Posted on 09/29/2013 10:57:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604
Census data shows heritage of 317 million modern Americans Clusters show where immigrants from different nations chose to settle Largest ancestry grouping in the nation are of German descent with almost 50 million people
African American or Black is the second largest grouping with just over 40 million people Almost 20 million people claim to have 'American' ancestry for political reasons and because they are unsure of their family's genealogy
49,206,934 Germans
By far the largest ancestral group, stretching from coast to coast across 21st century America is German, with 49,206,934 people. The peak immigration for Germans was in the mid-19th century as thousands were driven from their homes by unemployment and unrest.
41,284,752 Black or African Americans The census map also identifies, Black or African-American as a term for citizens of the United States who have ancestry in Sub-Saharan Africa.The majority of African Americans are descended from slaves
35,523,082 Irish Another group who joined the great story of the United States were the Irish and the great famine of the 1840s sparked mass migration from Ireland.
31,789,483 Mexican And from 1990 to 2000, the number of people who claimed Mexican ancestry almost doubled in size to 31,789,483 people.
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According to that map we should all be speaking german ?
Lots of baby blue from the legend for german ancestry on the map.
You didn't read the article:
"Almost 20 million people claim to have 'American' ancestry for political reasons and because they are unsure of their family's genealogy."
Yea, they are still smarting after 200+ years. lol
Roger that. Mine go back to the mid 1600’s in the Hudson Valley area of New York and most of the folks there were of Dutch origin. Lot’s of Van Xxxx’s and other Dutch sounding names for sure. Looking at the roster of the New York militia from the revolution from that area, I didn’t see many Italian looking names. I think the map is a load.
My antecedents were: Walter Chiles, born in England, emigraated to VA 1637 or 1638. Represented Charles City in the House of Burgesses 1642-43.
Colonel Walter Chiles, son of preceding, represented James County in the House of Burgesses, and so on and on.
Don’t want to get too boring here—LOL!
Maybe cause the Eskimo are only in Alaska?? Just a guess. I always considered the Eskimo distinct from the American Indian.
Well, they might have he might have that going for him-—LOL!
That guy has more descendants or people claiming to be one than a rabbit. I never saw so many when I was doing research.
That wasn’t my point. I was responding to your query (and more specifically the reply to it) about the category ‘American.’
See my post #9. I am a melting pot also, only my Cherokee ethnicity stands out more than others. That side of my family is and has been very proud of our heritage all my life. But I am also proud to consider myself a “melting pot” American.
English and Irish on my mothers side, Scotch and German on my fathers side.
Not boring at all!
I was at a meeting once with a bunch of managers that could not make a decision. Finally I blurted out, “If you all were with the Lewis and Clark expedition we would all be speaking French.”
Yes, we disregard most of them.
I think it’s self-declared, and only the first ethnicity given is used.
If they went by last name, most African-Americans would be listed as English and there would be no AA pluralities.
Some of my English ancestors have been over here since the 1600s. It’s easier to put down “American” than to try and figure out the ratio of British, German, native American, etc. And besides, we’ve been over here so long we don’t have any affiliation with either England or Germany.
Question! Why no Russians or Swedes? Our household comes from a long line of these.
My 3rd great grandma Holden was born in Vermont in 1815
shes my last holdout who may have had a rebel/patriot father or grandfather..
but I have not been able to find her parents..
for the 1820, 1830 census in Vermont the familes are listed as John Holden one wife 6 children etc...
Her 1888 Gowanda, New York death certificate identiries the Vermont birth...
and Ive seen the original death ledger...
and the 1861, 1871, 1891 Grantham, Ontario, Canadia census lists her as born in the US..
There are more than 20 Holdens from Vermont listed in the DAR directory..
also there were several Holdens from New Hampshire and MASS
“Scots Irish”
Kinda don’t like that term.
I guess it covers all the “Mc’s” and “Mac’s” who left Scotland for Ireland, discovered all the famine, and were too poor to get back to Scotland. Ended up taking the first boat-full-of-debtors they could find to the Colonies/States.
Let’s face it, they were Scots....
I have a German surname, and my mother’s maiden name was what I always thought of as Irish. So most of my life I thought of myself as German and Irish.
A few years ago though I started to dig into my family tree, and was shocked to learn that the vast majority of my lines go back to Tidewater Virginia. Turns out I’m of predominately English descent. Almost no real Irish. Those lines turned out to have been Scots, English, or French Huguenots who made a brief transition through Ireland.
I’ve found a lot of amazing things that I would have never dreamed of in the family history. I would recommend this exercise to anyone. It makes you realize how connected you really are to the past.
I’ve found grandfathers who fought in the Civil War, the War of 1812, and even learned which units they served in and what battles they helped fight. I’ve found a grandfather who fought all the way through the Revolution, including spending the winter at Valley Forge. Another one who fought, along with his father and four brothers, at the seige of Boonesborough and the rest of that vicious war in Kentucky. They went on to help open up the Louisiana Purchase. I’ve found forebears who were the earliest pioneers of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virgina, North Carolina, what become West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Oregon, to name a few.
One of the earliest female arrivals was Alice Proctor, who in 1622, in the absence of her husband John, who was in England on business, for nearly three weeks held off the vicious Indian attacks that slaughtered about a third of the Englishmen in Virginia. When the English officers finally showed up they threatened to burn down the plantation if she didn’t return to Jamestown where it was “safe.” Hah.
John Proctor, by the way, had come over in 1609 on the Sea Venture, which didn’t quite make it to Jamestown, being caught in a hurricane and wrecked on Bermuda. They spent the winter there, using the wreckage and native timber on the island to construct two boats which they then took to Jamestown, along with the good tobacco that later made the Virginia Colony economically viable. William Shakespeare wrote a famous play about this whole incident. It’s called, “The Tempest.”
An unprovable but highly credible connection to John Smith and Pocahontas, connections to British nobility, including the family that once controlled London, the man primarily charged with enforcing the Magna Carta, Charlemagne, Charles Martel, who saved Western Europe from the Muslims, the family of William the Conqueror, Viking conquerors of Normandy. I’ve found all of that and more. It’s quite amazing and fascinating.
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