Very neat, Elisi if this isn't too personal and not much of a longshot. But I was researching the Faroe Islands and since it was held under British occupation during WW2, I was wondering if you were the grandchild of british soldier and faroese native marriage ?
Not a long shot (there was an adorable old couple in my home parish consisting of an old British soldier - he was from Hull - and a Faroese woman. He was thrilled when I married a Yorkshire man), but I'm even more unusual than just coming from the Faroes, in that my parents are Danish and moved there when I was tiny.
Well more likely that not from my little bit of research your mitochondrial dna of that yourself and your daughters is probably around 85%, while your father and any other male relatives you have are Faroese/Danish at about same amount.
I have never researched it, I must admit. ETA: Although definitely Danish DNA, not Faroese. (Although the difference must be slight. But I've got Danish ancestors stretching back centuries.)
Generally and probably for you that your own genetic mitochondrial DNA is of a mostly maternal Scottish origin. Probably from raids in which Scottish women were taken back to the Faroe islands or immigrations later on from Scotland.
The best thing about the Internet is knowing people from all over the globe. I didn't know before know that you were Faroese (or Danish, or Danish by way of the Faroes, or Faroese by way of Denmark, oh, I'm so confused.) And I can see why you're excited - it has a very strong and definite beauty. Do you ever get back there?
The best thing about the Internet is knowing people from all over the globe. Isn't it just? And you follow people's lives in places that you'd otherwise just hear about in the news or on TV.
I didn't know before know that you were Faroese (or Danish, or Danish by way of the Faroes, or Faroese by way of Denmark, oh, I'm so confused.) LOL. Danish parents, moved to the Faroes when I was tiny. So I'm a mishmash. Esp now I've spent to long in England... (Came here in 1996, moved here permanently in 1997.)
And I can see why you're excited - it has a very strong and definite beauty. See that's the funny thing - it's beautiful, of course, but it's also just home. And I think of it in terms of things like waiting at a bus stop at stupid o'clock in the morning, when it was windy and wet, going to school. ;)
Do you ever get back there? Every other summer, generally. (It's not cheap with 3 kids...)
Yeah, I can see how it would be expensive. Do your little ones get excited about going over?
Since the islands' language is Danish, you're obviously bilingual, but do the younglings have any knowledge of their mother's mother tongue, she asked with great lack of tact.
Yeah, I can see how it would be expensive. Do your little ones get excited about going over? Yes, although it's generally framed in the context of going to stay at their grandparents'. :)
Since the islands' language is Danish, you're obviously bilingual, Correction: People on the Faroes speak Faroese. (But also Danish.) So I'm tri-lingual. (I can get by in Norwegian & Swedish also, plus I did German & French at school. Was terrible though and never learned much.)
but do the younglings have any knowledge of their mother's mother tongue, she asked with great lack of tact. Nnnnot really. Partly because I never could decide which language to teach them. (Danish is of course my 'mother tongue', but it's terribly ugly. Yet Faroese is far more of a niche language...)
Wow - I'm always in awe of people who speak more than one language. I apparently could speak French as well as English when I was little for various odd reasons, but I lost the French when my mum and brother and I moved to Nova Scotia. I hope your children end up deciding that they want to learn one of your native languages!
I never really thought about it when I grew up - it was perfectly normal. It's only people with English as their first language who are lucky enough not to bother with anything else... *g*
(I wonder whether you could still pick up French if you tried again?)
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Love the video, though!
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And it was such a marked difference to all the wishy-washy promotional touristy videos...
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Thanks so much for sharing this. ::hug::
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*hugs back*
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Isn't it just? And you follow people's lives in places that you'd otherwise just hear about in the news or on TV.
I didn't know before know that you were Faroese (or Danish, or Danish by way of the Faroes, or Faroese by way of Denmark, oh, I'm so confused.)
LOL. Danish parents, moved to the Faroes when I was tiny. So I'm a mishmash. Esp now I've spent to long in England... (Came here in 1996, moved here permanently in 1997.)
And I can see why you're excited - it has a very strong and definite beauty.
See that's the funny thing - it's beautiful, of course, but it's also just home. And I think of it in terms of things like waiting at a bus stop at stupid o'clock in the morning, when it was windy and wet, going to school. ;)
Do you ever get back there?
Every other summer, generally. (It's not cheap with 3 kids...)
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Since the islands' language is Danish, you're obviously bilingual, but do the younglings have any knowledge of their mother's mother tongue, she asked with great lack of tact.
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Yes, although it's generally framed in the context of going to stay at their grandparents'. :)
Since the islands' language is Danish, you're obviously bilingual,
Correction: People on the Faroes speak Faroese. (But also Danish.) So I'm tri-lingual. (I can get by in Norwegian & Swedish also, plus I did German & French at school. Was terrible though and never learned much.)
but do the younglings have any knowledge of their mother's mother tongue, she asked with great lack of tact.
Nnnnot really. Partly because I never could decide which language to teach them. (Danish is of course my 'mother tongue', but it's terribly ugly. Yet Faroese is far more of a niche language...)
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(I wonder whether you could still pick up French if you tried again?)
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I will have to look it up. I never heard of Faroe, and to think I KNOW (well on the internet) someone living there!
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