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? 

Easy for my parents, easy for me, not so easy for my children! Dad was 100% Irish. My mother was 50% Irish and 50%English. Therefore, I am 75%Irish and 25%English. My children....Jack's mother was 75%Irish (County Cork Mahoney) and 25%German. His dad is 50%Irish and 50%French/German. Therefore, their dad is 62.5%Irish and 37.5 French/German. Anyone care to calculate my children's mix? One must take into consideration a daughter's denial of any English roots despite my documentation! As for Jack's French/German. He claims his great-grandfather whom he remembers spoke with a German accent. He was from Alsace-Lorraine, so it's possible even though records say French. Regards, Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose C" <rosemwc@yahoo.com> To: <CountyCork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:43 PM Subject: [CO CORK] How much Irish am I? 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

Hi Mary, about 69% On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mary Finley <marmfin@verizon.net> wrote: > Easy for my parents, easy for me, not so easy for my children! > Dad was 100% Irish. My mother was 50% Irish and 50%English. Therefore, I > am 75%Irish and 25%English. > My children....Jack's mother was 75%Irish (County Cork Mahoney) and > 25%German. His dad is 50%Irish and 50%French/German. Therefore, their > dad > is 62.5%Irish and 37.5 French/German. > Anyone care to calculate my children's mix? One must take into > consideration a daughter's denial of any English roots despite my > documentation! > As for Jack's French/German. He claims his great-grandfather whom he > remembers spoke with a German accent. He was from Alsace-Lorraine, so it's > possible even though records say French. > Regards, > Mary McCanney Finley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose C" <rosemwc@yahoo.com> > To: <CountyCork@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:43 PM > Subject: [CO CORK] How much Irish am I? > > > 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/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eirlcor/> > 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 > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eirlcor/> > 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

You are 100% what ever country you are a citizen of, with Irish ancestry, and that's it. Geoff Connell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose C" <rosemwc@yahoo.com> To: <CountyCork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:43 AM Subject: [CO CORK] How much Irish am I? 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