miners who MineralMan Jan 2018 #15
France HAB911 Jan 2018 #16
Moi aussi! nt zanana1 Jan 2018 #109
gee, we seem to be a minority! HAB911 Jan 2018 #116
30% Ireland, 30% Germany and somewhere in Scandinavia (Noway, Denmark, Sweden) hlthe2b Jan 2018 #17
Alabama ! stonecutter357 Jan 2018 #18
Ohio and West Virginia. underpants Jan 2018 #77
Italy ciao_bella Jan 2018 #19
For many years rogerashton Jan 2018 #103
Russia leftynyc Jan 2018 #20
This country, except back then they called it Mexico. Iggo Jan 2018 #21
Italy and Norway lucca18 Jan 2018 #22
Turkey....it was a shithole..it was bad LeftInTX Jan 2018 #23
Dad and all the grandparents from Lithuania in the early 20th century eleny Jan 2018 #24
My mom came here from Italy and Dad from Ireland.......... Old Vet Jan 2018 #25
from the largest democracy on the globe! quartz007 Jan 2018 #26
I personally came from Germany gopiscrap Jan 2018 #27
Italy, I guess we were the dagos, wops and guineas. phylny Jan 2018 #28
England and France tymorial Jan 2018 #29
Italy and the UK nightwing1240 Jan 2018 #30
The only one of know of a great grandfather came from Ireland kimbutgar Jan 2018 #31
Sweden, Germany and Prussia MrsMatt Jan 2018 #32
I'm straight outta shithole WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2018 #33
Ireland, Wales, England, and Italy. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #34
Africa, somewhere... klook Jan 2018 #35
So true. nt zanana1 Jan 2018 #114
Oh dear! Normay and Fimland! longship Jan 2018 #36
Sicily (Wops) and Calabria (Dagos) ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #37
same blood born in 1958 burnbaby Jan 2018 #44
I Look Morracan Every Summer ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #64
Very Different Experience Here ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #100
My mother from Romania. cloudbase Jan 2018 #38
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and France. Aristus Jan 2018 #39
Russia on my mother's side and Ireland/Britain/Scotland on my father's. OliverQ Jan 2018 #40
Shithole Italy, but at least we are from piemonte Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #41
Hungary here, too Dirty Socialist Jan 2018 #42
Germany on my Dad's side Hayduke Bomgarte Jan 2018 #43
Norway, ironically enough. alarimer Jan 2018 #46
Russia: Still a Shithole Bad Thoughts Jan 2018 #47
Russia and Austria-Hungary. Madam Mossfern Jan 2018 #48
Potato Famine Ireland; Germany to escape military service. NBachers Jan 2018 #49
Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England, Germany! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #50
Italy/Sicily tenderfoot Jan 2018 #51
The Polish and Russian Ghettos marybourg Jan 2018 #53
What is now the Slovak Republic. femmocrat Jan 2018 #54
Poland & Russia irisblue Jan 2018 #55
Germany, England, Wales, Ireland lkinwi Jan 2018 #56
Scotland (Maternal grandparents) and Ireland (Paternal grandparents) lpbk2713 Jan 2018 #57
Ireland and Poland Awsi Dooger Jan 2018 #58
Ireland and the slums of Liverpool. Kingofalldems Jan 2018 #59
Somwhere in West Africa. Brought here to work as slave labor for generations. SweetieD Jan 2018 #60
Used to was. Iggo Jan 2018 #69
Check out the African American Group here Hekate Jan 2018 #90
Bohemia and Scotland ornotna Jan 2018 #61
Same here! sprinkleeninow Jan 2018 #62
You had to ask! greatauntoftriplets Jan 2018 #63
Quite the melting pot, g.a. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #75
This is based on a DNA test, not just where everyone came from. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2018 #84
There was a ton of atypical through flow, genetically, everywhere, Mc Mike Jan 2018 #122
Israel MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #65
Many European countries mvd Jan 2018 #66
Great Britain - I'm starting to wish they'd stayed there. Vinca Jan 2018 #67
Hungary and Croatia - moonscape Jan 2018 #68
Alsace End Of The Road Jan 2018 #70
I live on Alsace St. zanana1 Jan 2018 #140
Ireland and Lithuania. jalan48 Jan 2018 #71
Several shitholes shanti Jan 2018 #72
Ireland, Lithuania, Sicily. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #73
Shitholia, East Shitholistan, and Lower Shitholemberg. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #76
I never understood why you left. The neighborhood went to hell and back afterwards. Now you can't politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2018 #83
OMG femmocrat Jan 2018 #138
Shit is from some old-country shithole, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #143
I beg to differ. "Shinola" the shoe polish came first before the luxury goods Shinola Detroit politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2018 #144
England and Wales nt doc03 Jan 2018 #78
Netherlands, England & Ireland. n/t GP6971 Jan 2018 #79
Poland, Slovenia, Russia. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2018 #80
Scotch-Irish who went into Kentucky in the 1780s. AJT Jan 2018 #81
All four grandparents came here from Hungary. CatMor Jan 2018 #82
I am from South Africa nt. Nonhlanhla Jan 2018 #85
Ireland, England, and Alsace-Lorraine Hekate Jan 2018 #86
. dae Jan 2018 #87
Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Italy ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #88
Guess... Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #89
Good one. nt zanana1 Jan 2018 #115
Italy and Ireland. I got DNA from Other Shitholes, I mean, Garden Spots TheOther95Percent Jan 2018 #91
England and Scotland, from the border regions prior to 1700 Glorfindel Jan 2018 #92
Irish potato famine emigrants mcar Jan 2018 #93
Portugal. Azore Ilands. Both sides. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #94
Prussians spinbaby Jan 2018 #95
Eastern Europe sakabatou Jan 2018 #96
Russia and Wales and England. Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #97
My father from Portugal (Algarve) Basic LA Jan 2018 #98
Italy/England/The Netherlands smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #99
Lithuania (or Russia, depending on the year and the borders) and White Russia no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #101
Sicily, Scotland, Ireland. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #102
My grandparents were from Germany, Scotland and Ireland Squaredeal Jan 2018 #105
I kind of can't play the "my ancestors were oppressed too" game -- rogerashton Jan 2018 #106
Denmark handmade34 Jan 2018 #107
Ireland on both sides. Itchinjim Jan 2018 #108
My ancestors come from the planet Krypton, it's a shithole too SummerSnow Jan 2018 #110
Right there. Google street view Norway IADEMO2004 Jan 2018 #111
Fjords? nt zanana1 Jan 2018 #113
I don't know if Bandak could be called a fjord. IADEMO2004 Jan 2018 #120
As long as you're not pining for the fjords.... Maeve Jan 2018 #124
Turkey. It was a shithole in World War 1. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2018 #112
Armenian? ornotna Jan 2018 #126
Yes. DinahMoeHum Jan 2018 #127
You're probably right ornotna Jan 2018 #135
Pittsburgh born Heinz 57 Variety of Shithole Countries here!... Guilded Lilly Jan 2018 #117
Poland/Lithuania agingdem Jan 2018 #118
Scots-Irish from Northern Ireland in mid 1700s (paternal) & 1700s From England (maternal). CottonBear Jan 2018 #119
Czechoslovakia Iahotdog Jan 2018 #121
To be honest customerserviceguy Jan 2018 #125
Hungary, Ireland, and Armenia, mainly. kskiska Jan 2018 #128
Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #129
Africa and the Caribbean Eugene Jan 2018 #130
good question! Takket Jan 2018 #131
All four of my grandparents came from Spain. skylucy Jan 2018 #132
Germany on dad's side, UK via Canada on mom's side steve2470 Jan 2018 #133
Ireland. It was a shithole back then. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #134
All 4 grandparents came from Southern Italy louis c Jan 2018 #136
Several MrsKirkley Jan 2018 #137
Too many to count. But mostly French Canadian. boston bean Jan 2018 #139
Romania and Hungary ellie Jan 2018 #141
Czech Republic Evergreen Emerald Jan 2018 #142
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