British Man Is Accused Of Being Irish By An American

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    Font - AITA for not being Irish?
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    Human body - I have Irish great, great grandparents. I live in England, as has all of my relatives since 1910.
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    Font - I have recently started to have an American live with me, and she introduces herself to people as "Irish". Now, I know Americans do this weird thing where they believe they are where their ancestors came from. We Europeans find this hilarious, but what ya gonna do?
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    Font - Recently, I have been researching my family history and she got involved. She is now saying that I should go around saying I am "Irish" otherwise it is disrespectful to my ancestors.
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    Font - The problem is I am not Irish. I am English. I don't know Irish culture. I have never been to Ireland. I am English. I would argue she isn't Irish either since she has never been to Ireland nor knows Irish culture but, still, she can introduce herself however she wants.
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    Art - She is getting incredibly upset that I am refusing to say I am Irish and she has even started to introduce me as her Irish friend. I told her to stop, and she got annoyed
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    Font - I mean, where do you draw the line on ancestors anyway? Should I introduce myself as African before all my ancestors started out in Africa? No. So, AITA for not saying I am Irish?
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    Font - As an Irish person I can safely say you are right. She's not Irish nor are you. Americans give themselves a bad name claiming to be Irish due to a vague ancestry. 13.9k Reply Share ...
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    Font - Briguy1994 - 7 hr. ago I'm American with Irish ancestors and I agree. I have no idea why people do this. I cringe when I think about my brother's Irish inspired tattoos. We have never been to Ireland and as far as I know we haven't had any connection in generations 3.3k Reply Share ...
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    Font - violentlyout · 6 hr. ago People often do this! Or when they're speaking to each other about it, it's understood that when someone says they're "Irish" or "Italian" it means they have ancestry (usually near, within a generation or two) from that country. It's well understood within American culture, it's just that many people outside of said culture choose to make fun of it _())_/ 4 2.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Momo222811·5 hr. ago This. When Americans say I'm Irish or Italian, they are referring to their heritage. We are all Americans first. Every culture or language has quirks like this. People should learn to roll with it. 1.6k Reply Share

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