English to the core here -- which means back to about the sixteenth century, at least. My father's side of the family comes down from Robert the Bruce, and my mother's direct ancestor carried William the Conqueror's battle-standard at Hastings in 1066. We still have the Norman genes in that side of the family -- I'm 6'5", and I have four uncles on that side, none of whom were under 6'3".