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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:48 AM
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What ethnic background are your cousins?
Edited on Sat Aug-28-04 11:48 AM by Swede
My mom had eight sisters,so I have cousins with surnames that are-Irish,German,Polish,French,Belgian and Hungarian. I have relatives with Chinese last names,relatives that are Jewish,native American,and some are even WASPs.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:54 AM
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1. I actually don't have any cousins
A rarity, I know.:hi:
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:58 AM
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5. Wow,no cousins.
I have 25-30 cousins (never could remember the exact number). It was great growing up in this huge multi-ethnic background.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:55 AM
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2. uhhhhhhh
does Hill billy count?
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kimchi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 12:17 PM
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8. Those are my cousins, too!
We're probably related...

All my cousins are the same as me; mutts. I know for sure we have English, German, and Cherokee in our blood. Some of us look "white", and some of us look "Indian".
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:55 AM
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3. Very small extended family - same as me
All Irish, Scottish, English, German, Dutch types
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 11:56 AM
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4. Oh wait I could say they're "Albertaese"
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 12:08 PM
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6. I have several cousins
My mother has 3 siblings and my father has 5 siblings. They all had children. My cousins are a variety of ethnicities including Irish, Scottish, Polish, Italian, Jewish, English and German. Both my parents families are multi ethnic anyway so they just have slightly different mixes than I do.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 12:14 PM
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7. I Have 64 First First Cousins
Just about every ethnic group is represented, from Tarahumaran Indian to Belgian. A regular UN.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:03 PM
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9. I have a zillion cousins
I have Amerindian cousins that live on a rez, white southern cousins (hey I'm black and my family's from the south, everybody has black and white cousins down there) and French-Algerian cousins.

Then there's my Romani cousins who nobody in my family acknowledges but me and one of my half-sisters. It's pretty sad. I have Romanichal blood...these are Rom from UK.

My family is pretty mixed up.
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:28 PM
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10. I have cousins who are Asian-American.
My dad's older sister married the son of Chinese immagrants, and they have two daughters just a few years younger than I. The rest of my cousins are WASPs, like me.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 02:57 PM
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11. I don't have any.
My mom was an only child. I think my dad had a brother, but I didn't really know my dad and never met the brother. I can't even remember his name, so I have no clue if he had kids!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 03:06 PM
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12. umm lets see
Edited on Sat Aug-28-04 03:10 PM by JohnKleeb
Ukrainians, more Irish, more German, more Slovak, my grandpa's sister's daughter I believe married a black man. I dont know much about my mom's side because I dont know my cousins there because many of them are in PA and NY and some in the old countries. Wait I think I have part Greek cousins so those kids are Greek, Irish, and German.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 03:10 PM
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13. We're all just white boys and girls
Irish, German, and English ancestory.
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bo44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 03:44 PM
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14. Many shades of ethnicity
Edited on Sat Aug-28-04 03:45 PM by bo44
Maternally I have Italian-Scots-Irish-Californio Okie or Mexican/Filipino or Mexican. From very poor to very middle class.

Paternally I have Filipino-Irish Mexican cousins that you would think were snobby yuppies if you spent time with them around their spouse's families.

My daughter has paternal cousins that are Japanese, and another that is Dutch-Irish Catholic. Maternally she has a Filipino-Mexican Chinese premed student and a Filipino-Mexican Okie cousin who is a mid level street/prison gang member.

My daughter is the only dark skinned grand child on my side of the family.
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