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Originally posted by ShankS
I'm not having a dig at anyone....
but why is it yanks love to list an Irish connection , that probably goes so far back in family or distant family history all the way to great uncle's second cousin's twice removed great grandad brother's mother-in-law.... that the likelyhood of any Irish blood being passed is so miniscule, and my sperm has more chance of passing on a martian gene, than any of that herritage meaning anything. I see and read it all the time. What is it with the american/irish connection that yanks love so much? I can't stand the Irish, I hate their friggin accent and all I think about when someone mentions Ireland is friggin Pikeys.
It's like me saying I'm Australian since I had a great great great grandad who came from the outback somewhere two hundred years ago :rolleyes:
it just gets my goat, guess it's because I'm English.
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Shanks, I think you are a cool guy. One of the best around here. However, I think this is sorta shitty.:( The Irish were probably the largest immigration influence in the country. A lot of people in the US, especially along the eastern states, and ESPECIALLY if your family hailed from the Appalachain Mts., which my family did. More than most of my mom's family came from Ireland. What do you want me to say? I'm Irish Celtic Pagan; what do you want me to say? Most white people in this country have Irish in them. Many white people in this country have a LOT of Irish in them.
It's just the way the cookie crumbled in the formation of our country.