I am not sure about an exact formula, but I consider myself 25% Irish. This is how I calculate it: First, I assign 50% of my makeup to my dad's lines & 50% to my mom's lines. Then, I break it down to the next generation. Mom was 50% English (her dad) and 50% Irish (her mom). Dad had a wee bit of Irish in him a good bit back so I am not counting that. Therefore, I tell people I am 25% Irish as one of my 4 grandparents is Irish and of full Irish ancestry herself. Now, if you are talking about irishness as far as EXPOSURE, my percentage shoots up a good bit as the Irish quarter of my make-up had the most influence on me. Mom followed her Irish forebears and was Catholic and I was raised that way. My grandmother of Irish descent (her mother immigrated from west Co. Cork in 1875, her dad was born in DC in 1858 of Irish parents) lived with us as I was growing up, so her food and Holiday customs, etc - all derived from her Irish-American culture in growing up - became ours, for the most part. I did get some input from dad's side of the family or even my maternal grandfather's side, but not much...until I began to study them more later. Turns out there is a good bit of German and Welsh on dad's side, for example. So, my $0.02~ Kathleen On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Rose C <rosemwc@yahoo.com> wrote: > Every year prior to St Patrick's day my kids ask me "How much Irish am I?" > I always reply 100% Irish on St Patrick's Day...........All kidding aside, > how do I figure that out? How do I know how much Irish that I am? > > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia Imagine keeping it simple: Worship, Community & Service at Image Church ( http://www.imagechurch.com; listen to Pastor Chris Rhodenhizer's thought-provoking messages by clicking on the Audio link!) Listen to a beautiful song, "Feel the Ocean Calling," by Roderick C. Simons: http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons

Kathleen, for your information there is no need to "calculate" your Irishness. There are the Irish and then the rest who wish they were Irish. In my case, Dad was Irish born of an Irish father (Tyrone farmers and publicans) and an American mother, in Ireland. The mother's father was of 100 % Irish (Gaffigan and Amos), but he was born in Scotland and to his dying day he held that he was a Highland Scot (although he had never been near the Highlands). He and his brother immigrated in 1860s. His wife was a Crennan, from Irish parents: Crennan and Murphy that immigrated to San Francisco in the 1850s. My mother was American, but her forbears were Irish from around Cork and Roscommon. They even had a Carroll from Cork, Honora who married a Gahagan. All of these had immigrated in the 1860s to the Midwest. But I am a San Franciscan that lives far away in the high desert of Utah. jim -----Original Message----- From: countycork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:countycork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathleen B. Simons Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:43 PM To: countycork@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CO CORK] [CO CORK] How much Irish am I? I am not sure about an exact formula, but I consider myself 25% Irish. This is how I calculate it: First, I assign 50% of my makeup to my dad's lines & 50% to my mom's lines. Then, I break it down to the next generation. Mom was 50% English (her dad) and 50% Irish (her mom). Dad had a wee bit of Irish in him a good bit back so I am not counting that. Therefore, I tell people I am 25% Irish as one of my 4 grandparents is Irish and of full Irish ancestry herself. Now, if you are talking about irishness as far as EXPOSURE, my percentage shoots up a good bit as the Irish quarter of my make-up had the most influence on me. Mom followed her Irish forebears and was Catholic and I was raised that way. My grandmother of Irish descent (her mother immigrated from west Co. Cork in 1875, her dad was born in DC in 1858 of Irish parents) lived with us as I was growing up, so her food and Holiday customs, etc - all derived from her Irish-American culture in growing up - became ours, for the most part. I did get some input from dad's side of the family or even my maternal grandfather's side, but not much...until I began to study them more later. Turns out there is a good bit of German and Welsh on dad's side, for example. So, my $0.02~ Kathleen On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Rose C <rosemwc@yahoo.com> wrote: > Every year prior to St Patrick's day my kids ask me "How much Irish am I?" > I always reply 100% Irish on St Patrick's Day...........All kidding aside, > how do I figure that out? How do I know how much Irish that I am? > > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia Imagine keeping it simple: Worship, Community & Service at Image Church ( http://www.imagechurch.com; listen to Pastor Chris Rhodenhizer's thought-provoking messages by clicking on the Audio link!) Listen to a beautiful song, "Feel the Ocean Calling," by Roderick C. Simons: http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ It is a good place to find information related to your family research. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message