Half Armenians

[Armenian]

Re: Half Armenians

I have some cousins whose mother is xxxish, their father is armenian, she always hated me and my family and have even insulted us. She raised her kids J e wish and then expects for them to get x-mas presents

Next time I suggest you give them this for Chirstmas.



And I suggest you stop writing "x-mas." That is what Jooz want you to do. The word is CHRIST-mas.

You must really have a self-hating family. I am glad you turned out well, relatively speaking.

[Armenian]

Re: Half Armenians

There is no such thing as "half" Armenian, if the person in question is fully Armenian by character, act and ideology. Like enker Azad said, if you have any amount of Armenian heritage, and you feel Armenian, and you concern yourself with Armenia, than you are 100% Armenian. This does not mean, however, that I am encouraging mixed marriages. The best bet in raising Armenian children is by sticking to your kind. Simple as that.

[NightOwl]

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I have some cousins whose mother is xxxish, their father is armenian, she always hated me and my family and have even insulted us.
She raised her kids J e wish and then expects for them to get x-mas presents.
Her husband thinks hes xxxish now and the whole family has been broken up because of this. and the kids could care less about being armenian.

This is how familys get divided, I think its ok for an Armenian to marry a catholic or a Christian of a different ethnicty but once you marry a different relegion your whole family can get broken up entriely and you loose the family bond forever.
Personally I will not date anyone thats not Christian, I dated a someone who was half j e wis and half italian, his relegion was catholic, i didnt consider him to be xxxish.. his j ewsih family had some problem with me being armenian and it led to me breaking it off with him.

[Azad]

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I am half but I consider myself Armenian.

Bravo. You do not need to mention being half. If there is one drop of Armenian blood in you and you feel Armenian than you are Armenian.

[avedis]

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Half Armenians are half Armenian in great part due to the genocide.
My aunt zovig adopted an orphan who was dutch in origin. He speaks perfect Armenian, knows every prayer, every tradition.
I am half but I consider myself Armenian. The world I grew up in made that perfectly clear through its racist treatment of my family in North Carolina. Later in life a turkish student called our house threatening to kill us all if we didn't give up on demanding recognition of the genocide.

[Azad]

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For me it was 1999, my friend told me he likes this metal band called System of a Down, he told me they all have last names like yours and their armenians.

had a friend in college from LA who invited me out there. I told him im Armenian and his jaw dropped, told me i dont look and act Armenian at all.

Re: Half Armenians

heyy guys.. you know my mam is Russian and we look like russians partly but my dad is Armenian so i live in Armenia and i feel myself a full Armenian.. right ? but to be frank i like the idea of marginal man (i.e. when a parson has two different parents..) that cool i guess.. coz we speak both languages if different and there are so many other positive things..

I am happy who i am anyway...



p.s. u know its my first posted forum in this site.....

[Sarook]

Re: Half Armenians

I'm half as well. Oddly enough, my other half is (my Mother's side) Scottish.

There is no doubt though, that I feel that I am more Armenian than Scot. My kids as well will be taught the Armenian customs and ways.

[melikianAvak]

Re: Half Armenians

I am half and half, Armenian/German/Danish...I know its strange. I would say though, and so would those that know me that I am full Armenian at heart. But that is how it is with our culture, even non-armenians are taken in as if they were full blooded.

You are as much Armenian as I am, and both my parents were Armenian.

[Elysium]

Re: Half Armenians

If someone does not accept you because you are not full Armenian, well thats just one of the stupidest things I have ever heard..........I mean it doesnt matter where someone is, as long as you consider yourself Armenian