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Sjayne · 08-30-2002, 08:38 AM

No it is called DNA. I fully understand how the nationality of your anncestors can effect your way of living. I, for example, am originally from Pennsylvania and part of my family is of very rich Pennsylvania Dutch (German) stock. It meant that I grew up eating food that others not from the PA Dutch background would think is weird or 'gross'. In fact, I have had that said to me a lot since living in England. When I want to feel a bit more PA Dutch I go over to Belgium or Germany and have some German food.

Germans and British are both white Europeans (I have both in me..almost an equal split) but their cultures are very different. Their mannerisms are different..there sense of humours are different..etc.

If it followed that just because they came from the same stock they were the same culture they would have grown to be the same regardless of the geographical differences. It is not the DNA that makes your culture it is the society you are raised in and how those traits are handed down.

Also, culture changes through out time. The UK, had relatively little non-white immigration until modern times. Yet read a Dickens book and compare it to something from pre ww2 and it is clear that even in that time period what is meant to be British had changed.

So..what exact time period Irish (for example) do you carry with you? Or is it just that DNA of someone who once lived in Ireland that you have?

Big deal the English and the French both come from the same stock..they are not the same culture. Just as American culture is not the same as the Swiss..to pluck a name out of the air.

Why is what your anncesters WERE any more important than what you ARE?

08-30-2002, 08:38 AM
Sjayne Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,182	No it is called DNA. I fully understand how the nationality of your anncestors can effect your way of living. I, for example, am originally from Pennsylvania and part of my family is of very rich Pennsylvania Dutch (German) stock. It meant that I grew up eating food that others not from the PA Dutch background would think is weird or 'gross'. In fact, I have had that said to me a lot since living in England. When I want to feel a bit more PA Dutch I go over to Belgium or Germany and have some German food. Germans and British are both white Europeans (I have both in me..almost an equal split) but their cultures are very different. Their mannerisms are different..there sense of humours are different..etc. If it followed that just because they came from the same stock they were the same culture they would have grown to be the same regardless of the geographical differences. It is not the DNA that makes your culture it is the society you are raised in and how those traits are handed down. Also, culture changes through out time. The UK, had relatively little non-white immigration until modern times. Yet read a Dickens book and compare it to something from pre ww2 and it is clear that even in that time period what is meant to be British had changed. So..what exact time period Irish (for example) do you carry with you? Or is it just that DNA of someone who once lived in Ireland that you have? Big deal the English and the French both come from the same stock..they are not the same culture. Just as American culture is not the same as the Swiss..to pluck a name out of the air. Why is what your anncesters WERE any more important than what you ARE? __________________ <a href="http://www.wishing.com/money">Make 50% commissions promoting our penis pills, breast pills, weight loss pills and more!</a> <a href="http://www.webinc.com">Need Design Work? Check Out Our Huge Design Portfolio Online, Special: 100 Animated Banners, $799.00 </a> - tell them Sarah sent you.