so where are your roots?

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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    I was born in Catterick garrison to a British half Jewish father and Irish mother
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    I've been nomadic ever since and am loading up to move to yet another continent in 2012, so I guess that makes me a Kike-Mick-Pikey
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    nicklouse wrote:
    so how many of you have actually put your name in the link above and see how far (or not) you people have moved.
    Erm, doesn't make sense for me (Jones).
    Massive concentration of the name in North Wales, which is odd, as I've NEVER come across another Jones in my life :lol:
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    so how many of you have actually put your name in the link above and see how far (or not) you people have moved.
    Erm, doesn't make sense for me (Jones).
    Massive concentration of the name in North Wales, which is odd, as I've NEVER come across another Jones in my life :lol:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    :lol:
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    cooldad wrote:
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    the name on my birth certificate is henderson and my family are from newcastle (although they live in stoke)

    Henderson? That means you are a Geordie muppet.

    or an adopted yeti living in a normal American household with hillarious consequences?
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  • DIESELDOG
    DIESELDOG Posts: 2,087
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    DIESELDOG wrote:
    Where are my roots? I'm still not sure but so long as they're all the same colour all is good.
    Is that really an admission of hardcore racism here?

    Most of the people in England should have descendants from Scotland and Wales - the Celts, basically.
    See, the celts were too busy taking part in their favourite passtime of fighting, then the saxons arrived with all their amorous charms, and started bedding the native women, whilst the celts continued cutting each other up with swords, throwing rocks at each other, or shooting each other with arrows. So much so that they didn't notice the Saxons having their way.

    I may be paraphrasing a little, but that's almost exactly(ish) what we were taught in history class. Probably, I wasn't paying much attention, i was too busy fighting.

    Yeehaa, I wouldn't normally clarify but did you see that bit of tumbleweed? Maybe I should have mentioned follicles. :wink:

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  • Rich9
    Rich9 Posts: 1,635
    My family name originates from the Totnes area in Devon. My Grandad ended up in Addingham in Yorkshire after the war and met his future wife. He only ever returned to Devon for holidays.
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  • t0pc4t
    t0pc4t Posts: 947
    doh, jusy actually folllowed the link and as expected midlands area, Stoke on Trent down to Birmingham, which is spot on
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  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 2,086
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Most of the people in England should have descendants from Scotland and Wales - the Celts, basically.
    See, the celts were too busy taking part in their favourite passtime of fighting, then the saxons arrived with all their amorous charms, and started bedding the native women, whilst the celts continued cutting each other up with swords, throwing rocks at each other, or shooting each other with arrows. So much so that they didn't notice the Saxons having their way.

    That used to be thought, but the current evidence doesn't support it. The genetics strongly show that there was very little assimilation, and that the celts and picts were marginalised by the angles, saxons and jutes very heavily into Wales, Scotland and Cornwall. They almost completely displaced the native population.

    Suffice to say, a true Englishman has more genetic relationship with the north-western Germans and the Danes than the red headed bunch. This is also reflected in our language.
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  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 2,086
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Most of the people in England should have descendants from Scotland and Wales - the Celts, basically.
    See, the celts were too busy taking part in their favourite passtime of fighting, then the saxons arrived with all their amorous charms, and started bedding the native women, whilst the celts continued cutting each other up with swords, throwing rocks at each other, or shooting each other with arrows. So much so that they didn't notice the Saxons having their way.

    That used to be thought, but the current evidence doesn't support it. The genetics strongly show that there was very little assimilation, and that the celts and picts were marginalised by the angles, saxons and jutes very heavily into Wales, Scotland and Cornwall. They almost completely displaced the native population.

    Suffice to say, a true Englishman has more genetic relationship with the north-western Germans and the Danes than the red headed bunch. This is also reflected in our language.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Language? You mean words like "penguin" and "care"?

    And, you realise I was joking, right?
    Right?
  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    Walford- suprisingly not all in east london
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    I got Celtic on mine, with most of the population being in Inverness or Newcastle
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  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    im a bit of a mix

    born in Forres in Scotland, but parents are a mix of Aberdeen and Devon

    plus i have quite dark skin for a Scotsman i.e. i go v brown in the sun, as opposed to bright red, and my Dad is very dark, so i reckon there is some Mediterranean in there somewhere

    and yet my last name is Church, which couldnt be more English if it tried
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    DCR00 wrote:
    and yet my last name is Church, which couldnt be more English if it tried
    Just like Charolette Church.
    If she was Welsh, she'd be called Chapel. But if she was REALLY welsh, she'd be called Capel.
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Capel.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    DCR00 wrote:
    and yet my last name is Church, which couldnt be more English if it tried
    Just like Charolette Church.
    If she was Welsh, she'd be called Chapel. But if she was REALLY welsh, she'd be called Capel.
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.

    Fixed that for you.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    edited May 2011
    bails87 wrote:
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.
    Returned the favour :lol:
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    bails87 wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    DCR00 wrote:
    and yet my last name is Church, which couldnt be more English if it tried
    Just like Charolette Church.
    If she was Welsh, she'd be called Chapel. But if she was REALLY welsh, she'd be called Capel.
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.

    Fixed that for you.

    :lol:
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.
    Returned the favour :lol:

    Gochogochollandfyll! :lol:
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    ^ That's Welsh for "I can't speak Welsh" by the way....
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Isn't it English for "I can't speak Welsh"?
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Isn't it English for "I can't speak Welsh"?

    I don't know, I can't speak Welsh so couldn't say for sure. I'm sure they'd get the message though!
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.
    Returned the favour :lol:
    Isn't 'Ap' son of? Like my surname, Pugh, is derived from Ap Hugh, meaning (I thought) son of Hugh?

    Is Charlotte Church really a man?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    whyamihere wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.
    Returned the favour :lol:
    Isn't 'Ap' son of? Like my surname, Pugh, is derived from Ap Hugh, meaning (I thought) son of Hugh?

    Is Charlotte Church really a man?
    Something like that. But to be honest, I'm not sure if it's specifically "son of", or just "child of".
    Pugh is a strange spelling of it. It's Puw round 'ere parts, and Hugh is Huw :lol:
  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    parkes - mainly in west midlands - wolverhampton and dudley. on the world map 2nd highest, new zealand, 3rd australia and a bit in republic of ireland, north west.
    Occurrences per million names 1881 - 227, 1991 - 297 +70 increase
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    whyamihere wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    But if she was really really REALLY Welsh, she'd be called Ap Gollcffydllochothrygaffllthchchrr.
    Returned the favour :lol:
    Isn't 'Ap' son of? Like my surname, Pugh, is derived from Ap Hugh, meaning (I thought) son of Hugh?

    Is Charlotte Church really a man?

    That explains my italian/welsh name

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