Recently settled by other countries by mainly Caucasian people.. The Aboriginals have been living in Australia for tens of thousands of years and the Africans in Africa since time in memorial. The American Indian also native to North America. It is only since white invasion that these ancient lands became 'new'!!!!!!!!!!!! A sensitive point to all ethnic groups who were not even considered citizens of their own land in all the countries you mention until reently. Lynette from OZ -------------------------------------------------- From: "vince otto" <jusotto@sympatico.ca> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:06 AM To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnic Percentages > > Hi All, > > > I thought maybe I should add my two cents . . . afterall I started this > thing long ago.:-) I believe people living in "new" countries such as; > South Africa, Canada, Australia or the USA are often asked what their > ethnicity is. Germans, Japanese or any of the old world countries have > been around for more than a 1000 years so they have had time to develop an > ethnic identity. Some years ago I suggested that if you were interested in > your ethnic make-up as was famously discussed by Heese about the Afrikaner > Volk, then trace your descendants back 10 generations. At the 10th > generation point everyone of us has 1024 ancestors. Most of us will > experience genetic loss where the same people will appear more than once > in your list due to the small gene pool that existed at the Cape and lack > mobility, double count them anyway. Each one of the those ancestors > roughly represent .1% of your genetic make-up. The fact that Germans and > French did live in Holland at the time our ancestors left! > Europe or that German families might have anglicized their name does pose > calculating problems, but afterall this I did just for fun. Here are my > ethnic percentages: > 28% Dutch, 22% German, 12% French, 18% English, 6% Scottish, 6% Italian, > 5% African and 3% of European and Asian extract. > > Environment moulds who we are, but ethnicity speaks to our origins and in > my case I'm clearly a child of many peoples. > > Regards, > Vince > >> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:52:07 +0000 >> From: BAZDER <bazder@ntlworld.com> >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnic Percentages >> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: >> <CADD9AO33_zAk277Sbd_UUoTCEKQTOwidBzHEfM5BcJhEBQAEAw@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> 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 >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:38:08 +1100 >> From: Andrew Rodger <rodgera@audioio.com> >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ethnicity of early settlers was Weyers >> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <F3E83E71-55FC-401F-9FB9-563AD52E7575@audioio.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> On 20 Nov 2011, at 5:27 PM, DRobertson wrote: >> >> > Johann, >> > >> > I'm curious, do you know if anyone has done a numerical analysis - as >> > opposed to a percentage analysis - of the ethnic origins of the >> > various >> > waves of settler arrivals prior to 1900? >> > >> > Kind regards >> > Delia Robertson > > > ------------------------------- > 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