I have ancestors here early in Jamestown and ancestors on the Mayflower, so I guess I qualify.
— It is a specific set of people who embody an “Anglo-Protestant spirit”
So he doesn’t like the Jews or the Catholics.
My sister and I qualify for Daughters of the American Revolution on my Mom’s side. We are first cousins to Ben Franklin (10 times removed). My Dads side of the family fought for the Confederacy in the misunderstanding.
Ann Coulter once said "Thank God America was founded by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, otherwise we would be living like Mexico, Brazil, or Quebec."
It's not about religion per se. It's about culture.
People of any nation or culture could be said to be heritage members. Against invaders, interlopers, migrants and revolutionists they are the culture or nation itself. To characterize the non-heritage members as the new political class is to espouse only change and upheaval. Change, for changes sake, is not improvement or reform.
I assume Im open pollinated. Im rather cold resistant and resilient in a number of ways but there are some shortcomings so I dont think Im hybrid. Not through Burpee anyway.
Hubby’s mom’s family came through Ellis Island.
All the males got jobs soon after arriving.
The family all spoke fluent English within one generation.
They were proud to be Americans.
No modifier needed or wanted.
There is such a thing as Mayflower heritage called the General Society of Mayflower descendants. https://themayflowersociety.org/
They and their children such as myself are among the strongest opponents of illegal immigration: they played by the rules, waited their turn, and were proud to get here and proud to become Americans. They also detest the butt kissing shown to Latin Americans. As my old Italian boss said, "When-a I got-a here, I no see-a any signs in Italiano."
Now we get whiny b--ches presuming to lecture Americans on their faults and racism while robbing us blind through welfare or outright thievery.
3/4 of my ancestral lines were here before the Civil War. The other fourth came in the 1880s, and in one generation were just as American as the other 3/4. “Heritage” is a choice, not a bloodline; one of the many things that makes America exceptional.
Seems to me a Heritage American is one with ancestors going back to 1776. All mine do.
Horse Hookey.
UnAmerican.
AntiAmerican.
How many Irish immigrants fought in the civil war, not even respected as much as slaves!
My catholic ancestors beat the ports to what is now the United States by over a century.
I’ve heard both Tucker and Charlie talk about the fact that Protestants are the reason America came to be. Charlie listed the colonies where it was prohibited for Catholics to hold office.
Have 2 in Vicksburg cemetery and a Texas county bears our name. Guess I’m good.
I can find mine on the Dawes Rolls. That goes back a whole lot further than any Civil War registry. So there!
Started showing up in 1638.
One of the founding families of New London, CT.
An ancestor (not with the same last name) was a privateer during the Revolutionary War.
Where do I get my badge?
This is actually Aryanist mumbo-jumbo.
The proper question should be: "Are You a ‘Constitutional American’?
True Americans believe in "We the People," the principle of a republican form of government with the consent of the governed.
Tracing one's lineage back to the Mayflower is akin to defining a "master race" of Americans that doesn't exist in our culture.
-PJ
My family got here in 1649. I have at least 9 direct ancestors who served in the Confederate Army during the War for Southern Independence. Doubtless I have many more if you start counting cousins. I also had several who fought in the American War of Independence.
So Yes, I’m a heritage American. My family was here for well over a century before there was a United States of America.
On Dad’s side we came here during the Revolution...on the British side. It appears that they may have switched sides once here. There is also a cousin of James Buchanan somewhere in there.
On Mom’s side my I-have-no-idea-how-many-greats grandfather is Light Horse Harry Lee.
My DNA ancestry came back as 89% British Islands. The rest was mostly German. Yeah...about as white as you can get.