What nationality are you ? Anyone famous in family ?

[4Runnin Tahoe]

I'm Finish, Danish and Scotch-Irish (with a few other things probably in there).
I'm related to Hans Christian Andersen (poet), Dr. Samuel Fuller (the Doctor on the Mayflower, you're welcome.), Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty, or give me death"), Tom Brokaw, and Davey Crockett.

 

[Quatre Coureur]

Fathers side: French and Austrian. Mothers side: Welsh and Swedish. As far as famous my mother was a great granddaughter of Brigham Young. All my family on her side all reside in Provo, Brigham City, and SLC. Not a Mormon though. On my dads side my great-great grandpa was a French officer who came over when Napoleon III installed the Austrian Maximillian as emperor of Mexico.

 

[CXS]

Another second generation American here. My father researched the family tree and found two families with our surname emigrated to the U.S. about the same time. One branch were lowly horse thieves, the other aristocracy. My father said: "Sorry son, your descendants weren't blue bloods but from everything I can determine they still haven't been caught."

 

[runner707]

Im white/Filipino.

But a cool fact about my stepdad is that his 6th great grandfather or great uncle is Benjamin Franklin! The guy on that 100 dollar bill!

 

[1engineer]

I'm adopted. No clue.

 

[theizzardking]

I'm adopted. No clue.

sorry that made me laugh...

 

[1engineer]

sorry that made me laugh...

Yeah it's true though.

 

[theizzardking]

Yeah it's true though.

haha didn't think it wasn't, it is just kind of funny in the way in which you dropped that information....

 

[1engineer]

haha didn't think it wasn't, it is just kind of funny in the way in which you dropped that information....

Yeah I'm the guy at the dinners that says something unassuming and a few minutes later someone starts to chuckle...than a few minutes later a few more start to laugh...never mind that I have made several jokes by that time that very few get. Sorta like Stephen Wright back in the day.

 

[Antman]

...never mind that I have made several jokes by that time that very few get. Sorta like Stephen Wright back in the day.

Soooo, what's the speed of dark?

BTW- I come from the insect world.

 

[Jumpkix]

Euro mutt here. Mostly German and Norwegian to be specific.

I know, I know...Sucks to be apart of the old school hard heads from that area of the world, but I love German culture and hope to become fully fluent in German someday.

Anyone famous? Well, sort of. I am a cousin of Bill McFadden, who is one of the most renowned dog showers in the world. The guy has won best in show for Westminster and has worked for celebs like Bill Cosby.

But if that doesn't count as famous, I guess you could say we are just like any other crazy fam

 

[BaseRunner]

100% Kurdish here...for those of you that dont know what kurdish is, Its northern Iraq, its true name is Kurdistan, I am not Arab, I am Kurdish. After world war 1 they split up our country among 4 countries...Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. I am from the Iraq part. In 1990-91 during the gulf war we took advantage and we kicked Saddam Husseins ass out of our region and took full control of it with our own government and laws. That bastard tried to do what hitler did to the jews to us...killing well over 1 million of my people before we rose up against him. Our culture, language, and dress are very different from the Iraqis. I hope one day they recognize Kurdistan as its own country, we've been in that region for well over 4000 years but yet they wont recognize us lol. I came to America in 1996 at the age of 8 and been here ever since.

 

[MCObray]

Dad is full Hispanic, Mom is Irish/Native American. It's quite funny because no one can ever figure out what the hell I am. My skin is olive/light brown, yet my physical features do not back it up. My sister and brother can pass as Mexican, but not I.

Not necessarily famous, but a successful relative runs in my family. For those of you have ASL heritage, or know someone who is hard-of-hearing/Deaf, it's a good possibility that they have used my Uncle's (Mom's brother) services. My Uncle, Ronald Obray, was the founder/CEO of HOVRS, which is now Purple Communications (GoAmerica communications).

 

[ddnww]

Dad is full Hispanic, Mom is Irish/Native American. It's quite funny because no one can ever figure out what the hell I am. My skin is olive/light brown, yet my physical features do not back it up. My sister and brother can pass as Mexican, but not I.

Not necessarily famous, but a successful relative runs in my family. For those of you have ASL heritage, or know someone who is hard-of-hearing/Deaf, it's a good possibility that they have used my Uncle's (Mom's brother) services. My Uncle, Ronald Obray, was the founder/CEO of HOVRS, which is now Purple Communications (GoAmerica communications).

full Hispanic isn't a nationality.. Hispanic is a term the government made up. history panic = Hispanic. If you mean you're Mexican, there are many shades of Mexican, blue eyed , and blonde haired too. Its just the stereotypical mainstream physical appearance that people expect is otherwise.

 

[SeattleCyclist]

Pinoys!!

100% Filipino, no famous person in the family.

Relatively new to the forum and it's nice to see so many kababayans who are equally crazy about 4Runners!

Toyota Previa is not the ultimate Pinoy ride, it's the Mazda MPV! Everytime you see a MPV on the road, it's almost always certain, it's driven by a Pinoy!

I am a Filipino as well. Just got here last 2008.. Kamusta!

filippino

owns 1 toyota and 1 honda. of course.

wife is filippino too. im in the navy. she's a nurse. how typical is that? haha! all i need now is a toyota previa!

 

[blue dog]

I am a mutt, English , irish, scotch, russian american indian. I will not die from the flu.
I am a direct blood descendent to Stonewall Jackson, Jim Palmer { orioles Pitcher } is my cousin.

 

[Wolf_Girl]

Nobody famous in my family! That I know of..I have a big family overseas lol..
But I'm half Malaysian half Irish.. I'm a mutt just like my dogs

 

[t4rtrail]

Vietnamese here! Not very fluent but i can understand when they speak it if they speak slowwwwwwwwlllly

 

[Ol'Blue]

100% Kurdish here...for those of you that dont know what kurdish is, Its northern Iraq, its true name is Kurdistan, I am not Arab, I am Kurdish. After world war 1 they split up our country among 4 countries...Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. I am from the Iraq part. In 1990-91 during the gulf war we took advantage and we kicked Saddam Husseins ass out of our region and took full control of it with our own government and laws. That bastard tried to do what hitler did to the jews to us...killing well over 1 million of my people before we rose up against him. Our culture, language, and dress are very different from the Iraqis. I hope one day they recognize Kurdistan as its own country, we've been in that region for well over 4000 years but yet they wont recognize us lol. I came to America in 1996 at the age of 8 and been here ever since.

Really Kurdish! That is great. I have been working in Erbil for the last three years almost. It is amazing country up there. And yes I said country. I know it is in Iraq but it is a different world in Kurdish country. People are amazing and so nice and warm. The food is OMG good. That and the women are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen in my life.

Blue

 

[Garlic]

A mostly a mix of Irish, German, Norwegian, 1/16th part American Indian and a bunch of other in there too.
Daniel Boone and Lief Ericson (supposed famous Viking) are in there some where and something about an Indian Chief.
But I am proud to call myself an American.
Some day I might be famous for my Smoked Chocolate Cakes in the competitive BBQ world (Yup, I said SMOKED CAKES, as far as we know, we are the only ones to successfully and continuously make them on the circuit, 15 years now).
We have done a bunch of interviews on them so far and many have tried to do them with no success.

"If you can make heat with it, I'll bet I can cook on it"