ceiling fan to existing kitchen light - 3 white wires ???

I am replacing an existing light fixture with a ceiling fan w/light. My 20 year old home has coming from the ceiling 1black wire, 1 green wire and 3 white wires. I connected black to black, green to green, blue from the fan to a white from the ceiling (I just picked one)but which white wire do I use?? The ceiling fan has black, blue(for light) and green. I am trying to put the ceiling fan lights on the switch and the fan on the pull chain. As I have wired it the ceiling fan comes on when I hit the wall switch, and None of the other kitchen lights work (over the table, or range hood. HELP!!! It is getting dark... I can't remember if the white wires were all together. Perhaps 2 of them were connected to each other.... if the white wires are all neutral, can I just attach them to each other? or attach them all to the blue wire from the ceiling fan?

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1. When you removed the old light fixture, were all three white wires connected together? If that black wire comes from the switch (likely), and there's no other hot wire up there, you won't be able to wire it so the fan can be turned on and off via the pull-chain (without running a new, unswitched hot wire). What I'd do is draw a schematic of what I have at the ceiling box - which wire(s) is(are) hot, which wire is switched, and is that green wire a ground (it should be, but depending on what the previous fixture was, and who wired it, anything is possible). A voltmeter or test light will be needed, and you'll need to temporarily turn on the power with all the wires separated such that you can probe them w/o getting shocked. Also, don't forget to flip the switch on and then off during the test so you can find out which wire is being switched. Once you know what you've got, and where those white wires go, you should be able to figure it out if you have basic house wiring knowledge. If not, to get you started, black=hot, white=neutral, green=ground.
2. The fan should have a white wire too. Most fans have a Black wire for the fan, Red wire for the light and white for neutral. I connect Red & Black together, pull the chain for the fan off and leave the one for the light on. You better find out if any one of the 3 white wires has power on it. Again, there must be more than 1 wire for the fixture. Green is never an option as it is for grounding only. Everything electric needs 2 wires. (one to bring in power and the other to provide a return path back to the electric panel). Sounds like you have a dangerous situation on your hands. You need to find which of the white wires is neutral. If one has power and the other 2 are neutral, the 2 neutrals should be connected together and maybe the other lights will work. If they are all neutral, then they all should be connected together. (These are the ones that are connected to all the white wires on all your lights). The Black wire should be the power coming from the switch and should be connected to the blue on the fan. You better get some professional help, something is wrong [starting with the fan] because there has to be a white wire on the fan (neutral). I used to have a meter to help me locate the hot and neutral wires. Good Luck ! ! ! And please be safe ! ! !