Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!

[surrealestate]

I've been thinking recently about various issues and the assorted ways in which the population with which I spend most of my time nowadays differs from that from my childhood and adolescence. Though it also made me realize that in many cases, I have no idea one way or the other, beyond the default assumptions, which seem to be very different where I am now from where I grew up.

So, a poll!

Note the use of "raised" rather than "born". And you can decide for yourself where the line is between "raised" and "adult" if it applies to you. For the language question, I know some people may have multiple "first" languages, so I tried to clarify what I meant. [ETA on Q1: Your parents, grandparents, etc, all count as part of your lineage. As per the wording, your answer should refer to the one that goes furthest back, not the most recent.]

[Poll #1346353]

(One thing I hate about LJ polls is how they expand in vertical space after you answer them. I wish they didn't do that. Or didn't show the response stats until you hit the "expand" or something.)

Comments

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Heh. I have sufficiently good genealogical data (back to France and England, including legitimate DAR eligibility, on my Mother's side) that I haven't even read all of it. (My stepmom has done all the work on my father's side, where German is a lot closer). Although it always weirds me out that the only people who can correctly spell my last name without prompting are Texan or English.

(Seriously - when I go to the UK and hand them my US passport, the nice people with Her Majesty's Customs Service say 'Welcome home, Mr <lastname>')