Ancestry of U.S. Population

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Something to remember that many, many of the naturalized Canadians resist putting anything but "Canadian " on the census forms and strongly oppose the hyphenated designations.
Also, some (many?) people confuse citizenship with ethnicity. Citizenship can change and some even have 2 or more citizenships. Ethnicity can't be changed unless one is able to change one's DNA.
 

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Seriously, it's not a bad idea to get a DNA test. You might be surprised to to find you have some or a lot of Viking, Mongol, Arab, etc. ancestry. Also, it might indicate proneness to certain diseases and other health/mental risks.
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I spent my childhood and early adulthood in Quebec. Obviously, Francophones were the largest group. However, there were many French-Irish and Italian-Irish and French-Italian inter-marriages. Also, many Catholic Irish children orphaned by the potato famines in Ireland were adopted by Quebec Catholic French Canadian families.
Ethnic origins of people in Canada - Wikipedia
Historica Canada did a Heritage minute about that.

 

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Gordie Howe was a product of the Detroit System. I heard it was very successful in the 1950's. A worthy competitor of the Montreal System.

BTW: When I lived in Calgary 3 lifetimes ago, I used to play 'beer league" hockey with the boys. Some of those boys were Ukrainian farm boys and they were rough and tough.
In the 1950s, the Detroit Red Wings had the Production Line, Gordie Howe, Sid Abel and terrible Ted Lindsey, the best line in hockey finished 123 in scoring in 1950 and won 4 Stanley cups up to 1956. Their goalie was Terry Sawchuk, a Ukrainian from Winnipeg. Known to be the most miserable prick in hockey. Grew up a Leafs fan in those days hating the Red Wings and Canadiens. At least I remember seeing the Maple Leafs (LAFFS?) win their last Stanley Cup in 1967.
 

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Reason that many Ukrainians are found mainly in Manitoba and Saskatchewan Yes, I saw a lot of them when I lived out west.goes back to the late 1800s when the Canadian Government offered them Free land I assume Christia Freeland's ancestors got some of that free land if they would immigrate to those provinces and become full time farmers. My grandparents on both my parents side came to Canada, both had about 10 children each and most stayed out west to also become farmers. Many married within their race as my parents did. I was born in western Manitoba Drove through Manitoba and Saskatchewan several times. The land is so straight and flat, you could just point the car in the direction you want and it is almost auto-pilot. and my parents were the first of all their siblings to move to Toronto while the majority of my aunts and uncles and their children remained out west and continue to farm the land.
A couple more points:
1) The western "redneck" is a myth perpetrated by eastern liberals. I found westerners have many admirable traits. They are straight shooters, industrious, not whiners, self-sufficient, helpful, etc. My only complaint is that those Ukrainian farm boys play a rough and tough brand of hockey LOL.

2) I met some Ukrainians who have some Asiatic features. When a little tipsy over 5 glasses of beer, they would say "damn Mongols" LOL.
 

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By far, not the best Ukrainian looking woman I have seen, though she does have a decent body, IMO.
Don't tell anybody but my first woman/girl was Ukrainian-Polish. Blue eyed blond. A real cutie. No need for anymore details.
 
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Ok, back to the Irish. All anyone needs to know is there are the following two Irish.

1) The Good Irish --- they are the Catholics.
2) The bad Irish --- aka "Orangemen". They are invaders, occupiers and oppressors. They actually consider themselves British and not Irish.

Don't confuse the two.
 

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A couple more points:
1) The western "redneck" is a myth perpetrated by eastern liberals. I found westerners have many admirable traits. They are straight shooters, industrious, not whiners, self-sufficient, helpful, etc. My only complaint is that those Ukrainian farm boys play a rough and tough brand of hockey LOL.

2) I met some Ukrainians who have some Asiatic features. When a little tipsy over 5 glasses of beer, they would say "damn Mongols" LOL.
Group number 1 has a low appreciation of education, science, facts, history economics etc.

They love God though...
 
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Don't tell anybody but my first woman/girl was Ukrainian-Polish. Blue eyed blond. A real cutie. No need for anymore details.
She may have had some Danish blood in her and looked like my Danish daughter in law does, if you were that lucky. LOL. But very unusual for Ukes and Poles, most are brown hair and dark eyes.e
 

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"The history of the Acadians was significantly influenced by the six colonial wars that took place in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries (see the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War). Eventually, the last of the colonial wars—the French and Indian War—resulted in the British Expulsion of the Acadians from the region."
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"Acadia" was an early term for what are now Canada's maritime provinces. In my understanding, many French Acadians who were expelled ended up in another French colony at the time, Louisiana, and the term "Acadian" evolved into "Cajun". Interesting that a wonderful Cajun culture ( food, music etc.) evolved, at least in part, from those early French settlers in Canada.
 
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Group number 1 has a low appreciation of education, science, facts, history economics etc.

They love God though...
Two of my Ukrainian uncles moved to Toronto in their mid 30s, made their own homebrew (moonshine whiskey). You could pour some in a small dish, put a match to it and you would have a lovely warm little flame all day. Tasted great too.
 

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She may have had some Danish blood in her and looked like my Danish daughter in law does, if you were that lucky. LOL. But very unusual for Ukes and Poles, most are brown hair and dark eyes.
I did a search for pics of Ukrainian women. The girl/woman in the pic below is a pretty close resemblance. Notice the blue eyes and blondish hair.
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"Acadia" was an early term for what are now Canada's maritime provinces. In my understanding, many French Acadians who were expelled ended up in another French colony at the time, Louisiana, and the term "Acadian" evolved into "Cajun". Interesting that a wonderful Cajun culture ( food, music etc.) evolved, at least in part, from those early French settlers in Canada.
Reminds me of that great song by the band, Acadian Driftwood (gypsy tailwind, they call my home the land of snow). If you have ever been to New Orleans, my favourite US city, you can go to dance clubs, watch, listen and dance to Cajun music by live bands, including the playing of washboards and you would think you were in New Brunswick and then eat some great Cajun food.
 
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Notice the blue eyes. Her hair was a bit lighter, more blondish than brown.
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