General Discussion

I have LOTS of Scots-Irish and Scottish in my ancestry---about 39% of me is just that. I also had a grandmother who was of 100% German ancestry on one side and mostly English on the other, and a grandfather who was mostly English. My other grandfather was mixed English and Dutch with a little German thrown in for spice. I had ancestors who fought on both sides in the Civil War. I guess that makes me a good All-American MUTT and an unabashed liberal. My husband is just about 100% English, with an ancestry that stretches back to somewhere in the early 1700s in Virginia and heads southwest from there; however, his Ancestry DNA showed 2% West African, which amused him greatly. His ancestors fought for the Confederacy and he was born in Arkansas, something which he would like to forget, and he was raised in Northern VA with a military father. He's almost as liberal as I am.

My kids are German and Scottish/Welsh on their dad's side. My grandkids however, are another story. One is totally Scots-Irish on his mom's side. Three are Puerto Rican on their dad's side and God knows what on their mom's (I don't think, in either case, mom knows anyhow). One is Black, white, and possibly some Native American on his dad's side (he's my daughter's) and his half brother is Puerto Rican on his dad's. The adopted one is black and white on her mom's side and white and Muscokee Creek on her dad's. The other four are Black on mom's side and Puerto Rican on dad's. And I love them all!

Ancestry has nothing to do with "heritage" has nothing to do with one's politics. Oh, and before I forget, my Puerto Rican son-in-law is a raging socialist. He might even be a little left of AOC!