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Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
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In that case, you'd love Ireland: its leading export for years has been the Irish.The trouble with Scotland, is its full of Scots.
(I kid)
Welcome to the board, Senator.I was told our family was Irish roots growing up but when my brother tracked it all back with 23 and me, turns out it was Scottish. Like so many others we were also told we had a bunch of Native American but didn’t actually have any. Funny how much of our heritage we believe that isn’t even true.
Elizabeth? Is that you?I was told our family was Irish roots growing up but when my brother tracked it all back with 23 and me, turns out it was Scottish. Like so many others we were also told we had a bunch of Native American but didn’t actually have any. Funny how much of our heritage we believe that isn’t even true.
Aye, do you know the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake?"So, beer?"
(Outraged) "Beer? It's 10:30 in the morning!"
"Oh. Scotch?"
I'm scotch irish, wife almost 100% English. She's been subjugating and starving me for four decades.
I have the red hair and am particularly thrifty. Everything except lucky.
The Scots do like a fight, so I have heard.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!"
Elizabeth? Is that you?
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...The Scots do like a fight, so I have heard.
It's their nature. I hear their threat scale only has two levels: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...
Well, I don't care. Family always told me we were scotch irish, and so did Ancestry.com.Theoretically, Scotch and Scotch-Irish was simply a term used by early colonist, already
living in the new world, as a means to differentiate between those individuals 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.
It’s weird how many people have false stories of Native American heritage.
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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....