For example:When my paternal great-grandmother came over on the boat from Ireland, the Daughters of the American Revolution probably picked on her. When my neighbors came over on the boat from Itri,Italy,the Irish picked on them.When the Lithuanians came over,the Italians turned around and picked on them,and so on.
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YOU BET IT IS...I AM OF ENGLISH HERITAGE,AND PROUD OF IT,BUT IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS A SLUR FOR SOMEONE,AND IT'S FUNNY TO THEM--UNLESS YOU PICK ON "THEIR" HERITAGE!...BY THE WAY,LET ME STATE HERE I AM SO PROUD TO BE YOUR FRIEND!!! SHOUT OUT TO ALL YALL PANAMANIANS!!!..snoopy
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People who know them all do not realize how lucky they are.  I work with someone who is pushing 40 and both grandparents on her mothers side are still kicking.  My father left when I was 4, so I met my grandmother only once.  When I was in the Navy though and stationed on the West Coast I was lucky enough to meet my grandfather.  On my mother's side I never met my grandfather, he and my grandmother divorced before I was born and I don't think my mother got along well with him.  I did know my grandmother though.  So in short, I knew only 1 from each side.
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Well, this is cool. Best of luck to you.\nI have ancestry from all those places, but I'm clueless.\nBut, rock on, dude!
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My great grandfather was Sicilian. He came over at the age of 12, because of the repression in Sicily. Sicilians were mostly farmers, vineyards and vegetables, but they were excellent builders. He caught on with a stone mason and became a master and at the age of 18 began building his own houses, in South Philadelphia, just north of where the Phillies and Eagles now have their stadiums, they are beautiful stone buildings with character and the craftsmanship has no peer. He also continued his winemaking and sold a few bottles on the side; especially during prohibition. Now you have to understand that they came from a very difficult situation, back home the local gangs would steal their crops and worse, so they formed an organization for self preservation called The Black Hand, which we know as the Mafia. Many of his friends came from this circumstance and learned at a young age to fight for everything, there were some very dangerous characters among them and I knew a few, of course we only knew of them as uncles and their business was never spoken of. Anyway, my grandfathers money was all tied up in his houses and when the depression came, he was ruined.  He went back to day work as a bricklayer, but of course there wasn't much building then. When FDR started the New Deal he was able to get work again, enough to support his family, and if anyone ever said a bad word about FDR, you would never see them in his house again!
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Oh come on! Italians had the mafia (a much organized gang) Puerto Ricans have gangs, and don't forget the Irish. Even white gangs  have existed, remember the ones with white sheets and white hoods) that went around killing Black Americans.  Gangs is not=Mexicans. Steal stuff? hey know lots of white collars who steal stuff (ENRON) And talking about illegal, how about all the businesses  illegally hiring illegals in the first place.  What an immature argument you put forth here.
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1. More than one living relative is named after a southern civil war general. \n\n2. Your front porch collapses and more than six dogs are killed. \n\n3. You've ever used lard in bed. \n\n4. Your home has more miles on it than your car. \n\n5. You think that potted meat on a saltine is an hors d'ouerve. \n\nThe link is there its got tons of lines
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Friends; you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives.  Of course I try to be polite to all of them--politeness is the lubrication that keeps society running.
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Yep, I remember hearing about that. I think they are also related distantly. I saw that on some family tree website, how weird!
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"turned upon the effects" : depended on the effects\n\n"purifying consequences of a love of country" : "morally freeing consequences of patriotism"
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being intercepted, used to be referred to as being picked off.
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Irish\n\nI have relatives in Dublin.  My mother who is Irish/English has a much stonger connection to my grandfather's Irish roots.   \n\nI know a lot of "Irish Catholic" Americans.\n\nPeople seem to identify very stongly with their Irish ancestory.
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Italians  ask often about themselves.\nSometimes Italians answer to that also.
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I was born in the USA but my Mom's mom was Japanese and she (my mom) was born in Japan... then my dad's side he's part Irish and there are so many other origins.
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http://www.ipsn.org/irish_mobsters.htm
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My dad ran off when I was young, and my mom became severly ill, so neither of them raised us kids.   My grandparents did.  My grandmother was the brains, and grandfather was the brawn.  I dont think either of them was the boss,  although they both tried to be.  They used to fight like cats and dogs, and it got vicious.  My grandfather was a big and muscular man,  and could have beat grandma to a pulp,  but he didnt.  He would hold her off when she went at him, and that took a lot of skill alone.  She could really scrap.
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Ireland <working and sex slaves>\nNigeria <working and sex slaves>\nLibia <working and sex slaves>\nCambodia <working and sex slaves>\nUnited States <sex slaves/human trafficing>\nMexico <mainly sex slaves>\nChina <working slaves and sex slaves>\nPhillipeans <working and sex slaves>\nRussia <sex slaves>\nIndia <working and sex slaves>\n\nThere's more, but I think u get the point.
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I don't know who said it, but it sounds like they are saying that the Irish couldn't cross the waters to get to Scottland. That Scottish were Irish & just moved to establish a new country. There are alot of surnames that are both Irish & Scottish. That would explain that.