FYI ping for those who are of Irish descent. Enjoy!
Thank you.
Scottish and English are the main portions of my DNA. Add to the mix German, French and a tad of Cherokee. That is on my mom’s side, not been able to trace down my dad’s side. Doesn’t really matter, unless you want to consider the fact I’m a tightwad who wants value for my $ or that I am hard headed. I am 100% AMERICAN BORN.
As I seem to recall some where around the Saxon time period, Vikings, invaded, raped, killed, etc. Left their imprint on the DNA. Then you had the wars with France under Richard and John and various English kings thereafter, where English/Irish/Scot nobility intermarried for treaty reasons.
Then you have the more common intermingling of English, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that is happening today.
Those are game changers in the area of DNA.
We here in the Boston area have been referring to the “black Irish” as far back as I can remember.
I had an Irish friend who looked Hispanic.
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Thank the Basques too.