American Roots

That’s a lot of Germans
Look how few Norwegians in Minnesota. Take that, Garrison!
Other = Cuba or Hawaiian
Mormons are English. Sorry about that
BIG surprise for Puerto Rico
The data for Florida is heavily skewed, because most of the ancestors there haven’t died yet

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Colonel Nikolai

Posted August 6, 2008 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

I had no idea Mormons are of English extraction. I wonder what their damage was. Was it too much cognitive dissonance to have to deal with Henry VII divorces as Anglicans, so they went over the top with polygamy and eugenics as soon as they had the chance?
Colonel Nikolai

Posted August 7, 2008 at 3:12 am | Permalink

oops, classic colonial mistake: forgot an “I” in VIII
Paul

Posted August 7, 2008 at 5:33 am | Permalink

Well I like to think the average Brit isn’t too gullible*, so maybe we managed to get rid of our most gullible 10%

*Sadly I’m probably wrong on this.

BoPL