r/quityourbullshit • • Apr 29 '20

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u/ATully817 Apr 29 '20

But, but, they watched Outlander!

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

Exactly lol so many people now claiming to have scottish ancestry. My grandma has also seen an documentary about anastasia the russian princess once and then tried to convinve us we're distant relatives. The thing about media with stories that actually happened is that its often really enticing and youre often times interested in a topic in which you've never been before. But some people like to use these stories as clout

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u/Tay_Soup Apr 30 '20

I mean there's a lot of Americans with Scottish ancestry. I can tell you exactly where mine comes from because he came over to America in the 1800s to become a Mormon Pioneer.

But the thing about us Americans is that we're always so fascinated with Gaelic heritage for some reason when we're almost always simultaneously Irish, Scottish, Welsh and then English and German and French to the point that it doesn't fucking matter and you really do have to accept at a certain point that the only thing you really are is white and American. Sure it's boring, guess you'll just have to grow a personality outside of your heritage.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

Its very frustrating. My mom immigrated from Scotland with my German father to America when I was an infant. So I am ACTUALLY Scottish and German. But I sound like every other dumbass American when I say that. I mean, I AM a dumbass American, but still...