What culture group do i belong to.my mother is Irish,Scottish,English and my father is black Irish and English

Answer 1

I think the description you give of your ethnic background gives you the answer. None of these groups could be called ethnically pure anyway. The question of which culture group you belong to doesn't stem from your DNA but from what was your dominant cultural influence growing up. If you have this ethnic mix but you've been exposed to mostly American culture growing up, then you're American period. I have German, English, and Arabic DNA but it never occurred to me to call myself anything other than Irish.

BTW Black Irish was used to describe people from the West of Ireland whose skin is darker than usual due to Mediterranean heritage (not just Spanish, there's evidence of Portuguese and North African too). No one in Ireland would dream to qualify their Irishness in any way.

However, in recent times it's used more often to describe native-born Irish people of African ethnic background - some of the "new Irish". They too are usually regarded as Irish - they speak the same accent, play Irish sports, and despise the English.

Phil Linnott of Thin Lizzy was asked once by an English reporter what it felt like to be black and Irish - he replied, like a pint of Guinness. Anybody who dared to suggest that Phil Linnott was anything other than Irish would risk life and limb if they said so publicly here.

Answer 2

What do you mean by "Black Irish" & how can your mother be Irish/Scottish/English? That aside, I would say you have a majority Celtic culture group background.

dreamdress 2...weren't your parents simply from the United States? If I went back far enough I guess I could dig up at least Irish, maybe some other European link too, but both my parents were Scottish (apart from any Irish etc any might have way back) so if your folks call themselves American that makes you one too right? :o)

Answer 3

My MOTHER was born ENGLISH raised IRISH married JAMAICAN
I born IRISH raised JAMAICAN ...couldn't dance Irish square dance or sing and Irish tune....Love the Irish culture ...sing the Jamaican National Anthem and dance to reggae as though it is in my soul...have always called Jamaica Home ...look Irish to some and sound West Indian Jamaican no doubt...with and Irish lilt to be understood!!!...Always have the soul of both!!!...most time spent in Jamaica where I was told.God may have kissed Ireland however he kissed and hugged Jamaica!!!...

Answer 4

You're mostly British! If you want to be specific then I would say you should go with your father's last name. If his last name is from England then you could be English. The same for Irish.

Answer 5

Not sure but i have the same problem, my family is made up of English, Irish, Scottish, welsh and somewhere along the line Egyptian????????

Answer 6

I am Irish, English and German.....My Mom was English but my Dad was mixed Irish and German...his Mother was German but his Daddy was Irish....

I claim them all...Love anything English....love German Food....and have the Irish disposition and creativity... my English side keeps me grounded...

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Mishmash

Answer 9

Well, my family tree has every western european country except Scotland on it. We always say we are Heinz 57 varieties or if we have to be serious Western European! It really bu***rs up the PC crowd!

Answer 10

I don't know, but it sounds to me like you've got a really rich cultural heritage that you should be proud of. Most people would be lucky to have a lineage of such diversity.