Family & Relationships What is your heritage.

[Fossie 32]

Irish x 6

 

[BACCS]

Mum's family moved out here from Scotland when she was 9, but Dad's family has an Aussie heritage that goes a fair way back (i.e. so far nobody really knows their true heritage, probably British or something).

 

[IBleedBrownNGold]

Spanish. Both sides of the family, for as far back as I can trace which is currently 5 generations. I suppose that makes me a "first" generation (new) Australian. Ahh... dual passports too .

 

[The Goon]

Geez, you really think that had nothing to do with people of mediteranean origin copping it left right and centre from "Aussies" for being "wogs"??
I know this comments from the first page but I couldn't help myself.

Anyway, both sides are Italian, dad was born os., mum here. Pretty much all ancestors are Italian as well from what I can gather.

Cuts both ways. I went to an inner city high school for a couple of years that would have been easily 75%+ Greek and Lebanese. Got called Skippy for the first year and was pretty marginalized. Come the second year had made some friends and everything was sweet. Still kept calling me Skippy though, but in a friendlier way.

Wife (Greek) who went to a northern suburbs school had exactly the same experience being called a Wog.

End of the days kids always ostracize those different from the crowd.

 

[Normy132]

I know I'm 5/8 Scottish. My mum was born and raised in Scotland and one of my dad's grandparents was Scottish too. My dad was born and raised in Australia though.

Then there's a mix of German (changed our name from a German spelling to English spelling upon arrival in the midst of WW1 to avoid getting hated on) and a little bit of French I believe too.

 

[blues4flag]

Lebanese on both sides.

 

[chargers 09]

Born in Lithuania

 

[PP34]

Grandparents and great grandparents are Australian.
Not too sure about my heritage but I'm pretty sure I have English, German and Irish roots.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

First generation Australian. Dad is from England and Mum is from South Africa. Go back a few generations and you'll find English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestors.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Mine is very typical for an Aussie. I am English/Irish decent. My grandparents on my Dad's side left Yorkshire after World War II. My heritage goes back to the First Fleet on my Mum's side. Sir Joseph Banks is part of our family tree.

 

[Childish Gambino]

Father - Serbian
Mother - Italian

Just a shame I never wanted to learn either language when I was younger. Neither did my two brothers. One of my regrets.

I'm the opposite.

Mum - Serbian
Dad - Italian

I too regret not learning either language.

 

[Roobs321]

Mine is fairly typical.

On mum's side, grandmother came over from England as a child during WWII. Grandfather had been here for a few generations I think. On his side, there is a line dating back to King Henry VII.
From both of them, there is English, Welsh, Irish and a little French.

Dad's side have been in the Cobden township of Victoria since about the 1820's, so very much australian on his side. Hazy origins are Scottish and German. One of his cousins is Paul Couch, the Brownlow winner.

 

[Natho]

the mother is from an english background way back

my dad is Italian.

 

[Kram]

Scottish, Italian and Aboriginal.

 

[Crimson Azure]

My father along with a few family members have done an entire side of the families heritage back to the pre convict days in England.

They are mid way through the other side, when I get a copy I might post some details.

 

[Bomber 5]

Father's side: From England on the first fleet (sailor not a convict)

Mum's side: Potato famine Irish.

Can't get more Aussie than that

 

[Catfish Alley]

Father's side: From England on the first fleet (sailor not a convict)

Mum's side: Potato famine Irish.

Can't get more Aussie than that

Aboriginal?

 

[Colin D'Cops]

About 12.5% of me is New Zealand (Mum's father is half), the rest is Australian/English. Nothing exciting.

 

[Roos4eva]

Scottish and Northern Irish.

Mum is Scottish, whilst Dad's parents are Northern Irish. Mum's Dad's Dad is also Northern Irish.

 

[CrimsonButterfly]

Parents both born in Greece. I was born here.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

just plain old aussie

 

[sighclone]

Irish Catholic on my mother's side, Manx and Scottish on my father's.

Bet you don't know what Manx is.

 

[sighclone]

Scottish and Northern Irish.

Mum is Scottish, whilst Dad's parents are Northern Irish. Mum's Dad's Dad is also Northern Irish.

Really?

 

[sighclone]

Mum's family moved out here from Scotland when she was 9, but Dad's family has an Aussie heritage that goes a fair way back (i.e. so far nobody really knows their true heritage, probably British or something).

You presume British, which could have been English.

 

[sighclone]

Both parents are from Malaysia. Maternal grandparents are from Guangdong province, China and paternal grandparents are from Fukkien province, China.

You're not included, or shouldn't be counted until the aboriginal population as had a century.