Thread of Shibbolleths - Page 39

Acajack · #**761** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Ahah ! I've always tought it aswell. It may explain a thing. My grandma's familly name is ''Reeves'' wich is probably Brtish. But for the rest, it's all French as far as I know... except on my dad side, getting some aboriginal roots...
but the thing is I looks like 99% of my mom.

Maybe you have ancestors from northern France. Lots of Celts up there.

FrAnKs · #**762** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 2:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Maybe you have ancestors from northern France. Lots of Celts up there.

Maybe. The only thing I know is my Dad's familly name is from Burgundy (Nièvre) and my mom's one from the old region of ''Touraine'' near Tours.

Acajack · #**763** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Maybe. The only thing I know is my Dad's familly name is from Burgundy (Nièvre) and my mom's one from the old region of ''Touraine'' near Tours.

I am of Bourguignon origin too. It's not that common here. Most Québécois are of Normand, Breton or Parisian origin. And most Acadians have their origins in Poitou-Charente.

FrAnKs · #**764** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 2:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

I am of Bourguignon origin too. It's not that common here. Most Québécois are of Normand, Breton or Parisian origin. And most Acadians have their origins in Poitou-Charente.

Exactly !

At some point, I heard that 50% of French-Québécois ancestors are from Normandy... and it sounds about right, when you look at the old ''Normand'' dialect. It looks like alot of the Quebec language.
Per example, they have the word ''Itou'' like in the sentence ''Moé Itou''...

Another example : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman...purin_1773.jpg

Acajack · #**765** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Ahah ! I've always tought it aswell. It may explain a thing. My grandma's familly name is ''Reeves'' wich is probably Brtish. But for the rest, it's all French as far as I know... except on my dad side, getting some aboriginal roots...
but the thing is I looks like 99% of my mom. Also, I was 100% blonde as a kid.

If you're from the same lignée as astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, his last name is actually an anglicized version of the old French name "Rives".

MolsonExport · #**766** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Well .... Sorry guys, I'm late, but lemme ask to the ''pros'' now.
What do I looks like ?

I think I'm not like a Courreur des bois

Quebecois de souche, but also, you could pass for Swedish. You sort of remind me of a younger Bjorn Ulvaeus (one of the guys from ABBA...I am an old fogie, so pardon with the dated comparison).

thorsven

lio45 · #**767** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 4:22 PM**

Yeah, there seems to be something in your manners and appearance that feels vaguely Scandinavian.

If I bumped into you in Northern France though I'd certainly initially assume you were a local (until you spoke).

Acajack · #**768** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 5:34 PM**

Lots of Europeans look like Franks in many, many countries there.

FrAnKs · #**769** Posted **Apr 18, 2016, 11:39 PM**

ahahah lol awesome guys. Thanks. I know it isn't scientific, but I like it