That was actually his father. So it goes in the world of genealogy, specifically Irish ancestry, where starts and stops are common as official records were burned during wartime, forged due to ...

It is known as the ‘Celtic Curse’, a potentially fatal genetic condition which has an unusually high prevalence among those with Scottish and Irish ancestry ... to 50 Scots informing them ...

Later, they labeled themselves Scots-Irish in a bid to distinguish ... every president apart from Gerald Ford has claimed some sort of Irish ancestry, says Greene. Although he commented that ...

I'm sure the women were thrilled. The tradition was then taken to Scotland by Irish monks. Back in 1288, the Scots passed a law that allowed a woman to propose marriage to the man of their dreams ...

Americans are factoring in their ancestry while booking their vacations, with many digging into their family trees.

If Ireland invited every American with Irish ancestry to its St. Patrick's Day celebrations, it would need a lot more Guinness. Approximately 162 million Americans – more than 20 times Ireland ...