[uhler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhler

i'm not kidding either. i asked my mom, after i found out there really is a city in germany named uhler, and she confirmed that on my father's side (which is 100 percent german) his family did come from the city of uhler.

i find it funny that my family was named after the city they are from.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Cool.

I'm something like:
40% Irish
25% Slavic (Croatian and maybe some Polish)
15% Scottish
6% Native American
6% French
5% English
2% Welsh
1% Spanish

[█████████]

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Cool.

I'm something like:
40% Irish
25% Slavic (Croatian and maybe some Polish)
15% Scottish
6% Native American
6% French
5% English
2% Welsh
1% Spanish

heteropaternal superfecundation?

your mum must be really wild.

[screamingskull]

Originally Posted by uhler

i find it funny that my family was named after the city they are from.

my grandmother is called Jenina Toscano, Toscano means Tuscany i think? She's Maltese anyway.

I am

50% English
25% Maltese
25% Canadian

My surname is Foggo, which means nothing, in any language, we have no idea where it came from???
apparently its a town in Nigeria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggo I am not Nigerian.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Well, I'M related to Samuel Peploe, the famous painter.

For the record I'm around 1/3 Irish 1/3 english 1/3 Canadian but I'm also part Spanish and Scottish.

[ALIEN ANAL]

a few yrs ago i found out i am related to neil armstrong

[ZEROpumpkins]

For real?

[ALIEN ANAL]

oh shit i meant
Strong Arms Neil

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by wikipedia

The FitzGeralds are a Hiberno-Norman dynasty, and have been Peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century.

Ahhh yeahhhh. PEERS.

Also, strangely, there is a character named after me on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

[Ripchord]

Something like:
50% Russian
25% Polish
25% German

According to Wikipedia there are a shitton of places called Berg. In Germany, Austria, Scandinavia... But I'm not Scandinavian. Whatever, it means mountain.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

Ahhh yeahhhh. PEERS.

Also, strangely, there is a character named after me on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Pfft, Neighbours...
More like..Geighbours

lolol.

</homophobic joke>

[Death & the Maiden]

One half of my family is Scottish, the other is probably somewhere else in Britain.
From Wikipedia:
"The most common explanation of the origin of the surname Wood is that it was used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. This name derived from Middle English "wode" from the Old English "wudu", both of which mean "wood."
Another possibility is that the name derived from the Old English "wod" or "wad", meaning "crazed" or "crazy," and was used to describe someone considered mad or violent, or a warrior or savage in battle. An example of the use of this term is in the pun in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, "And heere am I, and wod within this wood."
The most common explanation of the origin of the surname Wood is that it was used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. This name derived from Middle English "wode" from the Old English "wudu", both of which mean "wood."
Another possibility is that the name derived from the Old English "wod" or "wad", meaning "crazed" or "crazy," and was used to describe someone considered mad or violent, or a warrior or savage in battle. An example of the use of this term is in the pun in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, "And heere am I, and wod within this wood.""

[gmku]

Originally Posted by uhler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhler

i'm not kidding either. i asked my mom, after i found out there really is a city in germany named uhler, and she confirmed that on my father's side (which is 100 percent german) his family did come from the city of uhler.

i find it funny that my family was named after the city they are from.

Or the city was named after your family?

[Rob Instigator]

I did a bit of reserach on Torres (my last name), there is a small town near the Basque region of Spain called Torres. It is named after the towers in a castle/fortification near the town.

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I did a bit of reserach on Torres (my last name), there is a small town near the Basque region of Spain called Torres. It is named after the towers in a castle/fortification near the town.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Porto+Torres+Sassari,+Italy&um=1&ie=U TF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Torres

[Toilet & Bowels]

i'm
7% armenian
4% polish
2% roman
8% aztec
1% transylvanian
3% chadian
7% tuvaluan
3% nunavutian
6% swazilandian
0.5% eritrean
8% qatari
6% oman
5%yeman
1% democratic republic of congoan
4% martian
9% togo landian
2% byzantine
6% carthaginian
5% canine
7% feline
8% divine
0% american
4% syldavian

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i'm
7% armenian
4% polish
2% roman
8% aztec
1% transylvanian
3% chadian
7% tuvaluan
3% nunavutian
6% swazilandian
0.5% eritrean
8% qatari
6% oman
5%yeman
1% democratic republic of congoan
4% martian
9% togo landian
2% byzantine
6% carthaginian
5% canine
7% feline
8% divine
0% american
4% syldavian

thank you! its about time we stop counting in these silly ratios. feel it in the one drop!

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i'm
7% armenian
4% polish
2% roman
8% aztec
1% transylvanian
3% chadian
7% tuvaluan
3% nunavutian
6% swazilandian
0.5% eritrean
8% qatari
6% oman
5%yeman
1% democratic republic of congoan
4% martian
9% togo landian
2% byzantine
6% carthaginian
5% canine
7% feline
8% divine
0% american
4% syldavian

i was going to rant about how blood quanta are ridiculous notions, but this is way better!

[uhler]

i'm 150 percent american!

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by uhler

i'm 150 percent american!

i'm afraid of americans.