I lived in a town in Michigan with about 4000 people. Lots of German, Polish, & French names. Everybody knew the one Jewish family (a doctor & his family). There was one clearly Italian family, & their son was a friend of mine. When the Godfather movie came out, he endured endless good-natured kidding.

People who left Portugal, Spain, & Italy often went to South America instead of North America.

Anonymous wrote: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

Except for Chicago & Detroit areas, you can go years in the Midwest & South without meeting an Italian-American.

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Anonymous wrote:The South = mostly English

Pennsylvania and the Midwest = mostly German

The south has a lot of Scots and Irish

Yes but English is the most common ancestry in the South according to the Census.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m watching too much outlander but I’m surprised the English aren’t from Scotland considering the issues in England at the time and how against the English the Americans were

The English arrived early enough that they were behind the American Revolution. Many of the Scottish arrived later and were Loyalists despite leaving Scotland for economic reasons. That’s why so many also ended up in Canada.

The English were slave-owners from the earliest days they invaded so-called “America.”

“So-called “America’”? GTFOH, Russian troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m watching too much outlander but I’m surprised the English aren’t from Scotland considering the issues in England at the time and how against the English the Americans were

The English arrived early enough that they were behind the American Revolution. Many of the Scottish arrived later and were Loyalists despite leaving Scotland for economic reasons. That’s why so many also ended up in Canada.

The English were slave-owners from the earliest days they invaded so-called “America.”

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure most white Americans aren’t 100% English. We are mostly mutts by this point.

That is true. I once said that to a white American, and they didn't take it too kindly, even though it's probably true.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure most white Americans aren’t 100% English. We are mostly mutts by this point.

Yeah, but we're proud mutts. If anything, we're disappointed when we take DNA tests and there aren't more different countries or ethnicities represented.

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Anonymous wrote: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

You probably grew up in NJ like me. When I moved away I realized that not everywhere had lots of Italian and Jewish people. I thought everyone in U.S. had off from school for major Jewish holidays!

I grew up in the upper Midwest, small towns, and only met one Jewish person and one Italian before I moved to DC when I was 18. I thought most white people in the U.S. were German or Scandinavian!

(I mean I used to think this before moving to the East Coast 30 years ago).

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Anonymous wrote: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

You probably grew up in NJ like me. When I moved away I realized that not everywhere had lots of Italian and Jewish people. I thought everyone in U.S. had off from school for major Jewish holidays!

I grew up in the upper Midwest, small towns, and only met one Jewish person and one Italian before I moved to DC when I was 18. I thought most white people in the U.S. were German or Scandinavian!

Pretty sure most white Americans aren’t 100% English. We are mostly mutts by this point.

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Anonymous wrote: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

You probably grew up in NJ like me. When I moved away I realized that not everywhere had lots of Italian and Jewish people. I thought everyone in U.S. had off from school for major Jewish holidays!

NY-er here. I thought the same thing! It was quite shocking to find out that’s not the case. The fall Jewish holidays were the best. No school, but we didn’t have to go to church or do anything else. It was just a free day to hang out and watch tv!

NP here. I grew up in NoVA so probably did not know as many as you but still knew a decent number, so I was SHOCKED when I met a new friend in my 20s who had moved here from Texas and she told me she had never known real Jews before; she thought it was only a historical religion from the past!!!

Yep! I am all three! About 3/4 Irish, but the final 1/4 is split almost equally between German and English.

Anonymous wrote:46.6 million Americans are of English origin. 45 million of German origin. Irish third at 38.6 million.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/10/2020-census-dhc-a-white-population.html#:~:text=Among%20those%20who%20identified%20as,2020%20Census%20race%20question%20design

Those are in combination. I'm at least 2/3 of those and probably 3/3 if I go back far enough. There's a lot of overlap in those numbers. People who have been here since 1850 have pretty mixed origin.

Anonymous wrote:46.6 million Americans are of English origin. 45 million of German origin. Irish third at 38.6 million.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/10/2020-census-dhc-a-white-population.html#:~:text=Among%20those%20who%20identified%20as,2020%20Census%20race%20question%20design

And?