This was before the fact that “Scotch-Irish” is actually Ulster-Scots, and frankly mostly just Scottish or a lesser extent Northern English became well known. Very little if any Irish involved. Thankfully between this fact becoming more widespread and more people doing Ancestry tests. Its becoming corrected and more people are identifying as Ulster-Scots or just Scottish or English which is a more accurate reflection. In the past most would say “Scotch-Irish” and mostly identify with the Irish part, then become shocked when their DNA tests just showed Scottish.
snoogle20 on
I’m from southeastern Kentucky and my Irish ancestry through the grandmother that occasionally mentioned Irish ancestry turned out to be absolutely 0% as far as my genealogy research has shown.
Also, there’s 0% Scots-Irish (or any colloquial variation of the term) contributing to this misconception. She was just a descendant of Colonial English folks with one infusion of German-French border region immigrants in more recent history.
zcpibm3 on
All that Federal Civil Defense Administration brought a lot of people in…
syncopatedscientist on
Scranton representing in PA
Anagoth9 on
I’m guessing that explains why there are so many whiskey distilleries in Kentucky and Tennessee.Â
30ThousandVariants on
Scotch-Irish : Irish :: Afrikaaner : African
Don’t let the phonetic relationship fool you.
AaronicNation on
I grew up in Massachusetts and I remember just assuming that Irish was the default nationality in the US.Â
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I immidately looked for Boston lol
.30%? Percentages are hard
Those are [Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans) in Southern Appalachia. Not your standard Irishmen.
Surprised Jersey isn’t darker.
This was before the fact that “Scotch-Irish” is actually Ulster-Scots, and frankly mostly just Scottish or a lesser extent Northern English became well known. Very little if any Irish involved. Thankfully between this fact becoming more widespread and more people doing Ancestry tests. Its becoming corrected and more people are identifying as Ulster-Scots or just Scottish or English which is a more accurate reflection. In the past most would say “Scotch-Irish” and mostly identify with the Irish part, then become shocked when their DNA tests just showed Scottish.
I’m from southeastern Kentucky and my Irish ancestry through the grandmother that occasionally mentioned Irish ancestry turned out to be absolutely 0% as far as my genealogy research has shown.
Also, there’s 0% Scots-Irish (or any colloquial variation of the term) contributing to this misconception. She was just a descendant of Colonial English folks with one infusion of German-French border region immigrants in more recent history.
All that Federal Civil Defense Administration brought a lot of people in…
Scranton representing in PA
I’m guessing that explains why there are so many whiskey distilleries in Kentucky and Tennessee.Â
Scotch-Irish : Irish :: Afrikaaner : African
Don’t let the phonetic relationship fool you.
I grew up in Massachusetts and I remember just assuming that Irish was the default nationality in the US.Â