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SoCalCoug · 07-06-2007, 09:37 PM

A comedian had a good line the other night on Last Comic Standing.

He is clearly Asian-appearing.

"It's hard being Chinese . . . because I'm Japanese."

cougjunkie · 07-06-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost Student

I am:

1/8 German
1/8 Brazilian
3/4 Welsh/English/whatever else

My maternal grandmother was born in Brazil to a Brazillian father (don't know where his ancestors were from; perhaps Germany) and German mother.
Maternal grandfather's main ancestry was Scottish I think
Paternal Grandfather's line comes from Wales, settled in Malad with the other Welsh peoples
Maternal Grandmother's line from England-ish.

Because my last name is Welsh, I share something in common with the following people:

Are you related to this Welsch?

Lost Student · 07-06-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by cougjunkie

Are you related to this Welsch?

I hope not.

Edit: although I probably play basketball like him:

"During his stint in Cleveland, Welsch was best known for frequently dribbling the ball off his foot and wildly missing open jump shots."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiri_Welsch

SoonerCoug · 07-06-2007, 11:05 PM

~1/3rd German
~1/3rd English
1/8th Italian
1/8th Welsh
1/16th Swiss
1/16th Irish

SoonerUte · 07-06-2007, 11:07 PM

7/8ths Danish
1/8th English

BigFatMeanie · 07-06-2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

~1/3rd German
~1/3rd English
1/8th Italian
1/8th Welsh
1/16th Swiss
1/16th Irish

How can you be a 3rd of something? Is incest a skeleton in your family closet?

nikuman · 07-06-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

People usually guess wrong, that I'm part Chinese, Vietnamese, Philipino. Except for other Asians-- they all can guess with the first try that I'm part Japanese.

Those of us who know almost never get it wrong. The looks are completely distinct.

Lost Student · 07-07-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

How can you be a 3rd of something? Is incest a skeleton in your family closet?

5 of your 16 great-great grandparents=~1/3

SoonerCoug · 07-07-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost Student

5 of your 16 great-great grandparents=~1/3

Exactly.

RC Vikings · 07-07-2007, 03:49 AM

Mostly English with some Danish. I married a Honduran to give my kids a little color in their skin.

07-06-2007, 09:37 PM	#31
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	A comedian had a good line the other night on Last Comic Standing. He is clearly Asian-appearing. "It's hard being Chinese . . . because I'm Japanese." __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

07-06-2007, 11:05 PM	#34
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	~1/3rd German ~1/3rd English 1/8th Italian 1/8th Welsh 1/16th Swiss 1/16th Irish __________________ http://www.twitter.com/soonercoug

07-06-2007, 11:07 PM	#35
SoonerUte Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6	7/8ths Danish 1/8th English

07-07-2007, 03:49 AM	#40
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Mostly English with some Danish. I married a Honduran to give my kids a little color in their skin.