Americans that think they’re Irish

Filmed and directed by Gerard Walsh

[meditationsfortheanxiousmind]

Hi guys it’s me again (guy from video in the white jacket) Americans I love you deep down but please stop giving your money to Irish tourism they will just rip you off. start giving your money to ME instead so I can make cultural documentaries like this one and buy myself new clothes because I need them✨ if you’d like to support you can do so via the buy me a coffee link in the description

[AlexVegasUK]

I love how Americans always identify as their great-great-great-great grandmother's nationality but they don't like immigrants.

[piccalillipit]

*AN AMERICA FREIND ASKED ME* "My grandmother is from Northern Ireland and my grandfather is from Ireland, when I visit Ireland will they think I'm British or Irish?"

"They will most definitely think you are American:"

[SAHBfan]

I suffered a tirade of anti-British abuse about how the British slaughter Irish babies in their cots on a daily basis from an ‘Irish’ America while I was in California. Turns out her Great Grandfather -one of them - was from Ireland, allegedly. I was born in England, my parents were born in England, I have an English accent. I’d say I was English. All of my great Grandparents were born in Ireland, though, plus one grandfather - so I am at least 350% more Irish than she was…. 🙄

[leelee]

Being Scottish in America is so scary, everyone keeps assuming you are Irish, telling you they Irish, and then asking what the troubles were like

[JR-gpzk]

Oh, it is a real problem in the States. Jimmy says he is Irish, but his last name is Jankowski. He is 8% Irish and proud of it, but couldn't tell you anything about Poland and his 92% Polish heritage.

[Ryan-knxd]

No one is more proud to be European than Americans

[Nabium]

I can relate as a Norwegian. As a Norwegian living in the countryside I've always met these Americans coming over here to find the farm where their great grandfather was born. To find their heritage and roots. And I've always admired them, having heritage and roots, so in inspiration I decided one day to take the bus and see the farm where my great grandfather was born, which is about 30 minutes from here. As I stepped out of the bus I was gripped with tears. I slowly walked down towards the farm, knocked on the door and said with a strong American accent that hi my name was John, I'm from Minnesota and my great grandfather came from that farm. They showed me their traditional clothes, instruments and traditional food and we all felt so close, like we were distantly related. Which we were. And that's how I got in touch with my roots as an American with strong Norwegian heritage. I didn't even know I was American before that, I've lived in Norway all my life and don't even have anyone in my family from across the pond.

[Thejugglingbum]

I too come from a family that, as I was growing up, told me I was Irish. Despite being born and raised in northeast Philadelphia we still sang Irish songs and gatherings and my cousins did Irish dance. I found out later that our grandmother was full Irish but our grandfather was half Irish and half French. Now I smoke cigarettes and wear a beret and ride my bike around with a stale baguette in the basket.

[rebeccahicks]

I love the way people just stand there with a little smile as he roasts them.

[thomasllewelynjones]

I’m Welsh, and one time my sister and I were on holiday in Washington DC, and we were chatting amongst ourselves in Welsh, and a lady (who was American just to clarify) came up to us and said “Excuse me, I couldn’t help but notice you’re speaking Celtic, my family is Irish, where in Ireland are you from?”

[TinTeddyVideos]

Over on the AncestryDNA subreddit, there are daily posts from sad or confused Americans who have taken the DNA test, and discovered they don't actually have any measurable Irish DNA after all.

And grandma clearly wasn't actually full-blood Cherokee.

As they don't have any Indigenous genes either.

It clearly is a heck of a shock for many.

[MaximusLigmus]

My aunt used to tell me stories all the time about how Irish we were. 2 decades and a DNA test later shows 90% mix of German and Austro-Hungarian. There wasn’t a lick of Irish in those results 😂

[gumbaa]

When I was in Ireland I asked an Irish lady what she thought of Americans that think they’re Irish. She laughed for like a full minute

[maxgc]

Fun fact, Krispy Kreme is the portal between America and Ireland. Frankie escaped it just in time before he was caught in a time warp

[scemat]

This was the funniest thing I've seen in quite some time. Especially the bit of the guy who found out about Ireland not being part of the UK from Netflix. 😂

I can also confirm than many Americans think they are Italian in a similar manner.

[LilyGrace]

I'm English, but ¼ Irish on my dad's side. My brother and I are entitled to Irish citizenship, and have been looking for the documents for over a decade. But I'm uncomfortable saying I'm "Irish" and just say "British" instead. I have several American friends who say they're Irish, but their last living Irish relative died in like, 1900 😂😂

[MOED.weightlifting]

Good thing those Americans didn’t understand a word of what Frankie said

[Omegaspeedmaster]

There's nothing worse for an English man than being in a New York irish pub/bar and surrounded by aggressive Americans who think they are Irish, who blame me and my friends for occupying their far away home that they dont come from 😂

[Coco-xbqd]

I (born in Ireland) once got into a drunken debate while in a bar in America with an American who tried to tell me he was Irish because his great granda was from Ireland lmao