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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

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

dlp252 Apprentice

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.

Guest CD_Surviver

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

Lauren

Lisa Mentor

Austrian

lonewolf Collaborator

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

traveljunkie Rookie

Italian


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jerseyangel Proficient

Italian on both sides.

happygirl Collaborator

German on both sides.

luvs2eat Collaborator

Irish and Scottish on both sides.

janep Newbie
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

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

DonnaD Apprentice

English both sides, possibly some Irish way back.

teebs in WV Apprentice

Yup - Northern European - Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.

fujiwabbit Rookie

irish italian....a very odd mixture

mommida Enthusiast

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

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

2Boys4Me Enthusiast

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.

Rikki Tikki Explorer

German and Dutch

laurelfla Enthusiast

English, Irish, Dutch and American Indian.

Ursa Major Collaborator

German all the way.

kevsmom Contributor

Polish on both sides.

Guest Viola

Hungarian - English but born in Canada.

bluelotus Contributor

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

sneako Rookie

Irish Polish

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