Interesting 2k census ancestry map

[SoCalDem]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Working_for_Him

[Critters2]

1. When it lists an area as "American", what does that mean, exactly?

And how come there are no Norwegians in Iowa?!!

[melody]

2. It means a good portion don't know and affiliate themselves with one country

Or they are making a patriotic statement.

Just as a side note, in a population study, comparing anecdotal statistics with DNA studies, only 1 in 3 Americans knew their correct primary ethnic group. Germans and southern Irish were highly overrepresented. The English were heavily underrepresented. A majority of African Americans had some Irish or Native American ancestry. Many southern Scots-Irish are part African and/or Native American.

The #2 response on college applications when American students are asked "ethnicity" is "None".
That sort of speaks to the problem.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I know about the Irish being overrepresented

I've done genealogy for years, and know that one of my great great great grandfathers came from Ulster in the 1820s. He married into a family whose roots were English, who married into a family whose roots were Scotch. So what does the Ulster fellow's grandchildren say they are on their marriage license? IRISH-even though they were born in the US, and were 3/4 something else!

I read somewhere that the majority nationality from which Americans came was German, followed by English. That fits me--with some French and Native American and, yes, Irish, added.