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Boyfriend confused on which flags shows his heritage

BabiGayPimp said:
Well I'm aware of that. No interest in arguing semantics about who's a real american. But I'm referring to the fluidity of cultural and demographic patterns in the "old country." I'm inquiring why a can of mixed vegetables is so intent on tying its historic identity to a specific bin in the produce department, where vegetables frequently share or trade spaces. Just how "Irish" or "Scottish" is an american of mixed heritage to want to wear the identity of one versus the other.
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I don't get it either, but then again, I'd need about 8 flags.
 
If you're going to go for one of the two I'd just say Scottish, British to me seems to imply roots from more than one country in the UK and then it just gets confusing.

I'd say all contries here are as independent as the others though. N Ireland has a devolved government like Scotland and Wales have something along those lines too (I'm not sure what they're doing actually).

I'm always interested as to how a lot of Americans are so interested in their heritage, over here we don't seem to give it much thought. I know next to nothing about any generation past my grandparents.
 
To add to the confusion, a lot of Americans come from what is called Scotch-Irish ancestry. These were Scottish people who first emigrated to Northern Ireland, and then later to the US.

Chances are pretty good that's what your bf is. They're much more common than pure Scottish immigrants.
 
Colien said:
If you're going to go for one of the two I'd just say Scottish, British to me seems to imply roots from more than one country in the UK and then it just gets confusing.

I'd say all contries here are as independent as the others though. N Ireland has a devolved government like Scotland and Wales have something along those lines too (I'm not sure what they're doing actually).

I'm always interested as to how a lot of Americans are so interested in their heritage, over here we don't seem to give it much thought. I know next to nothing about any generation past my grandparents.
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Ah, but you are confusing ancestry with heritage. Ancestry deals with ones ancestors, while heritage (of which ancestry is but a small part) broadens the field to deal with culture, ideology, religion, etc. You (who most likely are living your heritage daily) would feel no desire to get in contact with it because it is there all around you. For many Americans, we don't have that luxury, as our heritage over here is quite short by comparison. Many of us are stuck with the feeling that we are missing a part of who we are in where we came from. To one who most likely sees that everywhere he looks all day, it most likely seems a worthless pursuit to chase after, but to one who is removed from it, it can become a siren song, calling us to the rocks of emotion.
 
Its not so much a latching onto it as having an understanding of it. Its about wanting to know where you came from and how you got where you are.
 
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