re: Ancestral geneology of SEC people

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I'm originally from the DC metro area but my ancestors were slaves in Mississippi. A few years ago our family used DNA to trace our roots back to what is present day Sierra Leone. The slave ship was likely a schooner that arrived somewhere on the Georgia coast circa 1839.

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That is cool that you were able to trace things back that far. Within that context, do you have any suggestion on how that happened given that importation was already banned by then? I know numerous ships still operated post-1808 but it would make for an interesting story for sure.

bigator85 - "You might want to check again. Spurrier was born in FL"

John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone

Actually, no one really knows where Steve Spurrier was born. His family showed up in northern Georgia out of nowhere, records show, and then migrated across the border to Tennessee where his dad Shirley Spurrier became the head coach at Sewanee.

...guess I should add, it's believed that Shirley Spurrier and his family were migrant farmers before and while migrating to Tennessee from north Georgia. Word is their migration revolved around following rabbit herds, their primary focus of meat.

Picking peaches from farm to farm was also a Shirley Spurrier family staple.

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Mizzou fans are originally from Germany,

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while many are, certainly many are not of Germanic ancestry, just like many in Texas, Georgia and Arkansas are also of German heritage along with most other SEC states.

Silly thread but from an Arky it's at least an improvement over the standard bert fair, so kudos for being the tallest pygmy.

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Are there groups of people from every ethnicity in Knoxville? Yes. But to say there are sizeable populations of the ones you listed isn't something I would agree with by any means. Especially outside of Knoxville. This coming from someone from an area of the country that is extremely diverse.

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agreed. I lived in Nashville for 20 years and Knoxville for 6. Even Nashville is a fricking melting pot compared to Knoxville. Knoxville feels like all white, small black population, and almost non-existent other races (compared to just about any other cities in the US)

"The name "Arkansas" reflects both our French and Indian heritage. The French explorers referred to the native Americans who lived in northern Arkansas as "Arkansaes" (meaning South Wind).

The spelling comes from early French usage and the precedent set by the Arkansas Gazette. The pronunciation was determined by the General Assembly of 1881 after much investigation. The name is pronounced "Ark-an-saw", not "Ark-an-sas". At one time it was against the law to mispronounce the name, so be careful out there!"

Oh what the hell, I'll dive in.

Germans are the largest ethnic group in the US.

Just for fun.


Migration in the US usually moved westward. (Simple enough) You didn't stray too far from the weather, topography and agriculture you know.


Southern states (Scotch/Irish)comprised the bulk of Anglo settlers in early Texas while those from the NE moved into the Ohio River region and then across the plains to the Northwest.

With Texas, the Hispanic population dwindled down to very low numbers -something like 300 families were left in the entire sate, and Anglos such as Moses Austin were invited to settle to fill the place up and provide a buffer from the remaining settlements along the Rio Grande and San Antonio River from raids by Apache and Commanche tribes.

After the revolution the Germans and Czechs showed up by boat along the coast and walked their way up to new settlements in the Hill Country northwest of San Antonio. A large chunk of them died along the way. Some French showed up, cause what the hell, why not?

It wasn't until the disastrous couple of decades of revolt and overthrow of governments in Mexico around the turn of the 20th century that Hispanics started moving into Texas again in large numbers.

White - 45.3%
Hispanic - 37.6%
Black - 11.8%
Asian - 3.8%
Other - 10.5% (Probably Arkansans)

I'm sure it's farther along then it was 30 years ago. I just don't see it as diverse outside of black and white.

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Obviously most SEC people are from Europe and Africa.

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You would be wrong, most folks in the SEC are Merican who just got blessed by God and were born in the South. Folks from Europe and Africa think a football is round so how bright can they be in the first place?

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lots of Scotch Irish among the white folks

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Scots - Irish are folks claiming to be Irish while drinking Scotch like this chick (when folks get drunk they all want to be Irish)


Black folks can be Irish too, that is why they are called black Irish, they can be named Red tho, so it gets tricky at times


If you were a member of the Scotti Tribe that left Ireland to settle in what is now Scotland you are Scots Irish. You may look like this guy or you may be named Angus and have sexual attraction to sheep.

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My dad don't like damn Germans. I do know, for a fact, that some of them use Stove Top stuffing on Thanksgiving. So on that fact alone, my dad is correct.

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Germans or not, such an action is only common among heathens. Real southern folks eat mashed taters and old school southern folks eat whipped taters with real butter and real heavy whipping cream. Using real butter is a basic building block of southern cooking.