i'm aware they are only sims therefore don't exist, but given ea keeps talking about representation and cultures i took a couple of minutes to wonder & search where could some ts4 premades "be" from, so i based on their surname, their features and the packs they're in to kinda get where did devs took the inspiration to make them. some packs are strongly based on irl places, so acting like their premades were made casually is quite naïve. but anyways don't take this too seriously as it's just a thread for fun. so what do you think? Base Game Bella Goth: italian/hispanic Mortimer Goth: french/american/germanthe Calientes: hispanic/arabic the Landgraabs: french/english american Alice Spencer-Kim: korean Get Together the Villareal: spanish/french the Munch: german/austrian the Bjergsens: danish/swedish the Behr: german/japanese the Fyres: irish Ulrike Faust: german Maaike Haas: dutch Sergio Romeo: spanish/italian Joaquin Le Chien: french/spanish Eva Capricciosa: italian Jade Rosa: hispanic Paolo Rocca: italian City Living the Fengs: chinese the Bheeda: indian the Rasoya: indian Akira Kibo: japanese Miko Ojo: japanese Darling Walsh: english Get Famous Venessa Jeong: korean Island Living & Snowy Escape sulani premades are based on polynesian islands and mt komorebi premades are based on japan. thank you all for keeping it civilized! will update with newer sims!

Fun fact -- in my canon, Candy Behr's real name is Miyoko. She hates it; thinks it sounds too ethnic so she goes by her stage name. Her sister calls her Miyoko when they fight because it really winds Candy up.

Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.

"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning? i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money.

"bella_goth;c-17739247" wrote:"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning? i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money. Yeah, at a glance it’s the “long vowels” (aa) that you see a lot of in the Dutch language.

"So_Money;c-17739266" wrote:"bella_goth;c-17739247" wrote:"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning? i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money. Yeah, at a glance it’s the “long vowels” (aa) that you see a lot of in the Dutch language.I thought they'd be Dutch as well. But I agree with a lot of the others. And that's interesting reasoning for their being French. Maybe they're of Dutch descent but live in France.

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OEII1001
New Spectator
5 years ago
Fun fact -- in my canon, Candy Behr's real name is Miyoko. She hates it; thinks it sounds too ethnic so she goes by her stage name. Her sister calls her Miyoko when they fight because it really winds Candy up.
bsozz
5 years ago
Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.
imahulazombie
5 years ago
"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:
Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.

dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning?

i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money.
bsozz
5 years ago
"bella_goth;c-17739247" wrote:
"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:
Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.

dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning?

i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money.

Yeah, at a glance it’s the “long vowels” (aa) that you see a lot of in the Dutch language.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
5 years ago
"So_Money;c-17739266" wrote:
"bella_goth;c-17739247" wrote:
"So_Money;c-17739241" wrote:
Just going by surnames, I’d put the Landgraabs down as Dutch.

dutch? is it for the aa on the surname or there's a dutch meaning?

i put them as french because on sims 3 they have a mansion on champ les sims, but also english because their surname is a play on land grabbing. they have also similar surname sims on the sims medieval which, given how rich they are on every game, could mean they are very old money.

Yeah, at a glance it’s the “long vowels” (aa) that you see a lot of in the Dutch language.

I thought they'd be Dutch as well. But I agree with a lot of the others. And that's interesting reasoning for their being French. Maybe they're of Dutch descent but live in France.
MDianaSims
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
Actually, in Dutch it would be Landgraaf, so not sure who put the b on the end, because that's not typical for Dutch names. I do believe the Landgraab family is called Landgraaf in the Dutch version of the game.
I'd rather think their name comes from "land grab" and the added "a" is to make it look fancier. I mean, that would fit with how they accumulated their money.
imahulazombie
5 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17739327" wrote:
How come you skipped some of the families from these packs?

some are based on tv shows (like the roomies) some are from sims spin offs (the BFF are mysims characters) some i forgot and some i have no idea. but i will list the ones i forgot to add:
the Jang: not sure, google says their surname is korean, Baako is an Akan name, searched it and google says the Akan are an ethnic group that lives on Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Togo, and their language is from the niger-congo family. regarding Anaya and Billie, they are names very common everywhere and different google sites claim a different origin place for them so i couldn't really tell.
Diego Lobo: hispanic
SennaWales
New Spectator
5 years ago
Bella is not Hispanic, don't forget that she's actually Bella Bachelor, which is a British name, her parents Simis and Jocasta are also British names (imported from other parts of Europe, but have a history/presence in Britain), and of course her brother Michael.
DonroaAkashu
New Spectator
5 years ago
I would say Bjergsen would be more danish than swedish; very uncommon name in Sweden, and the spelling is danish.
imahulazombie
5 years ago
"sennawales;c-17739387" wrote:
Bella is not Hispanic, don't forget that she's actually Bella Bachelor, which is a British name, her parents Simis and Jocasta are also British names (imported from other parts of Europe, but have a history/presence in Britain), and of course her brother Michael.

Bella is an italian/spanish word meaning beautiful (in feminine singular form, the masculine version would be bello), i didn't look on her maiden name because, as many ts2 surnames, they're rather focused on the household characteristics rather than a nationality (think of the pleasants, the grunts, the curious, the broke, the dreamer, etc, also these names translate depending on the language you set the game) i was hesitating whether to add the Goths to this list for the same reason, but given how they are a tribute to the Addams family i added them. i think Bella is to Gomez what Mortimer is to Morticia, for their names and their personality.

also according to google Simis is a pun for "sim is bachelor" about Jocasta and Michael i guess they're common names in uk but like you said they're from other parts, Jocasta having a greek origin and Michael being a biblical name.