The Overlord said:She seems half Asian and half Dutch to me. Van Dyke is a Dutch name.
Must have been wishful thinkingFuzzy Birds said:Van Dyne mate. Janet Van Dyne.The Overlord said:She seems half Asian and half Dutch to me. Van Dyke is a Dutch name.
Fuzzy Birds said:Van Dyne mate. Janet Van Dyne.
No. Her parents were/are Chinese immigrants. She was born in Queens.Hawkeye101 said:Oh anf for the record, Lucy Liu is also half white and half asian.
jtg3885 said:So Chinese is off the list. Lends more credence to the "dad knocked up someone while stationed in Japan" theory. And I doubt the handbook will tell us jack ****; the UFF/USM one didn't mention anything that wasn't explicitly stated in the comics.
The Overlord said:Whatever she still seems Dutch.
Fuzzy Birds said:If it was Van Dijk or Van Duyne, then sure. But I have yet to encounter anyone with the family name Van Dyne. If it's Dutch, it's gotta be an old name from generations and generations ago, a quick gander in the local phone book comes up with no cases.
I've always been under the impression that "Van Dyne" was a name that Stan Lee completely made up/chose that sounded appropriately old-rich enough and that he didn't want to have a name-recognizable old rich family from New York like say, the Vanderbilts or Rockafellers share the Wasp's surname.The Overlord said:Its likely an name from when her father's family moved to America in the 19th century.
... and Captain America. Victory Joe! She love him long time.ourchair said:Janet is an American citizen, of vaguely Asian ethnicity. And is a mutant. That lays eggs.
Seriously,though, you're probably right (as usual), my friend. But if there's a real nead to identify Ultimate Wasp's ethnicity, I have a possible exxplanation: she's Vietnamese, or from somewhere else in Indo-China (maybe Cambodia or Burma). Her original family name could be Van Diem or Van Dien, which sound convincingly native to that region. She, or her family, then 'Romanized' or 'Westernized' their name accordingly, upon immigrating to the US, perhaps while fleeing the abuses of the Communist regime.ourchair said:I've always been under the impression that "Van Dyne" was a name that Stan Lee completely made up/chose that sounded appropriately old-rich enough and that he didn't want to have a name-recognizable old rich family from New York like say, the Vanderbilts or Rockafellers share the Wasp's surname.
You should write the book on superhero diaspora.compound said:Seriously,though, you're probably right (as usual), my friend. But if there's a real nead to identify Ultimate Wasp's ethnicity, I have a possible exxplanation: she's Vietnamese, or from somewhere else in Indo-China (maybe Cambodia or Burma). Her original family name could be Van Diem or Van Dien, which sound convincingly native to that region. She, or her family, then 'Romanized' or 'Westernized' their name accordingly, upon immigrating to the US, perhaps while fleeing the abuses of the Communist regime.