Pure Purple
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Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
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On A Much Lighter Note....
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Mean Purple
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Sorry, mostly german. Just didn't know that Fauci was a german too. 
toadallytexan
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In that case, you'd love Ireland: its leading export for years has been the Irish.
About 10-12 years ago I read that the population of that country still had not yet recovered to pre-famine levels.
Peacefrog
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Welcome to the board, Senator.
HG73
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Elizabeth? Is that you?
HG73
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Aye, do you know the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake?
There's one less drunk.
BrewingFrog
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My Dad's side of the logpile is thoroughly Scot, many sent here for being naughty back in the Old Country. It's a wonder there are any of us left, given that every list of battle dead in Texas has a few of us on it. In Goliad, there's a few of us in the pile of bones that Urrea left there to rot in the sun. Luckily, on the list of the winners at San Jacinto, there's a couple of us. Something evidently went right...
When the Folks visited Scotland in the late 80's, Dad got to visit the old castles, and look at some of the history. He noted the number of dead folks bearing our name in the variety of brutal wars in Scot history and had the same thought: "It's a wonder any of us were left to carry on!"
When the Folks visited Scotland in the late 80's, Dad got to visit the old castles, and look at some of the history. He noted the number of dead folks bearing our name in the variety of brutal wars in Scot history and had the same thought: "It's a wonder any of us were left to carry on!"
Froginbedford
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Scots Irish....Scots adamantly insist they are not a drink.....I am also of the mixed nationality on mother's side and Irish and German on father's side....Wonder why I never had very many fights growing up....
The Frog to be Named Later
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I was William Wallace in a previous life.
#FREEDOM!
#FREEDOM!
HG73
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The Scots do like a fight, so I have heard.
SuperBarrFrog
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It’s weird how many people have false stories of Native American heritage.
BrewingFrog
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I do so love the scene early in Braveheart with the Uncle: "First, you learn to use this (poking young William's head), then, I'll teach you to use this (hefting sword)." Lots of my forbears evidently missed lesson 1...
HG73
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It's their nature. I hear their threat scale only has two levels:
1. Pissed, and
2. "LET'S GET THE [ "illegitimate Baylor boys" ]"
Profanity filter ruins yet another post. Thanks.
Pure Purple
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Theoretically, Scotch and Scotch-Irish were simply terms used by early colonist, already
living in the new world, as a means to differentiate between those Scots who were
immigrating directly from Scotland, as opposed to Scots who spent a certain period of time
in Ireland prior to arriving in the colonies. In any case, the term was simply a means to
identify the ethnicity of those of Scottish descent as opposed to Irish. The term was used
only in the colonies and never in Europe.
living in the new world, as a means to differentiate between those Scots who were
immigrating directly from Scotland, as opposed to Scots who spent a certain period of time
in Ireland prior to arriving in the colonies. In any case, the term was simply a means to
identify the ethnicity of those of Scottish descent as opposed to Irish. The term was used
only in the colonies and never in Europe.
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HG73
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Well, I don't care. Family always told me we were scotch irish, and so did Ancestry.com.
Family also told me that we were not that welcome at Ellis Island. Oh well.
BedfordFrog68
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A research assistant at the federal archives in Fort Worth told me that about half of the people doing family history searches say they have been told that they are descended from a Cherokee princess....Of course there are no genealogical records of Native Americans before the 1890 census....
A research assistant at the federal archives in Fort Worth told me that about half of the people doing family history searches say they have been told that they are descended from a Cherokee princess....Of course there are no genealogical records of Native Americans before the 1890 census....
Eight
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similar to my dad trying to research his father's side of the family back to prussia.
unfortunately, thanks to world war 2 there isn't access to many of the records in various towns and to complete his research he would have needed to go through various old church logs for births, marriages, deaths, etc...
