Very little of my family was in this country in 1776, why would someone expect m

[miskie]

2nd ship after the Mayflower for my lineage. Most of my relatives ended up on Mt. Riga in Ct. - making them 'raggies' - oddly enough, raggie is still used to describe folks up there, as a derogatory term. - it now equates to 'white trash'  - other relatives of mine who live around the NY,NJ, PA area simply refer to them as 'them mountain people'   

From The Urban Dictionary...

A term similar to the "N" word in its power to insult, unique to Northwest Connecticut. Refers to lower than low white trash. Winsted residents are sure it refers to some people from Norfolk. Norfolk residents think raggies come from Torrington. Torrington people believe that raggies live in Winsted. And so on.
At the Greenwoods School in Winsted, calling another kid a "raggie" was cause for detention. Mothers would wash the mouth of any child who used the "R" word.

White trash have a car on blocks in the yard, & a couch on the porch. Raggies typically have a couch on the lawn and a car on the porch.

Look out for a two year old raggie throwing rocks at passing traffic. (Route 44, Route 8)

[AllosaursRus]

2nd ship after the Mayflower for my lineage. Most of my relatives ended up on Mt. Riga in Ct. - making them 'raggies' - oddly enough, raggie is still used to describe folks up there, as a derogatory term. - it now equates to 'white trash'   - other relatives of mine who live around the NY,NJ, PA area simply refer to them as 'them mountain people'  

From The Urban Dictionary...

Most of mine migrated to what would become West "by God" Virginia, then later, cause they couldn't sit still, ended up in Kansas at the start of the Santa Fe trail and went into the supply business for those headed to Oregon.

ETA:

Worst we were ever called was Hill Folk and JayHawks.

[AllosaursRus]

As a descendant of an original Jamestown resident as well as a part Native American I will take your flying leap and raise it to a drink bleach then a long walk off a short pier.

There's Native American in our family too, but most has been bred out over the generations. After all, it was lonely out there on the prairie.

All except for the complexion, high cheekbones and the Buffalo Nickel snozz, every male on my dad's side, including me and my sibs, (my sister too, much to her dismay), still have that trait. Arapaho and Cherokee.

[miskie]

Most of mine migrated to what would become West "by God" Virginia, then later, cause they couldn't sit still, ended up in Kansas at the start of the Santa Fe trail and went into the supply business for those headed to Oregon.

ETA:

Worst we were ever called was Hill Folk and JayHawks.

There's Native American in our family too, but most has been bred out over the generations. After all, it was lonely out there on the prairie.

All except for the complexion, high cheekbones and the Buffalo Nickel snozz, every male on my dad's side, including me and my sibs, (my sister too, much to her dismay), still have that trait. Arapaho and Cherokee.

I'm actually one of the few surviving with my surname. As in less that 300 worldwide. There is a far more common Irish surname with a slightly different spelling, and a few shortened versions--  I wonder if I can apply for endangered species funding ?   Out of curiosity, I banged my surname into Google Maps to find street names. There are seven. Seven ! -- the biggest is in Boston - its about 4 blocks long. The others are all inconsequential little lanes, cul-de-sacs, or connectors.

The one curious physical trait we have is we all tend to grow extra parts - mainly internal ones. My sister has extra ribs, extra bone material and something like three additional sets of teeth. She looks perfectly fine -- actually she looks a lot like Kylie Minogue. My dad needed a bypass - I say needed because by the time they got around to doing it, they discovered he grew his own. Years ago I cut my hand up on a car fan, broke fingers, cut tendons, severed nerves. I grew them all back by the time they removed the cast. The doctor who removed the cast then re X-rayed my surprisingly functional hand and told me that if he didn't set the hand himself, he would not have believed it was ever broken. My oldest kid had migraines, which I figured were hormonal (and I was right) but to be safe, they gave her an MRI - and discovered she has an extra network of blood vessels feeding her brain.  There are a lot of other stories like this...

[AllosaursRus]

I'm actually one of the few surviving with my surname. As in less that 300 worldwide. There is a far more common Irish surname with a slightly different spelling, and a few shortened versions--  I wonder if I can apply for endangered species funding ?   Out of curiosity, I banged my surname into Google Maps to find street names. There are seven. Seven ! -- the biggest is in Boston - its about 4 blocks long. The others are all inconsequential little lanes, cul-de-sacs, or connectors.

The one curious physical trait we have is we all tend to grow extra parts - mainly internal ones. My sister has extra ribs, extra bone material and something like three additional sets of teeth. She looks perfectly fine -- actually she looks a lot like Kylie Minogue. My dad needed a bypass - I say needed because by the time they got around to doing it, they discovered he grew his own. Years ago I cut my hand up on a car fan, broke fingers, cut tendons, severed nerves. I grew them all back by the time they removed the cast. The doctor who removed the cast then re X-rayed my surprisingly functional hand and told me that if he didn't set the hand himself, he would not have believed it was ever broken. My oldest kid had migraines, which I figured were hormonal (and I was right) but to be safe, they gave her an MRI - and discovered she has an extra network of blood vessels feeding her brain.  There are a lot of other stories like this...

Uh........I googled ours and got.............

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So I guess we're not endangered any time soon!

Oh and the extra bone parts, must be a Native American thing. Our family has the same thing. It's the extra teeth that are a bitch! It shoves all the teeth together and makes dentists rich! I have an extra rib on both sides too.

[miskie]

So I guess we're not endangered any time soon!

Oh and the extra bone parts, must be a Native American thing. Our family has the same thing. It's the extra teeth that are a bitch! It shoves all the teeth together and makes dentists rich! I have an extra rib on both sides too.

Yup, just seven streets for my surname - one in the UK, one in Canada, one in Indiana, and the rest in Massachusetts.

No kidding on the teeth - I need to have another two wisdom teeth out - they are so far back that they are interfering with my jaw. I don't know if the extra parts is a Native American thing for me - but it wouldn't surprise me since my ancestors were here for so long. Genetics is a fascinating topic.

[AllosaursRus]

Yup, just seven streets for my surname - one in the UK, one in Canada, one in Indiana, and the rest in Massachusetts.

No kidding on the teeth - I need to have another two wisdom teeth out - they are so far back that they are interfering with my jaw. I don't know if the extra parts is a Native American thing for me - but it wouldn't surprise me since my ancestors were here for so long. Genetics is a fascinating topic.

I had two wisdoms taken out when I was 16 and the frikkin' things grew back! The dentist told me it was the first time he'd ever heard of such a thing!

[Mike220]

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Very little of my family was in this country in 1776, why would someone expect me to celebrate this
   
holiday?

None of mine were, as far as I've found. Not until the first half of the 20th century. And yet I manage to celebrate the 4th. Asshat. 

[Doc Savage]

Being of Irish decent he of course has the same feelings about Martin Luther King day I am sure.  Waiting for that post on DU.

[TheSarge]

What an F-tard.

How DARE you question his Patriotism!!!
 

[blitzkrieg_17]

How DARE you question his Patriotism!!!
 

Lol. Can you question that which does not exist?

[AprilRazz]

There's Native American in our family too, but most has been bred out over the generations. After all, it was lonely out there on the prairie.

All except for the complexion, high cheekbones and the Buffalo Nickel snozz, every male on my dad's side, including me and my sibs, (my sister too, much to her dismay), still have that trait. Arapaho and Cherokee.

Monacan on my mothers side. Have the dark hair and cheek bones but the European skin tone. I don't tan in the summer but usually turn a nice shade of red.
But I guess I can say I am a Virginian through and through.