question meme

[elionwyr]

I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that you think should be obvious, but you have no idea about. I promise true answers.

(Because, clearly, I'll do almost ANYTHING to avoid cleaning.)

Comments

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

What's your ancestral background again? I know you're a mutt, more than me (I'm mainly Swedish-Irish-Scottish; basically I'm a Northern European mutt), but I forget to what extent.

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Dad's side is not well proven. Story is that my great grandfather fled from Russia, moved to England, murdered someone, fled to Lancaster, PA (..as you do, apparently) and settled down.

What I can prove is that he was in Liverpool selling hearses (I kid thee not) and relocated to America. Also, definitely Jewish, though I'm not sure about Russian.

Mom's side:
Irish, Scottish, French, German, and a splash of Native American something-or-other. (We have a woman in the tree that is, shall we say, suspicious - 'Rebekah' - generally no last name at that time indicates Native American.)

I grew up longing to look ethnic. Whilst I have been told MANY MANY times in my life that I look JUST LIKE so-and-so's daughter, I have never been told, "Dude, you look French."

..Well. Except for my ass and my figure in general, which had more than one friend in Philly telling me, "You look more black than most of my family."