I'm not afraid of my Blood and am actually quite Proud of it.
Both my Father and Mother have a long line of Puerto Rican Ascent. On my Father's side My unique last name has been traced to Portugal and Spain. I have reason to believe in Ancient Times it might have been tied to Roman and/or Byzantine relatives. On the other hand, on my Mother's Side Its Just Puerto Rican until my Great-Grandmother who is from Spain, with a Puerto Rican Husband (Great-Grandfather) Who eventually has Native American/ Taino blood.
I live in South Africa now, but I think it's safe to assume my ancestors were English post 1066 AD. My surname is Montague which comes from France and moved across to England after the Battle of Hastings.
Apparently the Montagues were granted land and titles by William the Bastard. I love both Great Britain and France, and the Scandinavian countries. The surname itself means something to the effect of 'Man from the Mountain' or just 'of the Mountain' - maybe why I love countries like Canada and why I love Skyrim eh?
My first name means Wise, Wolf lover or Wolf-kin, and comes from Old Irish, and my middle name means Defender or Protector.
My name is Martijn Matthijsse and I am from the Netherlands. My greataunt tried to find out where my father's side of the family orginated. She found out our family name suddenly emerged at the beginning of the French Revolution. The Matthijsse family were servants of the French Royal Court. During the Revolution they fled to the Netherlands where the family began working as merchants and laborers in shipyards. A tradition that was continued until the death of my grandfather (he was the last tugboat owner in the family).
Not a lot is known from my mother's side, but looking at the surname I think the roots are in the Netherlands. My mother, father, I and my brother all look like a typical Dutch person (blue eyes, dark blond hair, long etc.). So far I know there is a branch of the Matthijsse family in America, but I do not know where that part of the family lives. As for my mother's family, she is the last one left :-(
Now I live in Austria (probably permanently) so the Matthijsse tree will (hopefully) live on in another country. I am really curious how the surname will change over the coming generations :-)
well, to be honest, I'm not exactly sure what all my blood holds. i do know i have ALOT of german blood (both my first and last names are german), a little irish blood, and some native american blood (cherokee i believe?) there might be more, but i haven't ever really just dug up my roots.
this is a very interesting topic though mido!