I used to think I was Irish,but my grandfather said no

[pscot]

That branch of the family are actually Danish. An ancestor, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, came to Dublin in the summer of 995, for the looting and pillaging, you know, and the girls. He liked it so well he stayed. But we're still Danes, even after all these years. I believe it, because my granfather was a truthful man, mostly.

[snailly]

1. LOL

You are Irish, my friend. No one but an Irishman could come up with that bit of nonsense.

[Shell Beau]

2. But didn't any of them "get with" some Irish people living there and all?

My grandmother is 100% Irish, but then I have my grandfather who is English/Native American. And then I have my other grandparents!! Oy vey!! I am a mutt!!

Although, my other grandparents are also part Native American which makes me more Native American, right????? :P I know that isn't necessarily so!!

[Nikia]

3. I agree

Unless, the ancestor only intermarried/interbred with other Danes, the poster is ethnically Irish. By the same logic, I am ethnically American.
Actually. most ethnic Irish have Celtic blood. Celts did not always live in Ireland and the British island. They were originally from the European mainland.

[KT2000]

4. Ireland has been home

to many wars. The Spaniards came to fight in some of the wars and stayed on. I am sure the Irish can trace their roots to other warriors as well, including the Danes and relatives of Eric the Red.

An old boyfriend's grandfather was Jewish and born in Lithuania. Somehow he ended up in Ireland at the age of four. He joined the migration to Boston in the early 1900's. When I knew him in his elderly years, he was as Irish as any of my relatives!

Also - Dublin Ireland took in many Jewish people who were escaping Hitler. They assimilated quickly. They held public office and had businesses as well as their synagogues.

I think the Irish are more inclusive than exclusive.