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> I'm English ... and Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and tangentially Irish, not to mention German (check my username). Sorry, but this is absolutely nonsensical to

> I'm English ... and Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and tangentially Irish, not to mention German (check my username). Sorry, but this is absolutely nonsensical to me, how can you be all these nationalities? Were you born on the most insane round trip flight ever or what? Edit: And sorry, as a Scot (One actually born there); 'the country' is not called 'Great Britain'. As a nationality we group identify as both $member-country and also British/members of the United Kingdom. The UK itself, is made up of four separate countries, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is simply our name for 'the big island (and all the little ones) excluding ireland', the UK is the big island + NI. Holy cow where did you learn such nonsense? :/

gerdesj 5y ago
My (properly) researched family tree is 15 generations deep for me personally, so far. My uncle has done quite a lot of research. Quite a lot. At the extreme 15 gens down, you get this in your Ahnentafel: "26921. Alice15 John (14829). Her married name was Trelowarth (14829). She was born circa 1550. She married Robert Trelowarth (14828) on 3 Oct 1574 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK. She died circa 1603 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK."
- cyberpunk 5y ago
  Oh, you're American? I'm pretty sure 15 generations ago I was probably Danish but that doesn't make me one of them... I kind of understand need to identify as someone more interesting though, I suppose. Perhaps you should just own who you are instead of pretending though my friend, maybe look into some meditation or such.. Edit: Apologies, I see you say you are British, however I've never met a British person who would ever identify as coming from more than one of our member countries. An Englishman calling himself Welsh? A Scot calling himself English? I mean.. I find it unlikely somehow.. But, hey ho, I'm often wrong and presumably this was one of those occasions. No offence intended.
  - gerdesj 5y ago
    Piss off, I'm British.
gerdesj 5y ago
We are called Great Britain because that is what James VI (I in England) called us when Scotland and England finally merged into Great Britain. He was our first joint King. The other Britain is Brittany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany. Have a look at the county names in Brittany and see if they look suspiciously like Devon and Cornwall. My family/surname is Gerdes. In Scotland, that is rendered as Girders. Only you can pronounce it properly 8)
- cyberpunk 5y ago
  Sorry but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain GB is the island. It has fuck all to do with France. Edit: sigh, okay you are a little bit right, but besides of course the settling after the whole Gallic period, and the Brittons, the Normans, and the Saxons -- please, forget all that we are talking about the term GB right now and this only refers to the island.
Vrondi 5y ago
It actually sounds like the sort of lineage that is very common among Americans.
- gerdesj 5y ago
  I live in Somerset (UK) and have a 15 gen. ancestor from Cornwall. Your point is?

gerdesj 5y ago

My (properly) researched family tree is 15 generations deep for me personally, so far. My uncle has done quite a lot of research. Quite a lot. At the extreme 15 gens down, you get this in your Ahnentafel: "26921. Alice15 John (14829). Her married name was Trelowarth (14829). She was born circa 1550. She married Robert Trelowarth (14828) on 3 Oct 1574 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK. She died circa 1603 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK."

cyberpunk 5y ago
Oh, you're American? I'm pretty sure 15 generations ago I was probably Danish but that doesn't make me one of them... I kind of understand need to identify as someone more interesting though, I suppose. Perhaps you should just own who you are instead of pretending though my friend, maybe look into some meditation or such.. Edit: Apologies, I see you say you are British, however I've never met a British person who would ever identify as coming from more than one of our member countries. An Englishman calling himself Welsh? A Scot calling himself English? I mean.. I find it unlikely somehow.. But, hey ho, I'm often wrong and presumably this was one of those occasions. No offence intended.
- gerdesj 5y ago
  Piss off, I'm British.

gerdesj 5y ago

We are called Great Britain because that is what James VI (I in England) called us when Scotland and England finally merged into Great Britain. He was our first joint King. The other Britain is Brittany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany. Have a look at the county names in Brittany and see if they look suspiciously like Devon and Cornwall. My family/surname is Gerdes. In Scotland, that is rendered as Girders. Only you can pronounce it properly 8)

cyberpunk 5y ago
Sorry but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain GB is the island. It has fuck all to do with France. Edit: sigh, okay you are a little bit right, but besides of course the settling after the whole Gallic period, and the Brittons, the Normans, and the Saxons -- please, forget all that we are talking about the term GB right now and this only refers to the island.

Vrondi 5y ago

It actually sounds like the sort of lineage that is very common among Americans.

gerdesj 5y ago
I live in Somerset (UK) and have a 15 gen. ancestor from Cornwall. Your point is?