How Polish am I? What is the correct formula?

ThisPainThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: May 26, 11 ♂	May 26, 11, 23:27 #1
Hey ya'll Im new to this forum and have a question.My grandfather on my moms side is half-Polish(Doberenski is his surname),which in turn makes my mom 1/4 Polish,which makes me 1/8 Polish right?So-is this formula correct?Thanks.

Antek_StalichThreads: 6 Posts: 1,533 Joined: May 6, 11 ♂	Edited by: Antek_Stalich May 26, 11, 23:41 #2
Don't worry pal. I expect I'm 1/32 Romanian, still this does not make me feel better or worse.

RobertLeeThreads: 12 Posts: 133 Joined: May 26, 11 ♂	Edited by: RobertLee May 26, 11, 23:52 #3
ThisPain: Hey ya'll Im new to this forum and have a question.My grandfather on my moms side is half-Polish(Doberenski is his surname),which in turn makes my mom 1/4 Polish,which makes me 1/8 Polish right?So-is this formula correct?Thanks. EDIT: now I see, he is only "half" Polish, LOL, so you are right.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	May 26, 11, 23:56 #4
ThisPain: Hey ya'll Im new to this forum and have a question.My grandfather on my moms side is half-Polish(Doberenski is his surname),which in turn makes my mom 1/4 Polish,which makes me 1/8 Polish right?So-is this formula correct?Thanks. Actually, it makes you American. There's no such thing as "1/8th Polish".

RainbowFairyThreads: - Posts: 12 Joined: May 19, 11 ♂	May 26, 11, 23:57 #5
Most of you are forgetting to mention you are half nigerian...

Des EssientesThreads: 11 Posts: 2,318 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂ [Suspended]	May 27, 11, 00:00 #6
delphiandomine: There's no such thing as "1/8th Polish". wrong, people have 8 great-grandparents. If only one of them was Polish that makes you 1/8 Polish.

ZIMMYThreads: 10 Posts: 2,353 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	May 27, 11, 00:07 #7
Antek_Stalich: I expect I'm 1/32 Romanian, still this does not make me feel better or worse. It should make you feel worse :); especially if the Romanian part is Gypsy.........that explains your golden earring :) RainbowFairy: Most of you are forgetting to mention you are half nigerian... Does that explain my brown spots? I do believe I'm 1/32 Estonian; honest.

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May 27, 11, 00:09 #8

ZIMMY:

Antek_Stalich: I expect I'm 1/32 Romanian, still this does not make me feel better or worse.
It should make you feel worse :); especially if the Romanian part is Gypsy.........that explains your golden earring :)

Zimmy, you're caught with your pants down! ;-) Because you seem not to visit Romania, either ;-) The Romanian, especially the Transilvanian are blue eyes, my hair colour ;-) Did you know Romania bordered with Poland before WWII? ;)

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Edited by: isthatu2 May 27, 11, 00:19 #9
Antek_Stalich: I expect I'm 1/32 Romanian Thats a shame,my mate is looking for a 1.35 Romanian to finish off a Stalingrad Diorama........... i'll get mi coat...........

Antek_StalichThreads: 6 Posts: 1,533 Joined: May 6, 11 ♂	May 27, 11, 00:21 #10
Cannot help him with that, so sorry. Taki lajf.

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Edited by: Polonius3 May 27, 11, 00:36 #11

delphiandomine:

There's no such thing as "1/8th Polish".

Of course there is. Otherwise how do you account for the Great Mulatto, who had a great-great-great grandfather from Ireland, being feted by the Irish as a compatriot visting the ancestral homeland?

BTW, Doberenski isn't quite right. Could it have been Dobryński? Two people in Poland use it. But some 8,000 sign themselves Dobrzyński. Maybe your relative modified the spelling.

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,431 Joined: May 28, 09 ♀	May 27, 11, 00:42 #12
1/8 Polish means there are eight parts and only one part is Polish. That's like having a dash of salt or sugar.

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May 27, 11, 00:46 #13

Antek_Stalich:

Zimmy, you're caught with your pants down!

That only happened once and she didn't tell me she was married.

Antek_Stalich:

The Romanian, especially the Transilvanian are blue eyes, my hair colour

Oh, like the dark haired, dark eyed Vlad the Impaler?
Btw, I've got blue eyes too, but mine mesmerize, captivate and enchant those looking into them.

Antek_Stalich:

Did you know Romania bordered with Poland before WWII?

That's when Romania was big and suffocating Bulgaria.

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May 27, 11, 00:57 #14

Polonius3:

Of course there is.

I saw an article in the news or in a documentary that stated the majority of those who are of mixed race (black and white) generally consider themselves black, even if there was a generation of "white only" in the recent past.

Polonius3:

Otherwise how do you account for the Great Mulatto, who had a great-great-great grandfather from Ireland, being feted by the Irish as a compatriot visting the ancestral homeland?

He is a politician. He is looking for popular support and the "ethnic" vote of all those plastic Paddy's in Amerika. What are the Irish to do? Bring in a band of Kenyan (I mean Hawaiian) dancers?

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Edited by: Antek_Stalich May 27, 11, 01:01 #15

ZIMMY:

Antek_Stalich: Zimmy, you're caught with your pants down!
That only happened once and she didn't tell me she was married.

You must be lucky she didn't tell you she was 13-yo ;-)

ZIMMY:

Antek_Stalich: The Romanian, especially the Transilvanian are blue eyes, my hair colour
Oh, like the dark haired, dark eyed Vlad the Impaler?

Have you ever met him?

Antek_Stalich: Did you know Romania bordered with Poland before WWII?
That's when Romania was big and suffocating Bulgaria.

It's good you remember that. My memory is not as good as it used to be ;)

ThisPainThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: May 26, 11 ♂	Edited by: ThisPain May 27, 11, 01:09 #16
Polonius3 Thats how my maternal grandfather spells it.When I was younger my mom told me that we had relatives who came from Poland to Ellis Island circa 1900.I also understand that many people who immigrated from Europe altered the spelling of their last names once they came to the US.

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	May 27, 11, 01:17 #17
Well,the guys on the island changed their names for them :) Often though immigrents would,once settled Anglicise their names even further .

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May 27, 11, 01:19 #18

ShawnH:

I saw an article in the news or in a documentary that stated the majority of those who are of mixed race (black and white) generally consider themselves black, even if there was a generation of "white only" in the recent past.

In the American South people with any African ancestry were always considered black. One of the posters in this thread used the term "mulatto", which was for a black with one white parent, but there were also "quadroons" and "octoroons". The last term meaning 1/8th black. Even "quintroons" (1/16th) were black. Thus, it is hardly surprizing that the majority of mixed race people today, in America, consider themselves black.

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May 27, 11, 07:08 #19

ShawnH:

I saw an article in the news or in a documentary that stated the majority of those who are of mixed race (black and white) generally consider themselves black, even if there was a generation of "white only" in the recent past.

Des Essientes:

In the American South people with any African ancestry were always considered black. One of the posters in this thread used the term "mulatto", which was for a black with one white parent, but there were also "quadroons" and "octoroons". The last term meaning 1/8th black. Even "quintroons" (1/16th) were black. Thus, it is hardly surprizing that the majority of mixed race people today, in America, consider themselves black.

While today it's more about them embracing/ asserting their blackness against whitey, what you guys are referring to is what was/is known as the One Drop Rule. One drop of black blood and you are black.

PlasticPole:

1/8 Polish means there are eight parts and only one part is Polish. That's like having a dash of salt or sugar.

It's more than a dash. Any recipe that calls for 1/8 of the ingredients to be salt or sugar would be either very very salty or very very sweet!

MititeluThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: May 24, 11 ♀	May 27, 11, 07:21 #20
Are you romanian?

valpomikeThreads: 20 Posts: 244 Joined: Apr 20, 09 ♂	May 27, 11, 17:24 #21
All of my Grandparents, on both sides came from Poland, and both of my parenents are, along with me, 100% per cent Polish, and am proud. My parents were born here in the U.S.A. So I guess I am Polish-American. Poland Rules The best place in the world I have ever been to, and the people of Poland are the Greatest, and there women are great, and HOT. Mike

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