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[Heron TSG]

I'm a smashing mash of Dutch, Danish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Catalan.

[moocowmoo]

Half Japanese, Quarter Norwegian, the rest English, French, Dutch, Welsh, Scotch-Irish.

[Itnetlolor]

Need I repost my crazy-ass family history?

Why not?

And yes, true story.

Dwarves in D&D are stereotypically scottish.  I've yet to see a DF dwarf say och or aye or laddie, though, thank goodness (for originality).

Scots pretty much fail though--when you look at wars they've had bad luck.  It's why DF dwarves are Russian.  Look how often Russia has been sieged!  Not to mention the quasi-communism that goes on in these forts. 

I prefer to see my dwarves in an Irish manner. We're happy little boozers (oddly enough, stereotypically accurate.), we yoik and sing, and we fight and we dance til' the morning. (Sorry, I've been listening to a bit of Korpiklanni lately. BTW, awesome band.) Inventive, and just plain nuts.

Proof of concept, and a little easter egg as to why I like the name Bloodfist (IE- Megaproject). It's also sorta in honor of my great ancestor who won a decent chunk of land in a race. By technicality, the first person to touch the land wins it. My great-ancestor was losing the boat race, to reach the land.

Now, I must repeat. The first one to TOUCH the land, wins it. He was losing. You can guess what happened next.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

He chopped off his own carping hand, and threw it over to the land... AND WON!!

...Yeah. I think I'm a descendant of dwarves. There's even a coat of arms that chronicles it with a similar tribute.

Spoiler: Full Crest (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Solid Evidence (Hi-Res) (click to show/hide)

...My entire family (including myself) is just plain nuts. I love it.

Source: Re: When you kill important figures...

My family breed formula is primarily made up of Irish New Yorkers (around since maybe the beginnings of Brooklyn, before it was riddled with houses and crime and such; hell, much of them still probably live there). Heck, my grandfather was a captain of a naval vessel. Saved the thing from blowing up after a kamikaze slammed into it by ordering the crew to shut it off, and assess the problem ASAP. Amazingly, the ship continued to fight with minimal repairs needed.

When I say nuts, I freaking mean nuts. I can guarantee not a single dull moment with anyone related to me. And that's just my mother's side.

My father's side was mostly carpenters and blacksmiths and such. A rather talented family, still have some stuff they've built since ages past. They knew how to build stuff to last. I don't fully recall where his family mostly originated from though. I assume Czech if memory serves me correctly.

And as for a more immediate makeup; I kid ye not; I'm a middle child of a breeding pair of masterful (if not, legendary) Broadway performers.

Heck, reading back all of that, even I would question if all that history is really possible. But reality does toss a surprise here and there. I apologize if any of this sounds like I'm bragging; but I'm not exaggerating a single part of this. That's maybe the craziest part.

EDIT:
The Latin meaning at the bottom of the family crest literally translates to:

Fortitudine et prudentia
Physical strength and practical judgment

Bad. Ass.

EDIT EDIT:
More info on the coat of arms to follow tomorrow.

EDIT EDIT EDIT:
Here we go:
Color- Vert(Green) ; Or(Gold) =  Hope, joy, and loyalty in love ; Generousity and elevation of the mind (respectively)

A Pair of Lions- Fierce Courage; In Ireland the Lion represented the 'lion' season, prior to the full arrival of Summer. The symbol can also represent a great Warrior or Chief.
Snake on a tree- Wisdom; In Ireland the Snake was a symbol of fertility and renewal, and also, because of its forked tongue, was associated with lightning and the sun.

Tree- Life and the mystical connection of the earth with heaven and the underworld
Helmet- Wise defence
Crown- Regal or senior authority, heavenly reward
Hand- Faith, sincerity, justice ; In Ireland the open hand was often used as a means of communicating through the ancient language known as 'Ogham'. The open hand may have also signified the sun.    
Drops (Red)- Blood

Standard Shield (no border or additional background markings)- Nothing too groundbreaking, apparently

Motto: Fortitudine et prudentia ==> Physical strength and practical judgment

[Heron TSG]

My family has been moving west for generations. We "originated" as settlers in the Kansas territory, and eventually made it to Washington, at about one state per generation.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Heavily Irish.

We have a town named after us.

[Reasonableman]

Heavily Irish.

We have a town named after us.

Also there is some sort of broken English tomfoolery afoot there.
"ther is a famaliy in wales called tynan i am macauley tynan but my father is liam reviells i did not take his name i took my mothers allthoug i would like the name reviells"

[Emperor_Jonathan]

He's not a close relative.

(I don't know him.)

[Jack_Bread]

Mexican and Welsh probably. I know barely anything about my family. My mom left my dad when I was about 6, so I was never able to ask him and my mom was adopted.

[Mr Tk]

English, Irish, Scottish and Dalmatian.

I have no idea about any of my family history from the UK and all I really about my Dalmatian history is that my Great-Grandfather come from there (a town called Podgora) around 1900 to escape the civil war which was going on.

[Nadaka]

My fathers side of the family is all German, from Michigan, immigrated around 1890 or so give or take a couple decades. Apparently they were violin makes in Germany.

My mothers side is a mix of English, Irish, Choctaw and Chickasaw, some of the first white men to settle in Mississippi via Georgia, they were cattle ranchers. My great grandfather and his father built half the town of Lumberton, MS. My great grandmother was full blooded Native American, you can tell if you look at any of the women in my family, but I have more of the German features.

[Wiles]

I don't really know much about my family heritage above the superficial level. On one side I know there is Acadien (French) and Cree. On the other side there is English and Irish/Scottish. My family doesn't have much in the way of tradition outside of your standard Canadian traditions. The only thing I can think of is the tortiere (meat pie) that we have around the Christmas holidays.

[Siquo]

To cut a very long story short: Dutch mostly, Achterhoek, Holland and Frisian. After that there is a Swedish guy, some Italian broad, and a german side. After that there's even more. But now we're already deep into over 400 years ago. Yes, the genealogy is well-researched and very very long. And quite boring. Mostly rich merchants and "free profession" types (doctors lawyers etc). Blergh.

At long last, finally an heir appeared who is uneducated and poor and has deliberately broken the line by having a daughter! 

[ibot66]

on my dads side, french.moms: Irish/viking.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

On my mum's side, it's mostly Irish, with some Scottish and Dutch. On my Dad's side, we're purebred English peasants, ready to be kicked around, taxed and sent off to war on the whim of a king politician religious dictator rich bastard.