60% Irish, 20% French......?

[crazy_red]

Okay, so how do you work out (roughly) what percentage of any 'strain' a person is?

My son wants to know how much of me is Irish, how much French, how much blonde, etc. .....

I'm not talking about country of birth here, more from the point of view of family lineage.

My maternal great great grandmother was French and married a Frenchman, my great grandmother, therefore French, married an Irishman and my grandmother also married an Irishman.

My Dad obviously married my Mum (although only just in time, and a shotgun was definitely involved cos no-one actually believes their story that my eldest sister was two and a half months prem )

My father's family were all of Irish descent.

Any clues anyone?


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[Paulottie]

If you have 8 gr. grand parents and one is/was a froggie than you're one eighth French...that's about 12.5%...ça va?

[crazy_red]

Bien, merci Paulottie!

Et toi aussi? Tu vas bien?

[lynda66]

i've always decided never to bother lol ..... my grandmothers side is easy, cos xince 1700 and summat, and probably much before, they all lived in or around lowestoft ..... my grandad as far as i can make out was irish, though other than knowing his dad was called michael ryan (of course theres only one or 3 of them in ireland lol) and died (i think) when he was 12 ........ i know absolutely nothing ...... he was adopted in scotland after that,(was a fierce Glaswegian, and i only found out recently he was of irish descent) my mum was born in gretna and my dad in london/surrey ....... i also think i'm 80% blonde ........ i am the only person as old or older than me to have been born in lancashire ...... so i'm lanky lol

[FionaH]

My Dads a Scot so I count myself Scots when the rugbys on

[Comfreyfan]

Me, parents, grandparents born in Cornwall - so I class myself as Cornish. But I know there are some other bits in there. I'd love to have one of those genetic tests that show where you're ancestors came from waaaaaay back.

[HayleyB]

I always thought I was 50% Welsh (Evans) and 50% Scouse but my dad told me that his grandmother was Irish (Well he said Liverpool is the capital of Ireland ) and the rest was Scot - Macsomething he said

[lynda66]

I always thought I was 50% Welsh (Evans) and 50% Scouse but my dad told me that his grandmother was Irish (Well he said Liverpool is the capital of Ireland ) and the rest was Scot - Macsomething he said

you is adopted really

[crazy_red]

I know you is teasing me Lynda

I is not adopted...I wuz found....under a goosegog bush

[BrideXIII]

I know you is teasing me Lynda

I is not adopted...I wuz found....under a goosegog bush

was they french goosgogs or irish?

[HayleyB]

Cheers Lynda, I'll ask me mum

[Mikey]

I is 100% dragon.Welsh dragon that is.

[kernowyon]

I consider myself Cornish but one great, great grandparent supposed to be from Bristol, but ? welsh - with a surname like Brain it's probably a good chance they are from Wales isn't it.

[maytreefrannie]

I used to be 90% blonde but it was all down to the hairdresser.

Anyway, you know what they say -

It's all relative!

[crazy_red]

was they french goosgogs or irish?

Errrrrrr, they was a Irish French hybrid variety that got transplanted to Yorkshire

I is by birth / chance find / stork or adoption, a Yorkshire lass

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