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Title: Any other Latinos here other than me? Post by: Frank O on July 07, 2005, 04:00:00 AM Just wondering how many of you GUYS here are Latino/Hispanic?
Title: Claro que si Post by: thundernco on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Any other Latinos here other than me?, posted by Frank O on Jul 7, 2005
Soy una mezcla, hispano/italiano. -TNC Title: Por supuesto Post by: utopiacowboy on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Any other Latinos here other than me?, posted by Frank O on Jul 7, 2005
Yes, I'm Hispanic in a very strange way. One of my ancestors was a sailor on a ship in the Spanish Armada. After his ship was wrecked and sank, he survived and hid at a nearby farm. He ended up marrying the farmer's daughter and changed his name to the very English name of John Melford. You didn't ask how much Hispanic! Title: Re: Por supuesto Post by: littlebhuddha on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Por supuesto, posted by utopiacowboy on Jul 8, 2005
My family history is the same. The story in my family is that he was a captain of one of the ships and ended up working for a merchant in Bath. Eventually changed his name to Moorcroft. Title: Re: Re: Por supuesto Post by: utopiacowboy on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Por supuesto, posted by littlebhuddha on Jul 8, 2005
It makes you wonder about these family stories. I am sure that they contain some truth but how much? I've read a little about the Spanish Armada and I understand a great many ships floundered off the coasts of Scotland, Ireland and England so it's quite possible for many sailors to have survived and sought refuge. I'd love to find the time to track this down further. Title: Re: Por supuesto Post by: Frank O on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Por supuesto, posted by utopiacowboy on Jul 8, 2005
Interesting in my case I'm ADOPTED so I really have no clue what I "really" am. I look "white" my features are NOT Latino/Hispanic features. But I was raised in a Latino/Hispanic household. The only thing that bothers me is I kept getting referred to as a "Mexican" as far as I can trace my ancestry no one ever lived in Mexico. Unless you consider Texas back in whenever it was as part of Texas. They have been living in Texas for generation. Neither my grandparents or greatgrandparents lived in Mexico. Anyways Spanish WAS my first language. Funny thing is the Colombians & Panamaninas say I have a Mexican accent. The reality of it is the Mexicans make fun of our Tex Mex Spanish. Title: Re: Re: Por supuesto Post by: utopiacowboy on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Por supuesto, posted by Frank O on Jul 8, 2005
It ALWAYS pisses me off when people (usually white Anglos) here in Texas refer to anyone who is Latino as Mexican. When I inquire as to the person in question's citizenship or ancestry, invariably they are no more Mexican than the speaker. Talk about ignorance. Title: Re: Re: Por supuesto Post by: papi on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Por supuesto, posted by Frank O on Jul 8, 2005
you have a Mexican accent - ok, maybe Tex Mex. FYI, I used to live in Dallas in the 80's and have traveled often to the border Title: Re: Any other Latinos here other than me? Post by: david hagar on July 07, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Any other Latinos here other than me?, posted by Frank O on Jul 7, 2005
Remember what Teddy Roosvelt said, we are not Irish Americans, German Americans, Black Americans, etc, but we are all Americans. This is the way in which we should all identify ourselves. I , myself, am a descendant of over 23 different diffent nationalities. I am an American first and not from any particular group or nationality Beattledog Title: Wow, thanks for reading into that, Post by: thundernco on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Any other Latinos here other than me..., posted by david hagar on Jul 7, 2005
and here I thought he was only asking about our ethnicity... -TNC Title: Re: Re: Any other Latinos here other than me? Post by: Frank O on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Any other Latinos here other than me..., posted by david hagar on Jul 7, 2005
That's the way I look at things. I never got much of that problem with the Ukrainian ladies but I'm getting a lot of questions from the Lating Americans. I keep telling them I'm an American first & a Texas second. Title: Re: Re: Re: Any other Latinos here other than me? Post by: whome on July 08, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Re: Any other Latinos here other tha..., posted by Frank O on Jul 8, 2005
No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn. |