Another Fan Posted March 17 Posted March 17 My mom has some. I always thought it was more. 2 of her great grandparents I’m told were from there. Happy St Pats ☘️🇮🇪 Quote
Just Jack Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Me, on my father's side. My parents have a side table in their house that was brought over from Ireland by some ancestor. Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 17 Posted March 17 I heard something on a podcast the other day that there are more people in the USA with Irish DNA than in Ireland! 1 Quote
Jauronimo Posted March 17 Posted March 17 23 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I heard something on a podcast the other day that there are more people in the USA with Irish DNA than in Ireland! Ireland has about 7 million people. The population of Ireland has yet to recover from highs reached before the potato blight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_population_of_Ireland There may be more than 7 million people in NY state with a McSomething or O'Something last name. 1 Quote
Logic Posted March 17 Posted March 17 (edited) Me. Mom's side. She's a red-headed Irish gal with the surname Millar. I'm definitely a mutt, but the Irish is one of the more prominent things, I think. That said, I couldn't care any less about St Patrick's day. Edited March 17 by Logic Quote
Augie Posted March 17 Posted March 17 I’m almost all Irish, with a hint of Portuguese I’m told. A few other things sprinkled in according to my sister who was tested, but mostly Irish. So imagine my surprise when my wife’s Lebanese nieces start traveling all over the US and Europe to do something called Irish Dancing. Goofy looking stuff! I don’t know if I wasn’t properly introduced to my heritage, or if I just got lucky and was sitting at the cool Irish kids’ table during that period. 1 Quote
Another Fan Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 35 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I heard something on a podcast the other day that there are more people in the USA with Irish DNA than in Ireland! It seems Josh might be one of them. Like me it seems ancestry wise he’s a mix of a lot of things https://ethnicelebs.com/josh-allen 1 Quote
BuffaloBill Posted March 17 Posted March 17 I am a mutt, no Irish that I know of but 1/4 Scottish (supposedly). Who knows how much of anything any of us is? People have fooled around since the dawn of time. For all I know maybe there was some green cheating in my lineage somewhere. Quote
Augie Posted March 17 Posted March 17 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Logic said: Me. Mom's side. A red-headed Irish gal with the surname Millar. I'm definitely a mutt, but the Irish is one of the more prominent things, I think. That said, I couldn't care any less about St Patrick's day. My hair is/was medium brown (before it started turning gray and falling out). I grew out a beard once in college and it was scraggly and very red. Long brown hair, blue eyes and a VERY RED beard. There is a pic of it on the digital picture frame in our family room. Every once in a while it will pop up when someone is visiting and they notice it. The reaction is generally “WTF??? Who is….is that YOU?” 😂 . Edited March 17 by Augie 1 Quote
The Jokeman Posted March 17 Posted March 17 30 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: Ireland has about 7 million people. The population of Ireland has yet to recover from highs reached before the potato blight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_population_of_Ireland There may be more than 7 million people in NY state with a McSomething or O'Something last name. No Mc or O'Something here but if heard my full name there be no doubt I'm Irish. 19 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said: I am a mutt, no Irish that I know of but 1/4 Scottish (supposedly). Who knows how much of anything any of us is? People have fooled around since the dawn of time. For all I know maybe there was some green cheating in my lineage somewhere. My wife calls both of us Irish ***** mutts (since both have Irish and Italian backgrounds) but I also have German and can't recall what else she has. Quote
Poleshifter Posted March 17 Posted March 17 My ancestry is mostly Irish. My parents had five red headed kids. My middle name is Patrick. Quote
Bray Wyatt Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Def Irish here, from both sides, my 23 and me showed I am basically from all over the UK, with french and german mixed in, but that should not be a surprise based upon their histories. I think it was 95% northwest european which is what they called it. Quote
RichStadiumGuy Posted March 17 Posted March 17 I guess I'm a super-mutt as not one of my grandparents were born in the USA. Both of my grandparents on my father's side were born in Poland and on my mother's side one was from Ireland and one was from Wales. As a matter of fact my father was born in Poland too but they all came over here when he was only 3 years old. I remember my grandmother from Wales regularly ribbing my grandfather that he was just an "Irishman wannabe" because his parents moved from Ireland to Wales shortly after he was born. Quote
Augie Posted March 17 Posted March 17 6 minutes ago, Your Brown Eye said: I'm a Mc and damn proud of it Do you happen to clap a lot? Quote
US Egg Posted March 17 Posted March 17 My mother was Irish. As a kid, her brothers were much more fun than my fathers. When I got a bit older I figured out why. 🥃 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 17 Posted March 17 (edited) Zilch... But they made my last name sound Irish so my grandfather & his brothers, my father too, could get a job on the railroad. It's actually the name of a town in Poland.😆🤣 Edited March 17 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote
Another Fan Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 9 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Zilch... But they made my last name sound Irish so my grandfather & his brothers, my father too, could get a job on the railroad. It's actually the name of a town in Poland.😆🤣 Guess it’s not this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gugny 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 17 Posted March 17 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Another Fan said: Guess it’s not this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gugny Nope. Close to today's German border. Name of a WWII battle (with a 'y' added) and a department store in Buffalo... All they had to do was add an apostrophe temporarily. Edited March 17 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote
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