View Full Version : Are you of Irish ancestry??
Citizen Rules
03-17-25, 09:48 PM
My mother's side as well, maybe we're related;)
beelzebubble
03-17-25, 10:34 PM
Yes I am. I even bore-arsed my Irish neighbor about my Irish ancestry, even while knowing full well that real Irish people don't count the Irish diaspora as Irish. In fact they hate it when we bring it up.
Captain Quint
03-17-25, 10:42 PM
Yes, on my mother's side, and I was always drawn to this side of me. Near the end of her life, she told me a bunch of stories that I never knew - about the people who came over, and that the last name was changed, and that for some reason, they changed religions. Wait, my whole life I thought we were Irish Catholic from waaaaaay back, but we were originally protestant... when you think of the battles, how does that even happen. She didn't know; that story was never told to her I guess - and the great grands and grands have long passed so I'll never know. But it was thrown, my origin story got a retcon. (Not totally, that's how I was raised so that what I am, but it was odd to go from "this is who we are, what we were named, to nope, when they came over on the boat, it changed")
Captain Quint
03-17-25, 10:47 PM
Yes I am. I even bore-arsed my Irish neighbor about my Irish ancestry, even while knowing full well that real Irish people don't count the Irish diaspora as Irish. In fact they hate it when we bring it up.
And that always made me sad, being rejected by them. The Germans on my father's side were the opposite, just a joyful, friendly group - our people might have scattered, but we love you and accept you as German. I don't know if the majority of German's are like that, but they were.
My grandfather always wanted to go back to Ireland, he never realized that dream, I wonder if he would have been greeted warmly.
Captain Steel
03-17-25, 11:20 PM
No.
I learned today from a little history lesson on the radio that St. Patrick also was not Irish!
Wha-wha-WHHAAAT?
He was born in Britain (under Roman rule) sometime during the 5th century A.D. At the age of 16 he was kidnapped by Irish pirates to become a slave in Ireland.
After 6 years working in Ireland as a herder, he escaped back to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to Ireland to spread Christianity.
ScarletLion
03-18-25, 08:36 AM
No.
I learned today from a little history lesson on the radio that St. Patrick also was not Irish!
Wha-wha-WHHAAAT?
He was born in Britain (under Roman rule) sometime during the 5th century A.D. At the age of 16 he was kidnapped by Irish pirates to become a slave in Ireland.
After 6 years working in Ireland as a herder, he escaped back to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to Ireland to spread Christianity.
Yeah many people think he was Welsh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-31912199
MovieGal
03-18-25, 08:43 AM
I highly doubt it. The only family name near being Irish is Hayes, but it can be Scottish and English.
Im mostly Scottish, English, Norman English, Dutch, German and American Indian.
Nausicaä
03-18-25, 04:42 PM
Yes, my Grandpa on my Mum's side was from Dublin, Ireland. :) ❤️
My mother's side as well, maybe we're related;)
My mother had the most common of Irish surnames.
I highly doubt it. The only family name near being Irish is Hayes, but it can be Scottish and English.
Im mostly Scottish, English, Norman English, Dutch, German and American Indian.
I have Scottish as well. One great grandmother named Struhan.
Captain Steel
03-18-25, 10:35 PM
Love the vocals on this song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1_Vq7KqFRw
MovieGal
03-18-25, 10:40 PM
I have Scottish as well. One great grandmother named Sruhan.
Im a Shaw, which is part of the Chattan Confederation. Also, a Graham. In Rob Roy, the 1st Duke of Montrose was a Graham (Originally spelled Graeme; played by John Hurt), Julian surname , which is English, Holler, which is Dutch, Godfrey, which is Norman English and Armentrout, which is German. The American Indian is on my Father's side.
I have dark blonde hair with blue grey eyes. I have my mother's coloring. My father looks very much American Indian but had sky blue eyes.
beelzebubble
03-18-25, 10:49 PM
I too am Scottish, English and Welsh. Except for a few Alsatians, most of my ancestors are from the UK and Ireland.
But I don't really know their history. I just had my DNA analyzed.
ScarletLion
03-19-25, 06:43 AM
I too am ....................... Welsh. .
Yay!
Croeso i'r clwb
I'm 14% Irish according to my Ancestry DNA test. I'm telling you all this, but it's not something I tell everybody. It's not good to aspire to be like the people in this sketch:
https://youtu.be/xzlMME_sekI?si=SVGjMeodaTEdgdiW
SpelingError
03-19-25, 11:05 AM
I'm half Irish.
beelzebubble
03-19-25, 11:32 AM
Yay!
Croeso i'r clwb
Thank you! I'm basically 'Murrican, but I do have a preponderance of Ls in my last name.
Miss Vicky
03-19-25, 11:40 AM
No.
Dad's Japanese. He's not from Japan, but his grandparents were. According to the DNA profile she did, mom's mostly of British descent.
I thought I was, growing up. I was told (or thought I was told) I was German-Scot-Irish. Turns out German yes, Scottish a bit, but Irish not much at all. :shrug:
The Rodent
03-19-25, 12:18 PM
Kinda.
My grandfather on my mother's side was born in Northern Ireland to French parents.
Their name was originally St Germain, but dropped the "Saint" after moving to NI due to the religious connotations as they apparently didn't follow any specific form of Christianity.
His parents moved to Carrickfergus in the early 1900s, had him 1905, and then he moved to London in around 1925 after he joined the Navy in 1924, and served in WWII in Malta fighting against Italy and Germany at the Siege of Malta.
His time fighting Italy and Germany he was married to my grandmother, who was half Maori, and half Italian :laugh:
His time fighting Italy and Germany he was married to my grandmother, who was half Maori, and half Italian :laugh:https://i.postimg.cc/R0qbz3J9/46d6e34c-6a40-4edb-bead-f7132543ff82-text.gif
The Rodent
03-19-25, 12:26 PM
https://i.postimg.cc/R0qbz3J9/46d6e34c-6a40-4edb-bead-f7132543ff82-text.gif
Yeah her father was an Italian Navy man... landed in New Zealand, married a local girl (my great grandmother) which was a common thing in those days to marry a local in a far away country and take them back with you on the ship... and they moved to London in the late 1800s.
Their daughter was my mum's mum born in around 1910 I think... and she married my French-Irish Navy grandfather :laugh:
Im a Shaw, which is part of the Chattan Confederation. Also, a Graham. In Rob Roy, the 1st Duke of Montrose was a Graham (Originally spelled Graeme; played by John Hurt), Julian surname , which is English, Holler, which is Dutch, Godfrey, which is Norman English and Armentrout, which is German. The American Indian is on my Father's side.
I have dark blonde hair with blue grey eyes. I have my mother's coloring. My father looks very much American Indian but had sky blue eyes.
The women in my family tend to have the Black Irish look. Not the men, unfortunately.
Austruck
03-20-25, 12:58 AM
I thought I was, growing up. I was told (or thought I was told) I was German-Scot-Irish. Turns out German yes, Scottish a bit, but Irish not much at all. :shrug:
Actually, since I'm the one who provided my results for you, remember this: You have another parent who's contributed to your DNA... and there IS Irish there! (Grandma Pat, the redhead with a very Irish maiden name!) You should do your own DNA test and see your results!!
Yes on my dads side. My great grandparents owned land in Ireland, they mainly used it to grow vegetables.
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