I think I have now ascertained the ethnic background of my husband's family. His very Dutch VAN HEERDEN family is 27% Dutch, 40% German, 15% French Huguenot and 12% English. His mother's German KRUGER family is 39% Dutch, 29% German, 24% French. This is taking each surname back to the 10th generation if possible. Taking into consideration the VAN HEERDEN and KRUGER family, the ethnic background is 33% Dutch, 34% German, 19% French and 6% English. Vince Otto advised us years ago how to go about this exercise. Of course, my TKACHUK family is 100% Ukrainian from Ukraine and Poland. Regards Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden Toronto, Canada

Morning Sonia, Thanks for this info. How do the NELL's/NEL's compare % wise? That would be interesting to know. Regards, Glynis -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sonia van Heerden Sent: 18 November 2011 04:48 PM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnic Percentages I think I have now ascertained the ethnic background of my husband's family. His very Dutch VAN HEERDEN family is 27% Dutch, 40% German, 15% French Huguenot and 12% English. His mother's German KRUGER family is 39% Dutch, 29% German, 24% French. This is taking each surname back to the 10th generation if possible. Taking into consideration the VAN HEERDEN and KRUGER family, the ethnic background is 33% Dutch, 34% German, 19% French and 6% English. Vince Otto advised us years ago how to go about this exercise. Of course, my TKACHUK family is 100% Ukrainian from Ukraine and Poland. Regards Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden Toronto, Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sonia Where did you get this done? Regards Cate On 18 November 2011 14:47, Sonia van Heerden <soniavh11@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I think I have now ascertained the ethnic background of my husband's > family. > > His very Dutch VAN HEERDEN family is 27% Dutch, 40% German, 15% French > Huguenot and 12% English. > > His mother's German KRUGER family is 39% Dutch, 29% German, 24% French. > > This is taking each surname back to the 10th generation if possible. > > Taking into consideration the VAN HEERDEN and KRUGER family, the ethnic > background is 33% Dutch, 34% German, 19% French and 6% English. > > Vince Otto advised us years ago how to go about this exercise. > > Of course, my TKACHUK family is 100% Ukrainian from Ukraine and Poland. > > Regards > > Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden > Toronto, Canada > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >