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schro:
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--- Quote from: Razor X on October 10, 2011, 03:24:35 PM ---
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--- Quote from: schro on October 10, 2011, 03:06:03 PM ---I'm German-Lithuanian American
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Only two ethnicities? That qualifies you as almost pure-blooded. I count at least four in my lineage (Irish, English, German, and Italian)!
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Some of us actually are pure-blooded. ;)
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Sorry, it's pretty obvious that someone in your lineage messed around with the Vikings when they took their Irish "vacation!" ;)
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ok.
TheSlyBear:
--- Quote from: Razor X on October 10, 2011, 03:24:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: npsbg on October 10, 2011, 03:18:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: schro on October 10, 2011, 03:06:03 PM ---I'm German-Lithuanian American
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Only two ethnicities? That qualifies you as almost pure-blooded. I count at least four in my lineage (Irish, English, German, and Italian)!
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Some of us actually are pure-blooded. ;)
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Indeed! 100% pure French Canadian on both sides going back as far as I've traced.
Razor X:
--- Quote from: saintc on October 10, 2011, 04:31:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Razor X on October 10, 2011, 03:24:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: npsbg on October 10, 2011, 03:18:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: schro on October 10, 2011, 03:06:03 PM ---I'm German-Lithuanian American
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Only two ethnicities? That qualifies you as almost pure-blooded. I count at least four in my lineage (Irish, English, German, and Italian)!
--- End quote ---
Some of us actually are pure-blooded. ;)
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Sorry, it's pretty obvious that someone in your lineage messed around with the Vikings when they took their Irish "vacation!" ;)
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But once type was established there were enough consistency for several successive generations so that meets the definition of "pure breeding."; ;)
D.A.L.U.I.:
--- Quote from: Razor X on October 10, 2011, 04:51:38 PM ---But once type was established there were enough consistency for several successive generations so that meets the definition of "pure breeding."; ;)
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That sounds like canine breeders talk ;D. Then there are the comments of the late Winston Churchill in Vol. I of The History of the English-Speaking People. We lost that series to Katrina, but I seem to remember a comment in there about mongrels. :D
tomgallagher:
--- Quote from: saintc on October 10, 2011, 04:31:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Razor X on October 10, 2011, 03:24:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: npsbg on October 10, 2011, 03:18:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: schro on October 10, 2011, 03:06:03 PM ---I'm German-Lithuanian American
--- End quote ---
Only two ethnicities? That qualifies you as almost pure-blooded. I count at least four in my lineage (Irish, English, German, and Italian)!
--- End quote ---
Some of us actually are pure-blooded. ;)
--- End quote ---
Sorry, it's pretty obvious that someone in your lineage messed around with the Vikings when they took their Irish "vacation!" ;)
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I think saint is referring to your red Van Dyke. The Vikings or Norsemen is exactly where we Irish get our distinctive red hair.
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