It’s not just him. The “I’m Irish/Italian” crowd is a widely known-about American thing.
I didn’t mean to offend you. Relax. I never said all Americans do it, you don’t need to come up with some reactionary strawman just because you took my comment to heart.
America is a lot of people from different places settling in one continent. lots of people care about what their family history is. I’m not sure what’s weird about that.
there’s a lot of people with bloodlines from different parts of the world in every country. it means something to some people. not everyone, but quite a few.
No, it really isn’t much of a thing for the rest of the world. You’d never see someone from, I dunno, Poland saying they’re Irish because 23andMe says they’re 2% Irish.
One guy writes an article. literally just one dude.
the comments: “AMERICANS ARE WEIRD AF. ALL AMERICANS DO THIS AND FEEL THIS WAY.”
It’s not just him. The “I’m Irish/Italian” crowd is a widely known-about American thing.
I didn’t mean to offend you. Relax. I never said all Americans do it, you don’t need to come up with some reactionary strawman just because you took my comment to heart.
I wouldn’t understand, but then I’m 1/128th Cherokee, so…
America is a lot of people from different places settling in one continent. lots of people care about what their family history is. I’m not sure what’s weird about that.
there’s a lot of people with bloodlines from different parts of the world in every country. it means something to some people. not everyone, but quite a few.
that particular phenomenon is everywhere.
No, it really isn’t much of a thing for the rest of the world. You’d never see someone from, I dunno, Poland saying they’re Irish because 23andMe says they’re 2% Irish.