October 23, 2002
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What nationality are you and how much you know about the culture?

I'm an American. I know that we have the most diverse and tolerant culture in the world. My ancestors came from Germany, England, Scotland, Denmark, and Ireland. Does that make me
Euro-American?

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

I'm American, born of Irish/German/English descent - now plenty about all three.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

I'm a mutt, a mix of a whole bunch of things, if thats what you mean. I dont know about the culture of any of them and feel pretty neutral about it. Or i guess i could just say im an American and leave it at that :P

Talia, 25
Reading, CT USA

I'm half Native American (Blackfoot) and half Dutch (From Holland). Unfortunately, I'm not all that familiar with either background. I know some stories and customs of the Blackfoot from my Native American Grandmother, but she has since passed away. I wish now that I could go back and
ask lots of things about my heritage. It was never that important to me as a child, but as an adult, I would love to know everything I could about it. My Dutch roots can be traced back to the 1600s. I don't know that much about the culture, but I do know some stories of some very "colorful" ancestors of mine!

Tam

I am an American and know quite a lot about my own culture. If the question was meant to relate to where my ancestors came from, I am a mixture of English, Scottish and German. I know lots about the culture of the United Kingdom, because I have lived there and because my son-in-law
and his family are English, also because it is very similar to that of the US. It has been about 160 years since the last of my relatives left Germany, and I know of that culture only what any reasonably well-travelled person does.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

my ancestors are American Indians and I don't know much. I know there are alot of Cherokee people so I don't know if they just multiplied or were a huge tribe. I look nothing like an american indian except for my broad shoulders and love of being barefoot 24 hours a day.

Stephanie, 25
TX USA

The culture of my nationality or the culture of America? I guess it's a moot point because I am an
American (born & raised). And I know about as much as an average American. Which is probably less than a lot of people from other countries know.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

I'm an American-born citizen but I am 75% Irish. I have recently been reviewing some information about Ireland. I am currently attempting to learn more about that culture. The other 25% of me is
English/British, but I don't have as much interest about that part of my nationality.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

French, Irish, English and Native Canadian (can't remember the tribe). From what I've gathered the French are rude, the Irish tend to drink a bit, the English have dental health issues and the Canadians play hockey. This is why history books shouldn't be written by old men at sports bars.

Alias Irrelevante

My mother is Dutch and my father is Polish. Although I've done a lot of genealogy, I only know about how the Dutch lived in America.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

My father's sidewas predominantly German, my mother's side, Irish. I know some about both cultures, but not enough to give a lecture... nor does it behoove me to know a great deal about either culture. I am American... born and raised. Neither of my parents nor my grandparents (when they were alive) made an issue about where we were "from".

Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA

My nationality is American. My ethnic heritage, however, is Irish (4th generation in America) and Quebecquois (where here since the mid 1600's). I have a cousin who has traced my mom's side of the family back to both France and Ireland. The French side came as small craftsman and business folks (looking for new opportunities) and the Irish came in the later part of the 1800s escaping poverty and famine.

Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA

I'm an American, but my heritage is Polish and German. Our mother and aunt passed down most of our Polish heritage in food: kielbasa, krusciki, and gwumpki. We also learned the curse words.

Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA

I'm 1/4 Irish and 3/4 German. I know a little about both, but not a whole lot. It was my great-great-grandparents who came over and by now no one really follows the culture anymore. So I guess I'm American!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA

I am Chinese. More specifically, I am Cantonese. My ancestors are from Kwangtung Province, which is on the mainland near Hong Kong. I am first-and-a-half generation American. Unfortunately, I don't know very much about Chinese culture. I was born in the United States; I didn't want to be different from the other kids and my parents wanted the family to blend into
the American culture. As a result, I never learned to speak any of the dialects of Chinese.

I do know more Chinese history than most Americans because anything Chinese is more interesting to me than to the average American. I can cook four or five Chinese dishes really well and can make dozens of others that are acceptable. I can eat with chopsticks, tell a good Chinese
restaurant from a bad one, explain a lot of Chinese New Year customs, and make fun of
Chinese astrology as easily as of Western astrology. I've heard enough Chinese opera to know that I hate it. I've also heard way too much Chinese karaoke. I vacationed in Hong Kong for a week and can say it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

Its a package deal. Both are less without eachother. Id be more likely to pick at the crust at a pie then just pick at the filling, i suppose. Unless its apple pie. In which case id definately eat the filling first.

Talia, 25
Reading, CT USA

I am half Polish and half German. We usually do ethnic foods, stuffed cabbage, peirogis, keilbasa and saurbraten. But we do not follow the customs for Christmas and Easter.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

I am polish and I know very little about it.

Em, 16
Harrisburg, PA USA

02 I'm German and Polish. Does having an Octoberfest in November count? My sister and I are making Sourbraten and stuffed cabage, also beer, lots of beer. Are we keeping our culture alive? I don't know, but the family likes our new culture. Laura, can you come visit for dinner?

KarenNJ
Milltown, NJ USA

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