How American are you???

[mad_fan]

Rules:
You get credit for a landed (lawful) immigrant...
Only count one side of the family...
You get 1 point per generation...of lawful US citizen...
Explain your score...

mad_fan...+3...

Grandfather land 1901...+1
Father...+2
mad_fan...+3

I'll make up additional rules as needed....:D

[CoveMom]

Ancestor resident of Jamestown.


do i get a prize?

[mad_fan]

Ancestor resident of Jamestown.


do i get a prize?

If you were in 10th grade today I'd have to give you an A for not following instructions...

[Firebird]

Firebird +1
Mother +1
Grandfather +1
Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather


11?

Does that get us back to the late 17th century yet?

[twcpfan1]

1st generation 'anchor baby' except my parents didn't want to stay. So I guess they didn't need the 'anchor'

[mad_fan]

Firebird +1
Mother +1
Grandfather +1
Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather


11?

Does that get us back to the late 17th century yet?

So you do really know???
That's okay...I'd guess that most that have been here for generation don't have a clue...
And don't care...

[CoveMom]

If you were in 10th grade today I'd have to give you an A for not following instructions...

okay.

here goes.

A gentleman named Harrison, Benjamin. Resident of Jamestown, waaaaaay back then. +1
His kid +2
His kid +3
His kid +4


---


at some point it became HER kid + ??? (maiden name Harrison)

That was a great, great, great, grandmother.


And then there was great, great grandmother. (maiden name not on tip of fingers tonight)

Great grandmother. (maiden name Blankenship, came from Tennessee to Arkansas in a covered wagon)

Grandmother. (maiden name Taylor, mother owned a cotton plantation near Hunter, AR and a boarding house in town [Brinkley, AR], where she met Mr. Ray)

Mother. (maiden name Ray)

Me. (maiden name not provided to your punk ***)

On that side of the family anyway.


Points cannot be tallied as I don't have records before me.

so there.

[mad_fan]

1st generation 'anchor baby' except my parents didn't want to stay. So I guess they didn't need the 'anchor'

You get a ONE...:yes:

[Firebird]

So you do really know???
That's okay...I'd guess that most that have been here for generation don't have a clue...
And don't care...

I have a very nice aunt who's into geneology and sent me a book one birthday several years ago.

[mad_fan]

okay.

here goes.

A gentleman named Harrison, Benjamin. Resident of Jamestown, waaaaaay back then. +1
His kid +2
His kid +3
His kid +4


---


at some point it became HER kid + ??? (maiden name Harrison)

That was a great, great, great, grandmother.


And then there was great, great grandmother. (maiden name not on tip of fingers tonight)

Great grandmother. (maiden name Blankenship, came from Tennessee to Arkansas in a covered wagon)

Grandmother. (maiden name Taylor, mother owned a cotton plantation near Hunter, AR and a boarding house in town , where she met Mr. Ray)

Mother. (maiden name Ray)

Me. (maiden name not provided to your punk ***)

On that side of the family anyway.


[B]Points cannot be tallied as I don't have records before me.

so there.

You are tied with FB...at 'so many we can't count'...
We'll call you longest term Americans...

[mad_fan]

I have a very nice aunt who's into geneology and sent me a book one birthday several years ago.

Thats great to have a place to start...
Someday you might get into it...
Lucky for you...than you had someone to document things...

[twcpfan1]

You get a ONE...:yes:

I was born here and all I get is a stinking ONE?

Do I get extra marks for my Mum and Dad not staying past the expiration date on their student visa?

[CoveMom]

I was born here and all I get is a stinking ONE?

Do I get extra marks for my Mum and Dad not staying past the expiration date on their student visa?

Now if they had STAYED here with or without visa, they would have been like mad's grand-da.

as it stands, no. following the rules gets you nothing here. you must break the rules in order to....

oh, you get the point.


;)

[mad_fan]

I was born here and all I get is a stinking ONE?

Do I get extra marks for my Mum and Dad not staying past the expiration date on their student visa?

NOPE...they had to stay...and legally...


FB and CM > America itself...
mad = +3...
twcpfan = +1...

[mad_fan]

Now if they had STAYED here with or without visa, they would have been like mad's grand-da.

as it stands, no. following the rules gets you nothing here. you must break the rules in order to....

oh, you get the point.


;)

No...:rolleyes:
My Grandfather...checked-in (not as a student)...and stayed...legal point...;)

[CoveMom]

No...:rolleyes:
My Grandfather...checked-in (not as a student)...and stayed...legal point...;)

i'm curious, and this has almost nothing to do with the subject at hand...how many Bridgette's in your lineage?


That is such an iconic Irish name.

[rwilleby]

Original ship to Jamestown...
May 3, 1607
List of gentlemen, Nathaniell Powell

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=31

It's a hobby...

[E-Vol-ution]

Rules:
You get credit for a landed (lawful) immigrant...
Only count one side of the family...
You get 1 point per generation...of lawful US citizen...
Explain your score...

mad_fan...+3...

Grandfather land 1901...+1
Father...+2
mad_fan...+3

I'll make up additional rules as needed....:D

Evol +1
Dad +1
Grandfather +1
Great +1
GreatGreat +1
GreatGreatGreat +1
GreatGreatGreatGreats back to 1790 landing

[CoveMom]

rwilleby wins.

hands down.


:notworthy

[mad_fan]

Evol +1
Dad +1
Grandfather +1
Great +1
GreatGreat +1
GreatGreatGreat +1
GreatGreatGreatGreats back to 1790 landing

Got a count or a number???
Or put you with CM and F???

[twcpfan1]

None of the Mexicans have weighed in on the thread yet . It aint the INS guys. Relax..

:rofl:


JUST KIDDING. Had to say it.. :D

[mad_fan]

rwilleby wins.

hands down.


:notworthy

I didn't get his post...:o

[CoveMom]

Got a count or a number???
Or put you with CM and F???

17th century is BEFORE 1790...


jus' sayin'

[mad_fan]

None of the Mexicans have weighed in on the thread yet . It aint the INS guys. Relax..

:rofl:


JUST KIDDING. Had to say it.. :D

That would be a silly reason for me to start a thread...:rolleyes:

[slorch]

great grandfather and great, great uncle were Texas Rangers
grandfather drove streetcars in LA in the 30's( have pocket watch with company logo) moved to Texas during the depression and managed a grain elevator for 25+ years
other grandfather participated in the liberation of Germany and was a firefighter in Denver for 40 years

family's military service is copious and diverse. I take a lot of pride in the fact that I continued that legacy.

I work for a company started in 1932 by a man in San Antonio and another in Georgia. A vast majority of our products are produced in America, with the exceptions being some ethnic oriented ones. I am very proud of working for this icon of Americana, as well.

don't know what the points are for this little list, but I do love this country enough to sweat, bleed, or even die for her. That should count for something.

[rwilleby]

I didn't get his post...:o

And it didn't get me squat...

Mother always said we were Black Irish...:eek:

And then there's the Indian side... Who knows...

[CoveMom]

I didn't get his post...:o

take him off your 'ignore' list...


:rolleyes:

[rwilleby]

rwilleby wins.

hands down.


:notworthy

We're probably related... Sucks for one of us... I think I got the low end of the tree... Ha!

[rwilleby]

take him off your 'ignore' list...


:rolleyes:

Who the hell is "mad-fan"?

[mad_fan]

17th century is BEFORE 1790...


jus' sayin'

My grandfather was born in 1883...
My father was born in 1927...
I was born in 1963...
...
In some families...1883-1963 might be 6 or 7 points...;)
Just sayin'...

[mad_fan]

great grandfather and great, great uncle were Texas Rangers
grandfather drove streetcars in LA in the 30's( have pocket watch with company logo) moved to Texas during the depression and managed a grain elevator for 25+ years
other grandfather participated in the liberation of Germany and was a firefighter in Denver for 40 years

family's military service is copious and diverse. I take a lot of pride in the fact that I continued that legacy.

I work for a company started in 1932 by a man in San Antonio and another in Georgia. A vast majority of our products are produced in America, with the exceptions being some ethnic oriented ones. I am very proud of working for this icon of Americana, as well.

don't know what the points are for this little list, but I do love this country enough to sweat, bleed, or even die for her. That should count for something.

Someone else can score this post...:D

[ktCarl]

Rules:
You get credit for a landed (lawful) immigrant...
Only count one side of the family...
You get 1 point per generation...of lawful US citizen...
Explain your score...

mad_fan...+3...

Grandfather land 1901...+1
Father...+2
mad_fan...+3

I'll make up additional rules as needed....:D


Dad landed here in 1954 +1
I was anchor baby +1
Lowest score in game. :(

[twcpfan1]

Dad landed here in 1954 +1
I was anchor baby +1
Lowest score in game. :(

I beat you for the lowest score because my mum and dad took off and took me with them

[rwilleby]

Now, I do have a book entitled "3500 Years of Burke" but some of that stuff has to be full of crap...

Now, in another book I have it goes back to Adam and Eve... But it's very confusing on the Amerca's jump...

[mad_fan]

And it didn't get me squat...

Mother always said we were Black Irish...:eek:

And then there's the Indian side... Who knows...

Yep...no points for you...:rolleyes:
My Black Irish is easy to trace as I'm a Mexican of the late 1800's...
And let's not get into who did who...just pick a branch and count...:D

[mad_fan]

Dad landed here in 1954 +1
I was anchor baby +1
Lowest score in game. :(

Nope...twcp has a +1...:D

[mad_fan]

Now, I do have a book entitled "3500 Years of Burke" but some of that stuff has to be full of crap...

Now, in another book I have it goes back to Adam and Eve... But it's very confusing on the Amerca's jump...

Books are overrated...ask bdb...

[CoveMom]

Now, I do have a book entitled "3500 Years of Burke" but some of that stuff has to be full of crap...

Now, in another book I have it goes back to Adam and Eve... But it's very confusing on the Amerca's jump...

I understand there's a book popular in Salt Lake City that could clear that up for you....

[E-Vol-ution]

got a count or a number???
Or put you with cm and f???

+8

[CoveMom]

We're probably related... Sucks for one of us... I think I got the low end of the tree... Ha!

mine was not on ships one, two, or three. you win. he is on the list up on the wall at the site of Jamestown. Early 1600's but not 1607. One of his decendents signed the Declaration of Independence and two of them were President. Not two directly in my line, alas...

cousins, etc...

Who the hell is "mad-fan"?

you spelled mad_fan wrong. watch your back...

;)

[rwilleby]

I understand there's a book popular in Salt Lake City that could clear that up for you....

Does it have pictures... because, well, you know... I use a Mac...

[mad_fan]

Does it have pictures... because, well, you know... I use a Mac...

Can your Mac generate a NUMBER...:rolleyes:

[CoveMom]

Does it have pictures... because, well, you know... I use a Mac...


A nice young man brought one to my house a few years ago. There was at least one picture of a salamander and some glowing angel types. So, yeah, prolly.


There are pills for that Mac thing....

[rwilleby]

you spelled mad_fan wrong. watch your back...

I think "higher" of him than he does... But that might be where I erred... :notworthy

[mad_fan]

A nice young man brought one to my house a few years ago. There was at least one picture of a salamander and some glowing angel types. So, yeah, prolly.


There are pills for that Mac thing....

I've seen commercials...:D

[rwilleby]

Can your Mac generate a NUMBER...:rolleyes:

Ha! Cut me some slack... I'm having to use my fingers AND my toes...

[CoveMom]

Can your Mac generate a NUMBER...:rolleyes:


didn't you acquire a Mac a few months back, smartarse?


(free or not, don't matter)


:rolleyes:

[mad_fan]

I think "higher" of him than he does... But that might be where I erred... :notworthy

:rofl:
lmfao...:notworthy

[mad_fan]

Ha! Cut me some slack... I'm having to use my fingers AND my toes...

I went from the abacus to the PC...skipped the Mac...:rolleyes:

[mad_fan]

didn't you acquire a Mac a few months back, smartarse?


(free or not, don't matter)


:rolleyes:

Go to the kitchen and make me a samwich...
:rolleyes:

[rwilleby]

1957 Me +1
1938 Mom +1
1903 Grandma +1
1897 G Grandpa +1
1879 GG Grandpa +1
1846 GGG Grandpa +1
1821 GGGG Grandpa +1
1790 GGGGG Grandpa +1
1750 GGGGGG Grandpa +1
1725 GGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1694 GGGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1671 GGGGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1640 GGGGGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1620 GGGGGGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1599 GGGGGGGGGGGG Grandpa +1
1577 Nathaniel Powell +1

16

[mad_fan]

I'm < American than Glenn Beck...

[DrEdward]

Firebird +1
Mother +1
Grandfather +1
Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather +1
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather


11?

Does that get us back to the late 17th century yet?

CoveMom still has you beat. She likely has all of us beat.

[CoveMom]

CoveMom still has you beat. She likely has all of us beat.

all except rwilleby so far. read on. his is really impressive.


Boat one. Jamestown. On the list.


wow.

[DrEdward]

all except rwilleby so far. read on. his is really impressive.


Boat one. Jamestown. On the list.


wow.

That's what I get for not reading the entire thread. :o

[DrEdward]

So are we talking Susan Constant, Godspeed or Discovery?

[CoveMom]

That's what I get for not reading the entire thread. :o

'sokay.

you are a marine, after all...

[ktCarl]

all except rwilleby so far. read on. his is really impressive.


Boat one. Jamestown. On the list.


wow.

He's lying. Willeby was hatched in a pool of water along the banks of Buffalo Bayou.

[DrEdward]

'sokay.

you are a marine, after all...

Semper Fi and a native Virginian as well, so Quantico was an easy trip.

[cyfallsbooster2]

all except rwilleby so far. read on. his is really impressive.


Boat one. Jamestown. On the list.


wow.

my ancestors are cherokee........

i think they were here before the immigrants.....

[DrEdward]

my ancestors are cherokee........

i think they were here before the immigrants.....

So if I read mad's initial points guidelines correctly, you are disqualified, since there would be no initial immigration in history for your family that we can document. Sorry.:rolleyes:

[CoveMom]

my ancestors are cherokee........

i think they were here before the immigrants.....

and mine were Choctaw. On the other side of the family, that is.

My great-grandmother shows up on the Census with the word "Indian" under the religion column...

[ktCarl]

So if I read mad's initial points guidelines correctly, you are disqualified, since there would be no initial immigration in history for your family that we can document. Sorry.:rolleyes:

But the Cherokees immigrated from China on the land bridge many moons ago.

[DrEdward]

But the Cherokees immigrated from China on the land bridge many moons ago.

Documentation....we run a tight ship around here. We demand documentation for points. Besides, the Cherokees were in North Carolina and CoveMom and rw are talking about the Commonwealth. It is well known that Virginia takes precedence over the old North State since that Roanoke Island thing didn't quite work out so well for the immigrants.

[rwilleby]

So are we talking Susan Constant, Godspeed or Discovery?

Yes, but I don't know which one... Still researching this stuff...

[cyfallsbooster2]

Documentation....we run a tight ship around here. We demand documentation for points. Besides, the Cherokees were in North Carolina and CoveMom and rw are talking about the Commonwealth. It is well known that Virginia takes precedence over the old North State.

d@mn white man.....always about the friggin' paperwork!:Censor:

[mad_fan]

But the Cherokees immigrated from China on the land bridge many moons ago.

They should have named it America...NO POINTS...

[mad_fan]

Documentation....we run a tight ship around here. We demand documentation for points. Besides, the Cherokees were in North Carolina and CoveMom and rw are talking about the Commonwealth. It is well known that Virginia takes precedence over the old North State since that Roanoke Island thing didn't quite work out so well for the immigrants.

Exactly...

[DrEdward]

d@mn white man.....always about the friggin' paperwork!:Censor:

Just followin' in the footsteps of our current leader, who is a credit to all us white guys, er.... wait. Never mind. :rolleyes:

[ktCarl]

Documentation....we run a tight ship around here. We demand documentation for points. Besides, the Cherokees were in North Carolina and CoveMom and rw are talking about the Commonwealth. It is well known that Virginia takes precedence over the old North State since that Roanoke Island thing didn't quite work out so well for the immigrants.

So, it took them many more moons to travel that far East.

[rwilleby]

Carl's just pissed because he got here AFTER the Kojak is cool thing... instead, it's Jason Alexander...

[DrEdward]

So, it took them many more moons to travel that far East.

I don't know, maybe the aliens gave them a ride on their space ships. In which case, we still must see cancelled travel receipts.

[rwilleby]

Hey, I'm English, Black Irish and Cherokee Indian... I could be president... But I guess I'm over qualified... by a third...

[mad_fan]

Hey, I'm English, Black Irish and Cherokee Indian... I could be president... But I guess I'm over qualified... by a third...

That's what we need...another 'IT President'...:rolleyes:

[twcpfan1]

wtf is black irish? I thought the Irish were the blacks of Europe?

I heard that exact same line in that movie 'The Commitments' :D

[rwilleby]

wtf is black irish? I thought the Irish were the blacks of Europe?

I heard that exact same line in that movie 'The Commitments' :D

I had to look it up... Mother always said, don't ask... :eek:

Black Irish is a traditional term commonly used among Irish American communities; it ascribes to a dark brown or black hair phenotype appearing in people of Irish descent. This can be distinguished in contrast to the (lighter) brown, blond, or red hair color variant, the latter stereotypically perceived to personify the look of typical Irish folk.

[mad_fan]

wtf is black irish? I thought the Irish were the blacks of Europe?

I heard that exact same line in that movie 'The Commitments' :D

Are you Mel Brooks IRL???
Or just some other WASP???
:rolleyes:

[rwilleby]

That's what we need...another 'IT President'...:rolleyes:

I don't know how to play golf so chances are I'd be Googling us into OBLIVION... Ha, ha, ha...

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/rhps_091OscarMoment.jpg

[twcpfan1]

I had to look it up... Mother always said, don't ask... :eek:

Black Irish is a traditional term commonly used among Irish American communities; it ascribes to a dark brown or black hair phenotype appearing in people of Irish descent. This can be distinguished in contrast to the (lighter) brown, blond, or red hair color variant, the latter stereotypically perceived to personify the look of typical Irish folk.

Ok I think I get it. The Italians make a similar distinction between the fair skinned ones up north and the dark haired, earhaired, female mustachioed, olive skinned ones down South. Spain does the same thing I believe.

[rwilleby]

Ok I think I get it. The Italians make a similar distinction between the fair skinned ones up north and the dark haired, earhaired, female mustachioed, olive skinned ones down South. Spain does the same thing I believe.

This made me laugh...

[cyfallsbooster2]

Ok I think I get it. The Italians make a similar distinction between the fair skinned ones up north and the dark haired, earhaired, female mustachioed, olive skinned ones down South. Spain does the same thing I believe.

I believe the black dutch were a mix of dutch and the moors.......

[mojotrain]

Ancestor resident of Jamestown.


do i get a prize?

Mine too! I think we are kin:) I also have one from the Alamo.

[E-Vol-ution]

Now on my mother's side of the family........it links into RJ Reynolds, Hardin Reynolds, etc.
Isn't that part of the original anchor analogy?

[The King]

Original ship to Jamestown...
May 3, 1607
List of gentlemen, Nathaniell Powell

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=31

It's a hobby...

I think we have a winner

[RedRage00]

None of the Mexicans have weighed in on the thread yet . It aint the INS guys. Relax..

:rofl:


JUST KIDDING. Had to say it.. :D

I just swam over yesterday.

[Favpack]

Wow, I never knew....


•Master Edward Maria Wingfield
•Captaine Bartholomew Gosnoll
•Captaine John Smyth
•Captaine John "Favpack" Ratliffe
•Captaine John Martin
•Captaine George Kendall
Councell

[rwilleby]

Wow, I never knew....

That's friggin' awesome... We're cousins...

[shslb15]

Very!!!!

[JagFan]

As apple pie. :)