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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The surprising number is Italian-Americans — i thought there would be a lot more

It’s only 2x Jewish-American

That doesn’t seem right [/quote]

I think there were a lot more but they intermarried a lot so the ethnicity got "diluted" out. I personally am 25% Italian so I wouldn't feel valid calling myself Italian-American.[/quote]

There are folks with much less Italian ancestry than that proudly proclaiming themselves Italian-American.

There’s a lot of intermarriage for the English and Irish as well. I compared 23andme results with a coworker. I’m much more Irish than he is, but as a white guy with an Irish last name, no one questions his self-identification as Irish-American.

Ethnicity for whites in the US is really about finding a comfortable spot between acceptable (still white) and interesting. DH is from rural Louisiana. Many people, both white and AA, have documented French ancestry. A whole generation of white children had French beaten out of them in public schools and their grandchildren are only now getting over the shame. [/quote]

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