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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Or Irish. I see a lot of people in Canada identify as Irish but I have met very few that have actual visited Ireland. I love how visible Irish culture is in Canada though. It's a wonderful thing.
Personally, I don't think it matters. You are what you feel.
For the record, I have been to Croatia/Bosnia many times and identify myself as one in Canada, but I would NEVER say anything bad about Canada. I also know many Ukrainian Canadians and have never heard Canada bashing from them.
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Yeah, a lot of my family identify as part Irish because my grandfather's family came from Dublin. I don't tell them different because they were too young to know my grandfather but he was an Orangeman (Scots) who hated the Irish. Myself, I'm a little ashamed of the whole history but knowing the real background of peoples would probably change some outlooks.