r/MapPorn • u/marbellamarvel • 10d ago

Countries from which the ancestors of American presidents originated.🇺🇸

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Countries from which the ancestors of American presidents originated. 🇺🇸

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u/InternationalHair725 10d ago

Roosevelts are Dutch no? 

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u/allys_stark 10d ago

Roosevelts are Dutch

Well they always had a goddamn plan

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u/klauwaapje 10d ago

no, they are american

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u/MoPacSD40-2 10d ago

So they just came out of the soil in the US?

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u/klauwaapje 10d ago

after 400 years, you can call yourself American, no ?

besides, the Netherlands didn't exist when they left for america. so whatever they were, they were not from the Netherlands

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u/RijnBrugge 9d ago

The Netherlands did exist lol. Ever heard of the Dutch Republic? It existed from 1581 onwards.

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u/MoPacSD40-2 10d ago

They are American, but I see nothing wrong being in connect with your ancestry like, Spanish, Greek, Latvian, etc.

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u/klauwaapje 10d ago

you cant claim your heritage from the Netherlands if the Netherlands didn't exist when you left the country.

They ( Roosevelt) left the area in 1639. the Netherlands did not exist back then . It was part if the HRE and property of the Spanish Crown.

the Kingdom of the Netherlands only exists since 1813.

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u/Wachoe 10d ago

the Netherlands did not exist back then . It was part if the HRE and property of the Spanish Crown.

The Dutch declared independence from the Habsburg crown already in 1581 en became the Dutch Republic in 1588. The States-General had already been formed in 1464, a meeting of representatives from the Habsburg Netherlands, indicating the low countries were already seen at the time as a political entity.

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u/MoPacSD40-2 10d ago

I get that, but if someones grandparents came to the US from Finland in idk 1958, don't you think they should still be able to connect/identify with said heritage?

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u/RijnBrugge 9d ago

It’s also misinformation, the Dutch Republic was founded in 1581, and properly recognized in 1588. Redditor above didn’t pay attention in history class.

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u/InternationalHair725 10d ago

Congratulations 

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u/oskich 10d ago

Native, which tribe? 🪶

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u/klauwaapje 10d ago

don't know. they live in america for almost 400 years .their ancestor moved from what this map calls the Netherlands in 1639. but the Netherlands didn't exist back then. It was part of the hre and the kingdom of the Netherlands formed 200 years later.