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    2. Signal_Quarter_74 on

      Keweenaw Peninsula not coincidentally has some of the best breakfast food on earth!

      It was the copper mining center of the world from the late 1800s to early 1900s, so were many waves of immigrants, including a massive wave from Finland

    4. bevereged_carbon on

      I’m just a click further south and because of Chicago I believe that’s why I have some Irish ancestry also.  German, Irish on dads side and French and Scottish on my mom’s.  After finding that out it explains a lot!

    7. gretchenich on

      I’m not from the US so i’m not sure, but wouldnt that just be northern US? It’s some of the northenmost states and pretty centered so it isnt too much to west or east that i can see. If this isnt the north then what is? I’m genuinly curious not trying to throw any hate here (clarifying just in case)

    9. Financial_Policy_875 on

      Isle Royale is Finnish? Do the wolves and moose still speak the mother tongue?

    10. Rockerblocker on

      It’s really interesting how the Scandinavian immigrants literally moved as far north as possible. I like to think they stopped in Detroit for a winter and went „This is what they call winter here?! This is summer to us!“ and marched north until they couldn’t go any further

    11. jckipps on

      In other words, there’s no statistical difference between English and German ancestry in Michigan. They’re split 50/50, and the county-by-county results are just luck of the draw.

    13. taxilicious on

      This explains the height in the upper Midwest. We had a post about it in a Midwest sub the other day.

    16. Ok-Hat-8759 on

      Coming from northeast Iowa, this has surfaced a bit of nostalgia. My personal heritage is mostly German and I can trace back my ancestry on all sides of my family to Germany. Towns across the region celebrate their heritage. Guttenberg has GermanFest. There’s a strong Norwegian presence in northeast Iowa as well. McGregor springs to mind, it was the first time I heard the term “Iowegian” instead of “Iowan”. Decorah also has the Vesterheim, Norwegian-American museum.

      Some real neat history here.

    18. HeckThattt on

      Me sitting here in Minnesota with my mostly Irish ancestry wondering how I got here and where my family is.

    20. tangledbysnow on

      I know Iowa is upper Midwest but it doesn’t feel upper Midwest to me in the slightest. And I have family all over the state. And I live in Nebraska.

      My mother-in-law is a Mayflower descendant from southern Iowa. Her ancestry is nearly perfectly split between German and English. I don’t think they have any other in their entire tree.

    25. axiom60 on

      In Houghton you can easily tell who has lived there for a while based on whether they pronounce Finnish last names correctly…

      TIL its only the Keweenaw region that has mostly Finnish ancestry, I always thought it was the whole UP like that

    28. Flat-Leg-6833 on

      Michigan doesn’t surprise me. Lots of New Englanders moved there in the 19th century.

    29. UristBronzebelly on

      What about all the Arabs in Dearborn that count as white on the census for some reason?

    32. SufficientOpening218 on

      kind of stunned Polish isnt in there. SE Michigan seemed to have so much Polish heritage when i lived there., Wisconsin, too.

    35. hobhamwich on

      The Minnesota Germans are all my cousins. Our great grandparents all came on the same boat in 1878.

    39. Former-Tonight-7320 on

      This is why this area is great. Beer, sausage and a wholesome good time.

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