Looks like he was half…
“Wilson is half-Cajun by birth: His mother is descended from the French who fled British rule in Acadia in the 18th Century and found their way to Louisiana from what is now Nova Scotia.”
Sorry for the total hijack.
Not a hijack.
I was going to ask Pelham the difference between Creoles and Cajuns.
And if Cajuns were displaced Acadians?
“And if Cajuns were displaced Acadians?”
That they are. Around the time of the French and Indian War the Brits booted the Acadians out of Canada and a bunch of them settled in Louisiana. Cajun is just a contraction of the name Acadian. Drop the ‘A’ and run the rest together.
Creole indicated ‘native born’, its the name that French colonials gave to those born in Louisiana as opposed to those born in France.