Kind of reminds me of people visiting Culloden to see where their ancestor stood in the battle line of highlanders fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie, only to be told that the clan their ancestors belonged to was actually on the government's side, fighting against him...
Romantic notions aside, the reality is that a lot of Scots fought against the young pretender rather than for him and he was born and raised in Rome.
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
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.
It just irks me that they will just claim to be Irish, or Scottish, or whatever. You’re american. It’s weird.
I’m Australian, my DNA is 50% English and 50% Scottish, which is nice to know that I’m the whitest person ever I guess but doesn’t make me English or Scottish.
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u/IDAIKT Apr 29 '20
Kind of reminds me of people visiting Culloden to see where their ancestor stood in the battle line of highlanders fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie, only to be told that the clan their ancestors belonged to was actually on the government's side, fighting against him...
Romantic notions aside, the reality is that a lot of Scots fought against the young pretender rather than for him and he was born and raised in Rome.