[sphinx]

Mine were Scottish rebels and German draft dodgers -- at least, we used to tease my dad with the latter hypothesis, mainly because he found it so distasteful.

We have no evidence that our German ancestors actually were draft dodgers -- other than the fact that they sat out the Civil War (maybe just the wrong ages) -- though it is a reasonable possibility. Or they may have been politicals -- left-wing freethinkers or worse.

Or maybe just farmers looking for a better life, but that's so uninteresting. As kids we much prefered to entertain the more colorful possibilities.

Anyhow, no disrespect meant to drunken Irishmen. We Scots invented fine whiskey, after all, and we can hardly fault you Irish if you can't hold it.:)

[PennsylvaniaMom]

No disrespect taken...from what I know of my ancestry that was a very accurate discription...LOL!

[Celtjew Libertarian]

The drunkards I don't think I have. The draft dodgers... well, a Jew getting drafted into the Czar's army usually was beaten until he at least went through the motions of converting Christianity.