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[Tératogène]

@AprilMayJune oh wow On my mother's side, they're all Italian as far as my knowledge goes, but on my father's there are.. Belgian and German ancestors. Maybe more origins I don't know. Actually on the family tree the generation of my parents is basically the first to be born French on paper and marry French people.

 

[AprilMayJune]

@Tératogène Origins are a funny thing it seems In the States everybody's ancestry come from a huge variety of places all over the world. It looks like it's the same in France, which is cool!

 

[Ada or ardor]

I'm jealous of you guys ! My family is mostly french since 3 centuries (I've read on the papers of my dead grand-father, one of my ancestors made a very bad deal selling alcohol to some Napoleon's troops). My father is half spanish though. Anyways, it's boring !

 

[Growing Entish]

@van.i.ada : Same here ! French people all around in my family A bit boring sometimes when everybody else has nice and exotic origins !

 

[Tératogène]

@AprilMayJune For the story, I originally come from the North Eastern side of France. During and after WWII there was a massive Italian immigration up there because of the factories who hired a lot of men. That's why a lot of people I've known since I was a kid have Italian ancestors Which is not the case where I live now.

 

[Lafastod]

@AprilMayJune yup, apparently Not even on purpose.
@Lafastod I just moved, will you hold it against me?

With this picture I would hold against you. Literally.

 

[AprilMayJune]

@Tératogène for me it's actually quite common a story as well. My paternal grandfather is american (he was adopted, so I don't know anything about his ancestry) and married my grandmother when she moved to California - her mother was french and her father english, and I don't know why she moved there but she did. She had a son (my dad) (and already had a daughter then, and then had another daughter) and my dad met my mother while she was studying in California (I guess the both of them speaking french helped). My mother was french, with italian ancestors from the immigration waves of the beginning of the century.

And I guess that's it

 

[Tératogène]

Bugs I hate bugs

 

[Growing Entish]

@Tératogène : I'm discovering your scientific anecdotes topic and it's pretty awesome !

 

[Tératogène]

@Merry June Oh thank you I've seen your BUs indeed

 

[Growing Entish]

@Tératogène : science is so cool ! One day I will study maths and astronomy for fun. And physics too.

 

[Tératogène]

@Merry June ...One can not simply study maths "for fun". REALLY