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Question

My mother is 3/4 German and my dad is half, what does that make me?

(In case you need to know)

I also have a little Irish(Mom is 1/4), Cherokee(Dad's side), Welsh(Dad), Danish(Dad), Swedish(Mom) and French(Dad) blood in me, but it is not very much.

Answer 1

You would be five eighths German. A simple way of calculating your ancestral percentages is to create a small genealogical chart with yourself as the base as shown below.

M   F    M    F    M    F    M    F

    M          F           M          F

            M                     F

                      You

Since you stated that you father is half German, we will start with his branch. The German ancestors will be lower cased.

m    f    M    F    M    F    M    F

    m         F           M           F

          M                        F

                       You

As you can see, one parent of your father is full-blooded German, meaning two of your great-grandparents must be full-Blooded German. Now your mother's branch.

m    f    M    F    m    f    m    F

    m         F           m         F

           M                      F

                     You

Looking back three generations at your eight great-grandparents, you can calculate your percentage. Of your eight great-granparents, five were German, meaning that you are five-eighths German.

Answer 2

Multiply your parents' by half, 3/8 and 1/4, and add them together, 5/8.  So you should be 5/8 German if this is all correct information.  PS I hope your moms' are approximations because they surpass 100% technically.

Also 1/8 Irish; Cherokee (half of whatever your dad is), Welsh, Danish, French (half of your dad's) and swedish (half of your mom's percent)