Where do you get that number. The vast majority of people are descended from more recent immigrants from around 1880 through 1910.
The best I could find is this reference http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-64644389.html that estimates 35 million. I have my suspicions on this number, mainly because it does not take into account endogamy or exogamy (marrying inside or outside one's particular group). Nor does it take into account those who died without descendants. That said, I found this reference from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_American_ancestries An analysis of Census information and immigration records would suggest that 62 percent of white Americans today are of British Isles descent, and a total of 86 percent are of Northwestern European origins. Approximately 14 percent of U.S. whites are of southern and eastern European ancestry. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Historically speaking we have two foundations in America. The foundation of > the government, and by extension, the nation, is religious only insofar that > it recognizes the existance of a higher power, called God as a matter of > convenience. > > Culturally we do have a Christian base. A huge percentage of us can trace our > lineage to the Mayflower, which, as you'll recall, had such a big religous > stick of their collective butt that the British, a people famous for > buttsticks, kicked them out. I forget the exact percentage, but I think it's > in the 70s. At any rate we carry many traditions and cultural values to this > day from the Pilgrims. > > What this means is that, yes, we have a Christian stone or three in the > foundation of this nation. That's a big difference from being 'built on > Christianity'. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
