How do you say your part other nationality?

Question

Hey, my nationality is english I recently discovered in my family tree that on my dads side, his aunties sons and also that part of the family goes by the name of plosky of that background, which I think is Russian. Many people claim they are part scotish, irish and so on but would this make me part russian? and if not, why do people claim to be of irish or scottish in part nationality?

Answer 1

i dont think you can be part nationality. nationality is the country your from. however you can be part ethnicity

Answer 2

You can only have one nationality unless you have dual citizenship.

Nationality is not the same thing as race, ethnicity or ancestral heritage.  It is not the country from which your ancestors came.

I know a lot of people identify their nationality that way, and Wikipedia  has it as an alternate definition I would suppose because so many people do.  However, growing up in an Anglo Saxon culture(I am 73), it was common for people of colonial American ancestry to refer to children and grandchildren of fairly recent immigrants that way as theydidn't see them as quite first class Americans.    Unfortunately, those children and grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren do the same and are making themselves sound like 2nd class citizens.

I see nothing wrong with a person identifying themselves as an Irish American, German American, Italian American, Polish American etc. as they are showing pride in their heritage as well as the country they owe allegiance.  However, it can get a little awkward to say I am an Irish English German Polish American.  

I just say I am a Pedigree American Mutt.

Answer 3

Your Dads Aunts children are fathered by men not related to you, the Russian comes from there since the name is coming from the male family normally. You share only the Aunts blood line with them, not the Uncles. If your Dad is Irish and Mom is French then you have those two lines which make you "part this and part that". You can have an addition of another "part" every generation until there is no dominant nationality in you.

Answer 4

You are English nationality with some (possible ) Russian or Polish heritage.

Answer 5

Your nationality is whatever country you have citizenship in (irregardless of where you actually live).

Your ancestry is where ever your ancestors are from. In your case, you are thinking you are part Russian.

I don't know about genealogy searches in England, being an American (U.S.), but here is my list for Americans:

You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history.  Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department.  Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc.  Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).

Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers.  They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).

A third option is one of the following websites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.geni.com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.

I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.

Plosky SOUNDS Polish! Good luck.

Answer 6

sorry but i didnt get that question at all.. i dont think u would be russian because if u were then ur dad would have to be and if hes not its just ur auntie sons dad that is russian!!

Answer 7

My advice, just say ur Russian! Nobody likes the English.

Answer 8

I think people like to fell as though they identify with something special.  If I had to say I was everything I was mixed with, it would take forever....I am self assured enough to just be "white".

Answer 9

Do you mean your heritage? and ancestors? :)

Answer 10

yes you could claim that you are part russian.  my last name in fact is irish but i also have scotch, dutch, french, english, native american, swedish, and german descent.  i think it makes people feel more connected to their past when they claim their nationality.  it makes them feel different from everyone else and it also shares a bit of their history.