I suddenly feel like tracing my family history.
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You know, hito's family history does explain a lot.
I suddenly feel like tracing my family history.
I suddenly feel like tracing my family history.
Wow, impressive and interesting family history. 
Makes me want to know what my ancestors did. I never did find out.
At least if you lose the family fortune, you won't have to see the fights for it once someone dies and leaves no will (speaking from experience).
And wow, you came to America really early.
Makes me want to know what my ancestors did. I never did find out.At least if you lose the family fortune, you won't have to see the fights for it once someone dies and leaves no will (speaking from experience).
And wow, you came to America really early.
QUOTE(Quistis88 @ Apr 7 2005, 10:15 PM)
Wow, impressive and interesting family history. Makes me want to know what my ancestors did. I never did find out.
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you know... due to the lengthy past and the open government position testing of china, almost every chinese person will find some really interesting stuff if they dig back far enough. though many records are probably all gone/destroyed now due to the many military conflicts of china's past, unless you family personally kept them that is. in fact many chinese people carry some tiny amount of imperial ancestry in their bloddline due to the fact that most emperors had at least 20 wives.
QUOTE(hitokiri @ Apr 7 2005, 09:26 PM)
you know... due to the lengthy past and the open government position testing of china, almost every chinese person will find some really interesting stuff if they dig back far enough. though many records are probably all gone/destroyed now due to the many military conflicts of china's past, unless you family personally kept them that is. in fact many chinese people carry some tiny amount of imperial ancestry in their bloddline due to the fact that most emperors had at least 20 wives.
Ahh, that's true. Thanks for the info.
Well, at least I'll have something to talk about with my grandparents next time I see them. If I find out anything interesting I suppose I'll post it.
QUOTE(Quistis88 @ Apr 7 2005, 07:44 PM)
Flip a coin
I sucked!
I got four right. Pretty sad for someone who lives by Koreatown and frequents Chinatown.
QUOTE(Quistis88 @ Apr 7 2005, 09:44 PM)
i got 8, though i believe i would have gotten more if the people weren't smiling or whatever. its hard to determine mouth and eye shapes when people are making expressions.
I got 7, and I probably guessed on four or five of them.
Very bad: Obviously you can't tell the difference. I only got 7 right. TT___TT
Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.
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Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.
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I got 7, and i'm not even asian, does that count?
QUOTE(Omakase Shimasu @ Apr 7 2005, 09:06 PM)
Very bad: Obviously you can't tell the difference. I only got 7 right. TT___TT
Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.;;
Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.
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it shows from the way you walk (somehow).
[SIZE=1]why did i only get 8. ah, it must be easier to tell them apart when i can also hear them talking.[SIZE=1]
i only got 5 right and im AZN! haha im a disgrace.
QUOTE(hitokiri @ Apr 7 2005, 08:54 PM)
i got 8, though i believe i would have gotten more if the people weren't smiling or whatever. its hard to determine mouth and eye shapes when people are making expressions.
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That's what screwed me up. I think I would of gotten more if they were straight faced.
QUOTE(hitokiri @ Apr 7 2005, 08:08 PM)
i guess this was one of those threads i missed in my absence, so here goes:
100% chinese, with family records that go back over 30 generations. my family, on my father's side, was one of the most dominant family's in the an hwei for over 12 generations before the communists. we were primarily military men that were also doctors and politicians. our 19 generations of military service ended at my grandfathers generation, when we were forced to flee to taiwan and my grandfather died of a disease contracted when the allies forced the chinese to fight in india. the family fortune was lost and my grandmother, a woman born to privledge that never worked a day in her life, was left penniless and with 11 children. after that there came a new rule in the chen family, anyone who joins the military gets disowned.
my mother's side are of one of the first families that went to taiwan from fu jian. they were primarily landowners and businessmen. there really aren't any interesting stories on this side of the family, except maybe the fact that most of downtown taipei was owned by her side of family at one point or another.
i personally was born in taipei, taiwan and came to the us at the age of 1.
100% chinese, with family records that go back over 30 generations. my family, on my father's side, was one of the most dominant family's in the an hwei for over 12 generations before the communists. we were primarily military men that were also doctors and politicians. our 19 generations of military service ended at my grandfathers generation, when we were forced to flee to taiwan and my grandfather died of a disease contracted when the allies forced the chinese to fight in india. the family fortune was lost and my grandmother, a woman born to privledge that never worked a day in her life, was left penniless and with 11 children. after that there came a new rule in the chen family, anyone who joins the military gets disowned.
my mother's side are of one of the first families that went to taiwan from fu jian. they were primarily landowners and businessmen. there really aren't any interesting stories on this side of the family, except maybe the fact that most of downtown taipei was owned by her side of family at one point or another.
i personally was born in taipei, taiwan and came to the us at the age of 1.
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very open of you to share all this. you were only 1? no wonder you're not very chinese.
QUOTE(mongooseboi @ Apr 7 2005, 09:17 PM)
i only got 5 right and im AZN! haha im a disgrace.
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What are you complaining about?
<-- only got 3 right
If it makes you feel any better, I'm Asian too.
QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 8 2005, 04:15 AM)
QUOTE(Omakase Shimasu @ Apr 7 2005, 09:06 PM)
Very bad: Obviously you can't tell the difference. I only got 7 right. TT___TT
Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.;;
Meh, I knew I sucked at telling Asians apart. It's strange though, because Dutch people always ask if I'm Chinese, while Indonesians always go and say: "You're Indonesian, aren't you?" >_> Even though I and my lil' Brother take more after my Father, while my Brother and Sister take more after my Mother. Dad's got more foreign blood in him. German, Dutch, general European... Back on topic, to me it's weird how they're able to do that.
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it shows from the way you walk (somehow).
[SIZE=1]why did i only get 8. ah, it must be easier to tell them apart when i can also hear them talking.[SIZE=1]
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The way I walk? ...wow. Well, I kinda walk limp since one leg's shorter than the other... *cough* But I don't think every Indonesian got deformed legs.
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then i guess those indonesians are just too observant. they won't catch me, though.
--> looks too chinese for her own good
--> looks too chinese for her own good
QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 7 2005, 11:19 PM)
very open of you to share all this. you were only 1? no wonder you're not very chinese.
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what the hell is that supposed to mean? just because i don't act traditional, have conseravtive values, or date asian women only doesn't make me a freakin twinkie...
why easily offended?
not offended, more at annoyed after years of this crap coming from folk from the old world, and their brainwashed "chinese are only supposed to act a certain way" crap spewing offspring.
does how i act remove any of the melanin from my skin? will i get less racism for this? why must all the old ways be the only ways?
your kind sickens me... you believe, like a tortoise hiding in its shell, that if you stand still and just act like the world around is not changing is the way to endure the trails of time. its not, you have to adapt to your enviroment.
its because of people like you that we are the silent minority. it is because of your kind that we are perceived as fu man chu wearing coolies that are good for nothing but numbers and acupunture.
does how i act remove any of the melanin from my skin? will i get less racism for this? why must all the old ways be the only ways?
your kind sickens me... you believe, like a tortoise hiding in its shell, that if you stand still and just act like the world around is not changing is the way to endure the trails of time. its not, you have to adapt to your enviroment.
its because of people like you that we are the silent minority. it is because of your kind that we are perceived as fu man chu wearing coolies that are good for nothing but numbers and acupunture.
eh. doesn't really bother me.
QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 8 2005, 12:03 AM)
eh. doesn't really bother me.
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nice response for when you have nothing to back up your claim...
the problems facing the modern day chinese don't bother you and you call me not chinese? ok fine i'll drop it...
but understand none of this crap that you always seem to start with me ever goes anywhere and is never started by me... so either:
A - actually have the balls to say that your starting shit because you want to, you don't need to hide behind a cause like a little punk.
B - remove the splinters from you cunt and get off my case.
i'm sorry, i guess i should include more smilies from now on so that sensitive people don't take what i say the wrong way. 
edit: don't worry, i'll be gone soon enough. this place has become a shithole anyway. one reason i pretty much don't care about keeping a good image anymore.
edit: don't worry, i'll be gone soon enough. this place has become a shithole anyway. one reason i pretty much don't care about keeping a good image anymore.
my mum was born in japan and dad in america, and born in japan, soo
IM AN ASIAN!!!! yes... i feel happy about it:)
IM AN ASIAN!!!! yes... i feel happy about it:)
ASIAN PRIDE BABY!
Even though im only half korean. half irish
Even though im only half korean. half irish
I got 6 I'm very bad.
Haha!! I got a 5. I suck at it XD And I practically live in a Korean community. Over half of the students in my school are Asian.
QUOTE(nekodesu @ Apr 8 2005, 04:22 PM)
Haha!! I got a 5. I suck at it XD And I practically live in a Korean community. Over half of the students in my school are Asian.
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Alright now I don't feel so bad.
How are you suppose to tell the difference they look excatly the same.
I got a 6
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How are you suppose to tell the difference they look excatly the same.
Same here
Where are you all originally from? What is your ancestral heritage? I was born in the US, but my mother is Peruvian/Italian and my father is fullblown Irish. I don't look the least bit Irish.
I was born in the US but my parents are philipenne(spelling?)
born in the USA but my parents parent parents or something like that come from germany.
I'm a native born american, but I have at least the following nationalities:
German
Polish
Czechoslovakian
Yugoslavian
Dutch
Scotch
Irish
Um... I'm pretty sure there were some more I've forgotten. The only culture that really comes out in our family, is the Polish heritage on my Dad's side. We still do a lot of traditional stuff for holidays and whatnot.
It's also been joked that my great grandfather looks half asian in most of his old pictures, but it's certain that he's european.
German
Polish
Czechoslovakian
Yugoslavian
Dutch
Scotch
Irish
Um... I'm pretty sure there were some more I've forgotten. The only culture that really comes out in our family, is the Polish heritage on my Dad's side. We still do a lot of traditional stuff for holidays and whatnot.
It's also been joked that my great grandfather looks half asian in most of his old pictures, but it's certain that he's european.
I'm not proud of it.
Why Bacon?
I'm mostly Norwegian. But I'm also part Irish, German and English. Stock from only the palest European countries.
I'm mostly Norwegian. But I'm also part Irish, German and English. Stock from only the palest European countries.
Dad-Jewish-HIppie
Mom-Native American,Hungarian,Spainard-Hippie too:p
Mom-Native American,Hungarian,Spainard-Hippie too:p
Dad- French with some asian origin
Mom- French with some english and german origin
Mom- French with some english and german origin
born in the US, but my parents are both vietnamese.
QUOTE(Envy's lil' miniskirt @ Jul 18 2005, 10:16 AM)
Why Bacon?
I'm mostly Norwegian. But I'm also part Irish, German and English. Stock from only the palest European countries.
I'm mostly Norwegian. But I'm also part Irish, German and English. Stock from only the palest European countries.
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I consider pride in one's heritage to be a piss-poor crutch for people who have nothing genuine to pride themselves on.
Plus, I don't like all the wacky neuroses I've picked up from my father's side of the family [Ashkenazi Jews], or the nearsightedness and history of cancer on my mother's side [Ukrainians].
negro ^~^
well lets see born in the usa but as far as my makeup lets get a list started
irish
scotish
english
german
french
spainish
mexican
native american
little italian
ummm basicly im all of western europe rolled into one
yet i mostly look celtic(go red beards) woohooo
irish
scotish
english
german
french
spainish
mexican
native american
little italian
ummm basicly im all of western europe rolled into one
yet i mostly look celtic(go red beards) woohooo
QUOTE(mongooseboi @ Jul 18 2005, 11:04 AM)
born in the US Canada, but my parents are both vietnamese.
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QUOTE(Fresh_Coffee @ Jul 18 2005, 08:47 PM)
QUOTE(mongooseboi @ Jul 18 2005, 11:04 AM)
born in the US Canada, but my parents are both vietnamese.
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I guess that this must be the same case for Coffee!
I can say that i'm 100% Mexican, nor my mom or dad or there grandparents are from another country.
i'm at least 75% Chinese. my family has no idea where my grandpa came from, exactly, and what he is....because he hasn't told any of us.
Actually not the same thing since this one asks about all heritage not just if you are Asian.
I searched for a thread about heritage before starting this. How was I supposed to find a thread about whether or not your Chinese? That topic could only be considered a quarter of this one.
Except for instead of a quarter, 75% of the forum population is Asian.
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