The same condition affects about half the west of scotland 🤣
Canadian Scots are the main equivalent I think
I moved to canada three years ago and I always get canadians coming up to me (I live in small town) saying ‘my great so and so is scottish’. I always reply so is mine. It always goes over their head!
I worked with this American once in Berlin and it came up in the conversation about me being Scottish. The guy kept asking if my parents were Scottish, we kept trying to explain to him that I was Scottish – born and raised. He just couldn’t wrap his head around it so I just said yes my parents are Scottish.
The Styrofoam Scots, who are all descended from William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and are part of some clan
I volunteer at a heritage site and there are lots of American visitors, surprisingly I’ve only heard “descended from William Wallace” once, most of the time the visitors are genuinely interested and friendly, and a lot of them seem to be on their second visit so are already well versed in the history! Although, there are many that end up leaving disappointed that they were unable to find a relative with [insert common surname] in the site’s records (for the some that do, it is a genuine joy so I don’t put it past them for trying)
Was in Rachel, Nevada, several years ago and stopped in at the Little A’Le’Inn. The barmaid there told us that her great-great-great-great-grandpa was Robert Burns. She also said an alien waved at her from a flying saucer. Seemed legit.
No because its shiiiiiittttee being sco ish!
Put it this way, the market for tacky ancestry shite bought by yanks is just as big here as it is in the emerald Isle!
Robert the Bruce and William Wallace were top shaggers apparently cos there’s far too many Americans that will tell you that they’re related to both.
Americans (who are so proud of their country) think they’re every nationality that’s going.
You can be genetically Irish or what ever country, now that doesn’t mean you can say your just Irish, instead say Irish American or whatever country you live in. For example I am second generation Cuban and German American and I can apply for dual citizenship ship because of my grandfather. I say I’m Cuban or German but I also say I’m American. Im not saying im on the same level as a German living in Germany but I can say im German or Cuban as my genetics say that
They don’t think about you nearly as often as you believe they do. Which is peak hilarious
In eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, people used to identify very strongly with their Scottish ancestry but I think that’s diminished with time.
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The same condition affects about half the west of scotland 🤣
Canadian Scots are the main equivalent I think
I moved to canada three years ago and I always get canadians coming up to me (I live in small town) saying ‘my great so and so is scottish’. I always reply so is mine. It always goes over their head!
I worked with this American once in Berlin and it came up in the conversation about me being Scottish. The guy kept asking if my parents were Scottish, we kept trying to explain to him that I was Scottish – born and raised. He just couldn’t wrap his head around it so I just said yes my parents are Scottish.
The Styrofoam Scots, who are all descended from William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and are part of some clan
I volunteer at a heritage site and there are lots of American visitors, surprisingly I’ve only heard “descended from William Wallace” once, most of the time the visitors are genuinely interested and friendly, and a lot of them seem to be on their second visit so are already well versed in the history! Although, there are many that end up leaving disappointed that they were unable to find a relative with [insert common surname] in the site’s records (for the some that do, it is a genuine joy so I don’t put it past them for trying)
Was in Rachel, Nevada, several years ago and stopped in at the Little A’Le’Inn. The barmaid there told us that her great-great-great-great-grandpa was Robert Burns. She also said an alien waved at her from a flying saucer. Seemed legit.
No because its shiiiiiittttee being sco ish!
Put it this way, the market for tacky ancestry shite bought by yanks is just as big here as it is in the emerald Isle!
Robert the Bruce and William Wallace were top shaggers apparently cos there’s far too many Americans that will tell you that they’re related to both.
Americans (who are so proud of their country) think they’re every nationality that’s going.
You can be genetically Irish or what ever country, now that doesn’t mean you can say your just Irish, instead say Irish American or whatever country you live in. For example I am second generation Cuban and German American and I can apply for dual citizenship ship because of my grandfather. I say I’m Cuban or German but I also say I’m American. Im not saying im on the same level as a German living in Germany but I can say im German or Cuban as my genetics say that
They don’t think about you nearly as often as you believe they do. Which is peak hilarious
In eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, people used to identify very strongly with their Scottish ancestry but I think that’s diminished with time.