Is everyone truly Irish on St.Patrick's day?
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
United States
March 17, 2017 4:06pm CST
Happy St.Patrick's day I wish you all even though I have not one ounce of Irish heritage.
I thought it would be a good topic for today to ask: what is your heritage? Here in the US. we have quite the variety of nationalities.
Of course I take an interest in these things and sometimes have been told rather bluntly that the person in question is "American". I mean no offense with my question. I think diversity is a beautiful thing and that knowing ones roots at least a little, is fascinating.
Of course there are some people who don't know their background and there is nothing wrong in that either. :-)
So! I'll start.
Simple answer: German and English (5th generation or 6th)
Complex answer - German, English, Cornish, Devon, Norwegian.
* Cornwall and Devon are places in England where my ancestry is from and the Norwegian bit - we are unable to tell if he was actually from Norway or simply moved there from Germany.
Happy St.Patrick's Day!
Early Irish-American immigrants couldn't foresee the St. Patrick's Day celebrations of today: Hoards of drunken people elbowing their way to the bar for another green Bud Light.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50258)
• United States
18 Mar 17
As my mama would say, I am a Heinz 57 , a little of this and that
i am a bit American Indian, Spanish , French, English, Irish and Scottish.
i am a bit American Indian, Spanish , French, English, Irish and Scottish.3 people like this
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Isn't it interesting how people from around the world meet?
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
I can only imagine how beautiful those Islands are...
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
I know I was "Irish for the day" lol (if wearing green and drinking Guinness counts)
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
19 Mar 17
@FayeHazel You are certain not to have been alone in this.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
@Asylum Ah yes, quite a few "Irish" (fake or not) out :-)
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
I think Russian language is beautiful. I met a Russian lady when I was out on St.Patrick's Day :-)
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 17
@FayeHazel There is a lot of every thing in Australia - but not many Australians! That's probably an exaggeration but over the years we have had huge numbers of immigrants from a great many countries. The Germans in my heritage would have been my great great ancestors.
That's probably an exaggeration but over the years we have had huge numbers of immigrants from a great many countries. The Germans in my heritage would have been my great great ancestors.@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Interesting! My (ex) fiancé told me that there are actually a lot of German in Australia. That's something I hadn't known.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
17 Mar 17
I have zero Irish in me. No matter how far you go all my descendants on my mom and dad's side of the family are Scottish. On St. Patrick's day I do celebrate with all the Irish folks.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
@FayeHazel I have never been there but it a dream of mine to go there some day
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Wow! All Scottish? Have you been there? I hear it is wonderfully beautiful.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
18 Mar 17
native/irish/scots/welsh.
and i avoid st patrick's day like the plague.it just annoys me.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
St.Patrick's confuses me too, seems to be a day to wear green and for some - drink.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
17 Mar 17
30% Irish.
Or so says AncestryDNA.
Interesting factoid, you may already know. We get 50/50 between both parents. So 50% from one, 50% from the other. However, that doesn't mean we get an even split of their heritage...
On my father's father's side, my tenth grandfather came from Ballycastle, Co Antrim, Ireland.
I've got irish on my mom's side as well...
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Oh that is interesting. I knew the 50/50 thing, but I didn't know that we may not get an even split of heritage. Wow 10 grandfather's back... that is a long way!
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Even me! :-) (If wearing green and drinking Guinness make you Irish) ;-)
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
18 Mar 17
WE celebrated by going to a busy Irish bar/restaurant and there was a party going on...Delicious and fun with old friends. My hubby is Greek and English, and I am pretty sure mostly English...
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Nice! I went to a crowded Irish bar too. Too crowded, but I really wanted to see the band.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
I have heard some Jewish folk can trace their lineage back to which of the 12 Tribes of Israel. That must be exciting.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
18 Mar 17
Well .. as far as i know I'm cheerokee indian, and Portuguese on my "fathers" side. And irish and italian on my moms. But i think I'm also more than that. I just dont remember what or by which parent.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
Isn't it interesting how far apart those places are? Heritage so fascinating that way
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@Oltoholic (91)
• Albania
17 Mar 17
Nice topic. I do live in Albania and as far as i know i am 100% albanian. At least for 5-6 generations.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Mar 17
I knew of Albania, but I am humiliated to say that I needed to search for it to find exact location. Looks like it is beautiful there!
