Just checking in...keeping the streak active

Yep, don't want to miss a day's post.

So, I'll just talk about something random. (I love randomity)

A bunch of seniors picked up Germans from the airport this afternoon. And it made me think. Why is it a "German" but it's not a "French?" Both describe a culture, like the German culture or the French culture, but only German can be used alone as a person. The same difference exists between "Italian" and "English" So odd. Other contrasts: "Norwegian" and "Swedish"..."Polish" and "Russian"..."Chinese" and "Korean"...well, i find it odd...it interests me.

Here's another nationality thing that I really get upset about...maybe some of you can answer it...though, in the past, when I ask you for an answer or opinion, I rarely get one...but I'll give it a go again.

I am 25% German, 12.5% French, 12.5% Austrian, 12.5% Norwegian, and 37.5% Swedish. That's a grand total of 100%. Most of all of us can do that sort of thing.

But here's the quandry.

Let me give you a hypothetical situation. Let's say I move to England (why, I don't know...I like scones and i like saying "pip pip"). In England, I marry a pureblood Englishwoman. All her blood is English, 100%. So, we have a kid (doesn't really matter if it's a boy or girl...you decide...but I want my childrens' first names to be the last names of presidents...you know, Roosevelt Morton, Hoover Morton, Jefferson Morton, Madison Morton, Buchanan Morton, Harrison Morton [that's my personal favorite], and Reagan Morton [that's my favorite for a girl].

Alright, so i have a kid. Now technically, half of my genes' heritage goes to the kid, and half of my wife's...i never gave her a name...again, be my guest...so, the kid should be 50% English, and then half of all my %s (I don't feel like math at this hour).

Now here's the rub. My Swedish grandfather was 100% Swedish because he came from Sweden. That's where I get 25% of my Swedishness. Now, since I came from America, aren't I 100% American just like he was 100% Swedish? So does my heritage just disappear or am i a 200% man? Don't give me that some countries are older than others; America is still a country, no matter how long it's been here. I was born here, so I'm 100% American. But I'm also 100% heritage. So, really, my kid is a 150% kid.

I just don't get it.

Random Factoid: The smallest country in Europe is the Vatican (followed by Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, and Luxemburg, if you leave out islands, which I did)

Pip Pip.