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By danikali
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danikali Enthusiast
danikali
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Hi everyone!

I'm just curious about the nationalities of everyone to see how many of you fit the "Northern European" classic, aspect of Celiac Disease, and how many of you are something completely different. I'm wondering because I am Polish and German and a lot of doctors in the begining, wrote off testing for Celiac just because of my background.......

Thanks! :D

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frenchiemama Collaborator
frenchiemama
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On my dad's side Scottish and Irish, on my mom's side English and German.

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
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Let's see, I have Polish, Italian, Black Dutch and hispanic. There might be some other stuff in there, but no one really ever discussed it much...those are the ones I know for sure though.

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Guest CD_Surviver
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Northern European not exactly sure what i am but i do know that my mom is scottish

Lauren

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Austrian

lonewolf Collaborator
lonewolf
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Mostly English, Scottish and Irish. Maybe a little Dutch, according to my Grandpa.

traveljunkie Rookie
traveljunkie
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Italian

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Italian on both sides.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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German on both sides.

luvs2eat Collaborator
luvs2eat
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Irish and Scottish on both sides.

janep Newbie
janep
Posted
Hi everyone!

I'm just curious about the nationalities of everyone to see how many of you fit the "Northern European" classic, aspect of Celiac Disease, and how many of you are something completely different. I'm wondering because I am Polish and German and a lot of doctors in the begining, wrote off testing for Celiac just because of my background.......

Thanks! :D

German/Irish ;)

Guest schmenge
Guest schmenge
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About 40% German, 25% Italian, 25% White Russian and then a small hodgepodge.

DonnaD Apprentice
DonnaD
Posted

English both sides, possibly some Irish way back.

teebs in WV Apprentice
teebs in WV
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Yup - Northern European - Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.

fujiwabbit Rookie
fujiwabbit
Posted

irish italian....a very odd mixture

mommida Enthusiast
mommida
Posted

Finnish, German and a little Swede. No doctor ever thought of testing for Celiac, even with the background. For my kids you have to add Polich and French Canadian.

Laura

Rusla Enthusiast
Rusla
Posted

50% Scandinavian (Danish/Norwegian), 50% Italian.

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
Posted

My younger son is the one in our family with Celiac. His maternal ancestry is Irish (mostly) with a bit of Scottish and Welsh thrown in. On his paternal side they are English and either Irish or Scottish (can't remember) and Grampa supplies us with some Hungarian or Czech (they're not really sure...the surname is Czech, but they spoke Hungarian).

Put us all together and we're Canadian.

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Rikki Tikki
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German and Dutch

laurelfla Enthusiast
laurelfla
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English, Irish, Dutch and American Indian.

Ursa Major Collaborator
Ursa Major
Posted

German all the way.

kevsmom Contributor
kevsmom
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Polish on both sides.

Guest Viola
Guest Viola
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Hungarian - English but born in Canada.

bluelotus Contributor
bluelotus
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As my Grandmother would say, we're Heinz 57 - likely a little bit of everything. :)

sneako Rookie
sneako
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Irish Polish

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