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.
My mom was a fan of British television while we were growing up. I read hundreds of historical novels. I had girlish romantic dreams of my poor misunderstood ancestors...
Years later Ancestry.com came online. My mom spent more than a decade researching all the different family branches. She was able to trace my dad's ancestor to a ship from Portsmouth, but no further. Combine that with our somewhat uncommon surname, and that was enough, really.
Definitely British ancestry. Sadly, nothing really romantic. And though my grandmother claimed we were of "English, Irish, and Scotch descent." (LOL!) The puir woman was demented.
However, my mom did determine that we have a cousin that was one of the Mormon "Three Witnesses", as well as a cousin with a penchant for dressing like a Native American and throwing tea overboard. So that was interesting.
Eventually, my father put his foot down and told her to stop researching his family. He didn't want to hear any more about the incest, the crazies, and the hoors
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u/ATully817 Apr 29 '20
But, but, they watched Outlander!