[LittleKopit]

$1:

Well Nfld joined confederation in 49 so......56 yrs :Laughing:

So, you weren't born in Canada, eh?

Well, I wasn't born in Canada either, but

Father's side: fought on British side at Plains of Abraham and given land on PEI for it. We now think that he came up from the Boston States. Later married a lady who was a teen ward if the Ursline sister at the time of the battle and tended wounded on the Plains of Abraham. (hence, my French blood).

Mother's side: early 1600s to Virginia.

& have a wee bit of all the U.K. people's in me.

I'm a dual.

[VitaminC]

PENATRATOR PENATRATOR:

michou michou:

My French forebear settled on the Côte de Beaupré near Québec city in 1618. Seven years later, a brother joined him from France. They were then called les Canadiens but today, his descendants call themselves Québécois.

His descendants must be traitors? Don't pedal your crap here, just answer the question

Pen - It seems to me like you are the one who always starts with the insults, and tries to pick a fight. The guy didn't say anything offensive, and you start calling him names.....

Does the Parti Quebecois pay you to help convince des quebecois to leave Canada? Because that is what you're doing....

Before Canada existed, and England and France were battling for this land, the British refered to their enemies as Les Canadiens. "Les Canadiens" was the term used to describe the french people living in New France. When the British conquered Quebec they adopted the name "Les Canadiens", and the two colonies, Quebec and Ontario, began to use it.....

So michou didn't say anything offensive or anything related to separatism, he or she was just describing the historical origin of the name "Les Canadiens".....

[Streaker]

Dad's side: Arrived in 1658 from Angouleme, France.

Mom's: Arrived in 1926 from Lublin, Poland.

[Brunswicked]

Forever:P

[canadian1971]

Both my parents were born Newfoundlanders...not Canadian because Nfld didn't join confederation til 49. Technically I'm 1st generation Canadian. Now if you were to ask my Grandfather on my mothers side(if he were still alive that is) what country he calls home he would say Newfoundland.....apparently he was quite pissed off about Nfld joining Canada. So I've been told anyhow.


And I still fail to see why I was called a noob by fat comic book guy.

[ShepherdsDog]

I think it's meant to refer to Newfoundland being new to Canada

[ShepherdsDog]

Brunswicked Brunswicked:

Forever:P

13 - 17 000 years I take it?

[GunRunner]

My family were Quakers way back when.... They were forced out of Scotland in the late 1600's I think, and moved to Ireland of a hundred years or so, then set of the America, sometime in the late 1700's. From there, I believe my side of the family moved to Canada a Loyalist during the American revolution! So "we've" been here for about 220 years of so. As I understand it, we still have blood in the States, and I read once, that we had relations on both sides of the Civil War as well....

[Poisson]

Actually, I am the first person in the family to immigrate to Canada. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and I moved to Canada to live with my longtime Canadian boyfriend.

My family has strong roots in Pennsylvania since the 1700s. I'm from the Pennsylvania Dutch people, first group of German immigrants settling in PA from 1680s till late 1700s. I'm also Welsh, Irish, and Slovak.

[Numure]

On my mothers side, they arrived in 1602 in the Area of Quebec (Malbaie) from Pitou France. On my fathers side, they arrived with the American loyalists in 1790 in Montreal.

[fatbasturd]

My fathers family first came to Canda in the late 1700 hundreds.......this is a link to our clan Tailyour and this is a picture of my family tartan....

[Banff]

Four generations from Germany

[danikyvor]

I am third generation Canadian on both sides of my family. My mom's grandparents immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine in the early 1900s. On my dad's side, his grandmother (Scottish) and grandfather (English) married and immigrated to Canada also in the early 1900s.

[danikyvor]

canadian1971 canadian1971:

Both my parents were born Newfoundlanders...not Canadian because Nfld didn't join confederation til 49. Technically I'm 1st generation Canadian. Now if you were to ask my Grandfather on my mothers side(if he were still alive that is) what country he calls home he would say Newfoundland.....apparently he was quite pissed off about Nfld joining Canada. So I've been told anyhow.


And I still fail to see why I was called a noob by fat comic book guy.

Honestly, I find it funny pre-confederation newfoundlanders call themselves 'Newfoundlanders' when technically, they were part of the British Empire before joining Canada. So TECHNICALLY they're British, no?

[Tman1]

dimoreien dimoreien:

canadian1971 canadian1971:

Both my parents were born Newfoundlanders...not Canadian because Nfld didn't join confederation til 49. Technically I'm 1st generation Canadian. Now if you were to ask my Grandfather on my mothers side(if he were still alive that is) what country he calls home he would say Newfoundland.....apparently he was quite pissed off about Nfld joining Canada. So I've been told anyhow.


And I still fail to see why I was called a noob by fat comic book guy.

Honestly, I find it funny pre-confederation newfoundlanders call themselves 'Newfoundlanders' when technically, they were part of the British Empire before joining Canada. So TECHNICALLY they're British, no?

They weren't part of the BNA (British North America Act) act in 1867 so yes, pre-Confederation Newfoundlanders can honestly call themselves Newfoundlanders and from 1949 and on, they were called Canadians. Not sure why you find that funny.