truhlei 10 | 332 29 Sep 2007 #91I repeat my question:Against Lithuanians (residents of former Great Duchy of Lithuania) or Zmudzin nationalists?You wrote they wanted to be Poles but all your story means the weren't Zmudzins nationalists only. That is the reason for my question
Lukasz 49 | 1,746 29 Sep 2007 #92I feel part of this civilizationsome of Radziwill palaces :Against Lithuanians (residents of former Great Duchy of Lithuania) or Zmudzin nationalists?I dont carre against who they fighted all I know that they were on right side
truhlei 10 | 332 29 Sep 2007 #93In my opinion you confuse ethnic Zmudzins and Lithuanians in general. That id due to "Polonization" propaganda in the second half of 19 century. There were no Poles in Great Duchy of Lithuania even in the early 19 century. Only LithuaniansI dont carre against who they fighted all I know that they were on right sideA good man for Russia.
truhlei 10 | 332 29 Sep 2007 #95feel part of this civilizationsome of Radziwill palaces :A German style is the part of civilization you feel part?As to me nothing better than a poor folwark exists.
Lukasz 49 | 1,746 29 Sep 2007 #96You should notice that "Polish voting action" win all local elections till today in grouds surrouding Wilno, Lithueanian capital
truhlei 10 | 332 29 Sep 2007 #97I repeat: there is the difference between the historical meaning of Lithuanian and its today meaning.According to old meaning there are no Poles in lands of Great Lithuania. All are Lithuanians
Lukasz 49 | 1,746 29 Sep 2007 #98so why so many of Lithuania citizens consider themselves Poles ??? In 2007 year, 70 years after last time there was Poland
truhlei 10 | 332 29 Sep 2007 #99Because today Lithuania isn't the same thing than Great Duchy of Lithuania, non ethnic state. So those who call themselves Poles now show only that they don't feel themselves ethnic Zmudzin. Nothing more.Adam Mickiewicz could also declare himself Pole now in Wilno although in his time he wrote he was Lithuanian
Ericasuf 1 | 14 8 Oct 2007 #100My dad's side of the family is VERY Polish. Polish and Austrian. Mostly Polish though.My mom's side of the family is VERY Native American. Woot.
mam8 - | 3 17 Feb 2008 #101Hello, my grandfather, Basil Karasevich b. 1890 in Fedorki Russia (maybe Ukraine) always said he was a "white Russian" when he was here in the United States. He also told my father that we had another family name "Zmud" I have found info that Zmud's were born near Ternopil and found a Fedorki close by. He was very secretive and never spoke much about his homeland and I've had a very hard time finding anything out. His mother's name was Zofia Blashkova. He came to the US in 1910 I thought maybe the family left behind changed their name to Zmud but maybe not, maybe he did when he left.
mam8 - | 3 17 Feb 2008 #103What would the surnames Zmud and Karasevich be? He did spell the name Karasiewicz when he first came to America. His parents, born 1865 +- supposedly owned a farm
Ericasuf 1 | 14 16 Oct 2008 #104Just kidding. I'm not very Polish. Mostly Slovak and Austrian on one side, Native American on the other. :]Wish I was more Polish, but what can you do? :/
matryoshka 5 | 21 16 Oct 2008 #105On my mother's side... I'm 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 German, 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Ashkenazi Jew.Don't know much about my father's side.This isn't a statement of nationality but of trying to identify with the cultures of my ancestors. For example it is important for me to differentiate -- especially with Poland being a war-torn area -- were my ancestors cultural Poles? Or were they Germans living in an area that is now Poland?It is important to me because our ancestors' cultural traditions play a huge part in who we are today...
Gurl 20 Oct 2008 #106thats engough! my great x3 grandmother i think was from poland(all i can find is prussia) she had a polish name but married a german so not really 4 sure but ur more than me but im more czech than you...........maybe :)
Bzibzioh 20 Oct 2008 #107What would the surnames Zmud and Karasevich be?I would try to look for Żmuda.
PhillyBoy 23 Oct 2008 #108of course ur very Polish , if ur mostly Polish by blood that's good enough, no one in Poland is 100% Polish, we've been mixing with our neighbors since Poland became a country, it's just not everyone knows what they are since it was their great great great grandfather or mother that was something else for example, or the family is ashamed of it and was hiding it, i found out just 5 yrs ago that i'm 75% Polish 25% Ukrainian, i have at least 8 or 10 friends that are a lil German, Ukrainian, Lithuanian or Jewish
matryoshka 5 | 21 28 Oct 2008 #109That's how my family was. They were ashamed of being Polish (imagine that!!) so they kind of "Germanized" themselves. All the recipes my Grammy made while I grew up, she always told me they were German. I only found out recently they were traditional Polish dishes!!
pawian 221 | 23,970 26 Sep 2020 #110On my mother's side... I'm 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 German, 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Ashkenazi Jew.Saying you are European takes much shorter time than listing all those nationalities.