Afrikaners

**Loki** · 05-25-2011, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by perikolez

Are there many afrikaners with english/british surnames?.

There are, but less than with Dutch, German and French-derived surnames.

**Rochefaton** · 05-25-2011, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by AcadianDriftwood

McDonald said that about me, too. I don't believe that.

I think he uses English as one of his main reference populations.

Before, I was Orcadian, before that, on V2, he said French.

We are all English in the eyes of our Lord, Doug McDonald.

**Loki** · 05-25-2011, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by AlabamaMan

We are all English in eyes of our Lord, Doug McDonald.

English sounds a bit more plausible than Orcadian though, you've got to admit.

**Grumpy Cat** · 05-25-2011, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Loki

English sounds a bit more plausible than Orcadian though, you've got to admit.

Actually Orcadian sounded more plausible given my father's ancestry.

**Storm** · 09-08-2011, 10:00 PM

Afrikaners (including distinct Boer subgroup) are an Afrikaans-speaking ethnic group in Southern Africa descended from almost equal numbers[6] of Dutch, French and German settlers whose native tongue is Afrikaans: a Germanic language which derives from a Dutch dialect.

**Loki** · 09-28-2011, 05:28 AM

Good gallery selection. I'll add later if you don't mind.

**Loki** · 09-28-2011, 05:36 AM

Afrikaner youth:

**~~Han Cholo~~** · 09-28-2011, 05:43 AM

Is it me or they look quite different from the Dutch? I know they have some other Euro ancestries but was not Dutch make-up at least 80% of them?

**~~Aces High~~** · 09-28-2011, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by Decimator

Is it me or they look quite different from the Dutch? I know they have some other Euro ancestries but was not Dutch make-up at least 80% of them?

A lot of Boers i knew in Rhodesia were swarthy skinned and black haired.I doubt it was due to breeding with the munts because they hated them even more than they hated the English......and believe me they hated the English.

**Loki** · 09-28-2011, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Decimator

Is it me or they look quite different from the Dutch? I know they have some other Euro ancestries but was not Dutch make-up at least 80% of them?

According to genealogists there's about an equal amount of Dutch and German ancestry. However, it is blurry ... remember that in those days of emigration, some areas adjacent to modern Netherlands were Dutch - like Bentheim, which is currently in Germany. And ancestors from that area are listed as "German" even though they were ethnic Dutch.

The rest of the Germans mainly came from the Protestant north.