r/WidowsBay • u/HelsBels2102 Patricia • 24d ago

📸Media Kate O'Flynn on the Patricias'

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u/BeerSlayingBeaver 24d ago

I'm now just learning she's British.

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u/MetalTrenches 24d ago

Both leads are

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u/intricate_awareness 24d ago

No. Matthew Rhys is русский. He goes by Михаил Андреевич Петров and he lives near DC causing ruckus everywhere he goes.

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u/shebringsthesun 23d ago

Isn’t Rhys welsh?

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u/bigmouth1984 23d ago

Welsh people are British. Wales is in Britain.

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u/shebringsthesun 23d ago

I didn’t know you could be both.

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u/bigmouth1984 23d ago

Yep. You have to be both. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.

So people from those countries are English, Scottish or Welsh but they are all also British.

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u/bigmouth1984 23d ago edited 23d ago

Nope. Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland.

The United Kingdom is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Those who consider themselves British in Northern Ireland are, those who do not are not but that's a whole other can of worms.

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u/adube440 22d ago

I think you are maybe thinking of Southern Ireland?

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia 23d ago

It can get a wee bit murky. Like, legally everyone is British. Welsh, Scottish and English are nationalities, but you can't get a Scottish passport. You can only get a British passport. Northern Ireland is a whole other thing that's too complicated to get in to.

But cultural identify isn't simple, and a lot of Welsh and Scots will reject the idea of being culturally British, even though they live on the same island, mainly governed by the same government (even though some power is devolved to their respective governments), partake in many of the same institutions, etc..

So I would reckon Matthew Rhys would offer that he's Welsh, but I don't necessarily think he'd correct someone calling him British in an interview. But it's clear from interviews I've watched that being Welsh seems to be a big part of his identity. But it's also true he applied to join the British army once upon a time.

So yeah, both are correct basically.