You guys may want to add some ASIAN and AFRICAN to the mix. Have a look at The Cape Melting Pot by HF Heese -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BAZDER Sent: 20 November 2011 12:52 PM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnic Percentages 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 > ------------------------------- 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