Why You Need To Know The Scots-Irish

Parade Magazine ^ | October 3, 2004 | James Webb

[Freepdonia]

Irish, Italian, Scots-Irish, and English.

Yes, I'm very confused. :-)

[B-Chan]

Scots-Irish on mom's side, German on Dad's. Born fighting!

[Mercat]

I'm descending from Flinns (non-Catholic) and Ferrells - hill people of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. With a good mix of Irish Irish (Connors) and English (Pollard, Vaden, Cross)

[Enterprise]

I can't claim such a grand heritage. I have some German. But don't tell anyone, ok?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[n-tres-ted]

Another really fine book on the subject is "How the Scots Invented the Modern World" by Arthur Herman. Very informative and well researched. I think Herman is presently the director of Western Culture exhibits at the Smithsonian. Webb is terrific, too, of course, but I have not read his books.

[DugMac]

OK I must confess 1/32 German (Tanenbaum on my mothers side)

[Central Scrutiniser]

Irishman here, will have a dual citizenship with Ireland in a few more months, makes a nice EU work permit.

[djf]

I absolutely love the Scotch-Irish!

Good Scotch whiskey and bad Irish women!!!

[ExtremeUnction]

I'm Irish, and I like good Scotch!

Me too! But the reality is, in my very large extended American family, after 120 years, the gene pool has been blended with Germans, Slavs, Mexicans, etc., etc., etc. In other words, we're now mutts. But what was once called "The Great Melting Pot" was the main cause of this melding. And all-in-all, except for weird Uncle Fred, things have worked out very well for us.

[jocon307]

Thanks! I stole if from a desciption of Cheney I saw posted here.

[TalBlack]

"I was born fighting. My mother's maiden name was Dempsey."


I got you beat. My surname IS Dempsey and John Dempsey, my grandfather was allegedly kicked out of Ireland for...you guessed it,fighting (with someone who didn't want to fight with him!).

So there!

[redhead]

"Scots-Irishman here!!!!"

And HERE!!!

[sheikdetailfeather]

Did someone call????

[litehaus]

"English-Irishwoman here!!!"

Here too! I call her WIFE!

[Gator113]

"Scots-Irish on mom's side, German on Dad's. Born fighting!"

Same here.....with a touch of Blackfoot.

[Lady Jag]

Scot Irish with a splash of Brit.

I love a good fight so much that when people see me brighten up they run away!

[MonroeDNA]

Scot-Irish man checking in. Born fighting, for sure.

12th generation American...see user name for hint.

[Crawdad]

Me too.

[MikefromOhio]

I am 99% Irish....just a bit of English in me...