hk blues Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Mark Berkowitz said: 7 hours ago, OnMyWay said: No matter how hard you try, you will always be an American while in PH, and your son will be Phil-Am! Cheer up! Things could always be much worse... In my case, I was mistakenly identified (by the locals) as being an 'Englishman' on more than one occassion. Yep...that trumps being called an American! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chamberlain Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, hk blues said: I seriously doubt this is a regular occurrence and may just be one of those stories told to kids to stop them going away with strangers. No mate it was clear this is an awful problem, my wife's family are educated, honest people and know this is a real problem from time to time, I am not saying its an every day problem but it has both grownups and children terrified and children disappear far too often for it to be " stories". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted May 24, 2019 Forum Support Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Berkowitz said: 7 hours ago, OnMyWay said: No matter how hard you try, you will always be an American while in PH, and your son will be Phil-Am! Cheer up! Things could always be much worse... In my case, I was mistakenly identified (by the locals) as being an 'Englishman' on more than one occassion. Not an Englishman, just a badly behaved colonist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Berkowitz Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Old55 said: Not an Englishman, just a badly behaved colonist. So, badly behaved colonists are mistakenly believed to be Englishmen (in the Phils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveiloilo Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 20 hours ago, Jack Peterson said: My Friend, I am a Little confused on this, can you explain to this ole Knucklehead how this is possible. My great grand parents on both sides of the family where homesteaders from Spain... came to the Philippines in the early 1900's. Back then, if you developed the land, built the roads, the land adjacent was yours for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Berkowitz said: So, badly behaved colonists are mistakenly believed to be Englishmen (in the Phils) If you ask the Brits then 'Australian' is pretty much a synonym for 'badly behaved colonial' 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 If it hadn't been for my 'badly-behaved colonist' ancestors... where would you proud people be today ? You're welcome. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 4 hours ago, loveiloilo said: My great grand parents on both sides of the family where homesteaders from Spain... came to the Philippines in the early 1900's. Back then, if you developed the land, built the roads, the land adjacent was yours for free. Yes My Friend I see where you are coming from to the 3rd Generation but to actually claim the 100% and gain any privileges from it you would need to go back 2 more. One member actually has the right to a Spanish Passport through his blood line and as I understand it like the Portuguese you would need those 5 generation statistics to qualify. Maybe best not to Muddy this Topic as we are, maybe one of us could run a Topic on this ( what could be a fascinating Topic) very Item " Bloodlines" There go my friend I have Started by doing the Title, Your Turn Now Have a Good Weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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