All things Cajun

[Celestia]

Its funny... you have Cajun (Acadian) ancestry from Louisiana and I have Acadian ancestry from the original homeland... I guess that makes us distant cousins!

Yes, we very well could be!
I know you've posted your results before but could you remind me, do you tend to score more English, Scottish than French?

[de Burgh II]

Yes, we very well could be!
I know you've posted your results before but could you remind me, do you tend to score more English, Scottish than French?

My ancestry is mostly Irish; with an equalized amount of English, Scottish and French percentages with a sprinkle of Welsh in the mix. Hence, I'm mostly a mutt of British Isles ancestry with slight French ancestry.

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[Celestia]

My ancestry is mostly Irish; with an equalized amount of English, Scottish and French percentages with a sprinkle of Welsh in the mix. Hence, I'm mostly a mutt of British Isles ancestry with slight French ancestry.

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Looks very similar to mine however I have Germanic Europe and Norwegian in there. I don't score any French on AncestryDNA and my mother and sisters only score a little. It has always left me dumb-founded but I have pretty much accepted most of my Cajun ancestors were Bretons rather than from mainland France.

[de Burgh II]

Looks very similar to mine however I have Germanic Europe and Norwegian in there. I don't score any French on AncestryDNA and my mother and sisters only score a little. It has always left me dumb-founded but I have pretty much accepted most of my Cajun ancestors were Bretons rather than from mainland France.

It makes logical sense because as you put it very succinctly; Bretons are genetically indistinguishable from British Isles with their celtic-like ancestry due to Celtic tribes migrating to this area to escape Anglo-Saxon encroachment on the eastern Periphery of Britain when the Angles, Saxons and Jutes came over after the Romans left the British Isles.

Hence the latinized name, "Britannia/Britonia" the Romans gave when they left.

[Celestia]

In terms of Cajun folklore, the Rougarou may be the most popular. This creepy creature is said to live in the swamps and sugar cane fields of southern Louisiana, waiting for its next victim. It’s often described as having the body of a human and the head of a wolf - almost like a werewolf. The story of the Rougarou is centuries old and, as any oral tradition goes, sometimes new stories splinter off into their own versions. While all of the versions are cautionary tales, there are a few different versions you may have heard.

In one version, the Rougarou hunts down Catholics who do not obey the rules of Lent. In another version, the Rougarou is under a spell for 101 days, and afterward, the spell is then transferred to another person when the Rougarou draws the blood of someone else. During the day, the creature is in human form, so it could be anyone... but at night, they take the form of the Rougarou on the prowl for blood.

[Celestia]

New Orleans tradition to have a band perform in streets after the wedding

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[Mencius]

I have partial Cajun French ancestry- lots of them originally came from what are now Charente Maritime and Grand Est. I've seen in other people's genealogies people from all over France- but rarely the Mediterranean coast which is interesting. I also wonder how many people are pure Cajun if any- lots of my ancestors came directly from France to Louisiana in the XVIII century.