[Davey G]

At our Sydney lunch last week, I noticed that from a small group of 8-10 AKFF'ers there was a diverse range of nationalities including American, Welsh, English and New Zealanders.

Which got me to thinking... :shock: How many different backgrounds/nationalities are represented in AKFF? Any other members with different nationalities out there?

Lets hear from you!

 

[yakfly]

dave
i have dual citizenship - samoan mother and aussie father and was born in PNG so bit of a "mongrel" i spose or should i say "half cast"e

 

[Guest]

My family history in Australia dates back to the first fleet.

We have been able to locate a brick in an old convict built bridge in Tasmania where my family is from, the brick is marked and dated by William Eastley, sent over with the first fleet for stealing a horse

Heritage is originally of English/Scottish decent, by way of McGregor (Scott) who married said Eastley (English) the horse stealer.

 

[Guest]

Born in the UK to English and West Indian parents, moved to Australia in 1978.

 

[Jake]

Aussie here, but of course of pommy/Irish heritage like most.
Recent investigations actually indicate that my family is quite possibly directly related to the Kelly family....we prefer not to use the term "gang"....

Its all very interesting at the moment.

Cheers,
Jake 8)

 

[Guest]

Aussie here, but of course of pommy/Irish heritage like most.
Recent investigations actually indicate that my family is quite possibly directly related to the Kelly family....we prefer not to use the term "gang"....

Its all very interesting at the moment.

Cheers,
Jake 8)

Glad to see I'm not the only one here descended from shady characters.....

What say we knock up some iron armour and go steal some horses? :lol:

 

[hairymick]

Irish, German and Koori, stock here. A real mongrel.

 

[wopfish]

Hi

Dual citizenship Aussie / Pommie ( we / won lost the Ashes )

With / welsh / italian parents.

Smells like a *** (italian garlic muncher) and drinks like a FISH (beer swilling student of old days)

= WOPFISH

Regards

Wopfish

 

[JT]

Kiwi

 

[yakfly]

ive got a mate whose half scottish,half maori.he reckons the maoti half loves to party but his scottish side is too tight to buy the grog

 

[Clarkos]

Born in the UK to English and West Indian parents, moved to Australia in 1978.

Doesn't Andrew Symonds have a similar story?

My story is fairly boring. Got here a fair bit after the 1st fleet. Dad's side has a German bit, but mainly English, and Mum's family is all English. They did spend a lot of time in India owning tea plantations before losing it all and coming to Aus.

 

[Yakabe]

Like Dallas, my descendants found thier way out with the first lot of boats. Marine Seargent I think.

And like Jake we have some interesting relatives, 1 being Bill Monkton who rode with Thunderbolt. Not sure of the lineage, but in some way related.

Yakabe.

 

[Guest]

Hi Clarkos I'm pretty sure thats what Symo is I think he was adopted and came out that way. Hopefully he will keep his place in the team and we can see some of his batting in the 4th test.

 

[Dodge]

sent over with the first fleet for stealing a horse

Doing my family tree I joined the local genealogy club as part of my research and it was a highlight for anyone to find an old crim on the tree, no one wanted good guys alone as they are to colourless.

No luck for me, just found Irish, Scot and Pommie forebears, although one of the poms got into the pants/sari of an Indian princess about the turn of the century...wonder if there is a Mahatma Dodge around :lol:

 

[Jake]

wonder if there is a Mahatma Dodge around :lol:

:shock: :shock:
Im just trying to imagine that Richo!!!!

 

[DGax65]

I'm American. German, Polish, Russian on my mother's side. Basque and ??? (probably Martian) on my Dad's. I always get confused when I get to the ethnicity block on the forms.

 

[Ironsides]

I was a pom now I'm an Aussie with a pommy accent.

Ian

 

[wongus]

I was born in Malaysia (2nd generation) but am of Chinese descent with Singaporean & Malacca influence. My wife is 2nd or 3rd generation Aussie with Scottish, Irish & Carribbean Island background. Both my boys were born in Oz! Bet they will be confused :roll:

 

[troppo]

A stork left me in a cabbage patch. . . . So, I guess that makes me a bird-brained vegetable.

Me mum's Australian of English background and me dad's family were escapees from France who settled on some little islands in the Indian Ocean off Africa and made a living by borrowing from overloaded trading boats that were too slow to get away from them.

 

[bazzoo]

eyeritch, no no, dats not it, eyerich, no , i dont tink dats it either , irich ,now dats gettin closer, irisch, i tink dats it, yas , dat must be it, well dats me line of decent , but oim a bluudy aussie, i tink