The Yanks etc...

merengueca

Does anyone know of any family in Ireland that does not have cousins in America, England, Australia etc?

Does anyone have any cousins from more exotic shores than the usual mix of Boston, Chicago, London, Brisbane etc..

I really don't think I know of anyone who didn't have their English cousins over in the summer or showing off the $20 sent for their confirmation..


With me - family from Offaly, cousins Manchester, Chicago and
Nova Scotia

m83

What?

spudmonkey17

merengueca wrote: »

Does anyone know of any family in Ireland that does not have cousins in America, England, Australia etc?

Does anyone have any cousins from more exotic shores than the usual mix of Boston, Chicago, London, Brisbane etc..

I really don't think I know of anyone who didn't have their English cousins over in the summer or showing off the $20 sent for their confirmation..


With me - family from Offaly, cousins Manchester, Chicago and
Nova Scotia

All my family and extended family are from Ireland.

m83 wrote: »

What?

I agree.

Seloth

I have direct family((i.e. siblings/aunts&Uncles/cousins)) living in Dubai,Australia and London x2.

2nd cousins on in Canada,San Fransico,New Zeland,Spain,Liverpool and some other places me thinks.

I shudder everytime an American says they are Irish,like if they were born and bred here granted((Heck I have friends who were born in diffrent countrys i.e States,India,Iraq,England)) but were all raised here and they are more Irish than those cnuts

Fairplay if they want to keep an Irish connection,I'm sure when their family when over they wished they would..but not like that...:rolleyes:

dave 27

i have family in england, friends that have emmigrated to australia..

over 80,000,000 people around the world claim irish heritage..can u imagine if they all decided to come back!

Pherekydes

I have siblings in England, cousins in the USA and Canada, and other relatives in Oz. I also have cousins in Spain.

Seloth

I wonder in a million years will Ireland be seen as like Kenya...you know it being the Cradle of Humanity,Europe being the curiouse childhood of Humanity and Ireland it's self being the drunk teenage years of humanity..might I also add Awsomness

L.Jenkins

Seloth wrote: »

I wonder in a million years will Ireland be seen as like Kenya...you know it being the Cradle of Humanity,Europe being the curiouse childhood of Humanity and Ireland it's self being the drunk teenage years of humanity..might I also add Awsomness

Irelands been making booze for well over 5000 years. Stuff used to make Ale was found a few years ago, so Ireland realistically is the international drunk who never got around to taking over the world because we've been to shit faced.

I have loads of second cousins in Italy and Switzerland and some in the Isle of Man.

rossie1977

my mothers brother and sister moved to new york/new jersey and raised families there so i have numerous american cousins. my mothers other brother moved to manchester and raised his family there. my dads step brothers and sisters moved to scotland and north of england so i have lots of british cousins too

DazMarz

I have relations in:

-San Francisco
-Hawaii
-Florida
-New York
-North Carolina
-London
-New Zealand
-Japan

Very eclectic mix...

MIN2511

Obama has Irish roots! Like seriously the amount of Irish people abroad is unbelievable!

bluto63

Me and my brother live in England. Before we moved over I don't think we have any relatives living outside of Ireland

jester77

I broke the tradition and went somewhere English is not the mother tongue

OutlawPete

7 Uncles, 4 Aunts in the UK (they all left Ireland in the 50's), so lots of cousins over there now - haven't met half them and even of those I did, that was back in the 80's.

Nephew in Holland.

Degag

I have relations in Saudi Arabia. Only ever met them once. 2nd or 3rd Cousins i think.

Wibbs

Spain and France from way back. Little contact though.

HavingCrack

England, Holland, Italy, United States, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and possibly Argentina (not 100% on the last one).

drunkymonkey

Got an aunt and cousins living in Germany, uncle in Dubai (Born in Ireland) and another living in Gran Canaria (also born in Ireland) !

Handy for taking trips 'visiting!'

Indubitable

100% Irish beef guaranteed

Dravokivich

OutlawPete wrote: »

Nephew in Holland.

hehe... we all know what he's up to

I've appearently got family in Austrailia... England and Canada...

but to be honest... i was at a wedding a few years ago and only recognised about 1/5th of the people at it... I was related to almost all of them...


The Groom... only brought his immediate family as far as I recall...

Fratton Fred

dave 27 wrote: »

i have family in england, friends that have emmigrated to australia..

over 80,000,000 people around the world claim irish heritage..can u imagine if they all decided to come back!

What's the criteria for them claiming Irish Heritage?

I have a great grandmother from Cork (Macroom to be precise), would I be classed as one of those 80,000,000?

Indubitable

Fratton Fred wrote: »

What's the criteria for them claiming Irish Heritage?

I have a great grandmother from Cork (Macroom to be precise), would I be classed as one of those 80,000,000?

I would think so

My sister works in Amsterdam.

Le King

I'm from New York myself, but I'm living here a good while. But I'm Irish... Parents are both Irish... I have an Irish passport....

But obviously have a lot of cousins in New York etc. but I have way more over here.

starbelgrade

merengueca wrote: »

Does anyone know of any family in Ireland that does not have cousins in America, England, Australia etc?

Not only do I not have family from foreign lands, but not even from foreign counties, or foreign towns or villages. We are a close knit family & like to keep it that way. Some of my cousins are also my brothers & my grandad is also my father.

ItsAWindUp

rarnes1 wrote: »

My sister works in Amsterdam.

As?;)

El Siglo

Cousins in England, Australia, New Zealand, brother in China, sister in Saudi. Have some very distant cousins in France and America.

El Siglo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

What's the criteria for them claiming Irish Heritage?

I have a great grandmother from Cork (Macroom to be precise), would I be classed as one of those 80,000,000?

Oh snap, if she was your granny and not great-granny you could have had a shot playing for the Republic of Ireland.:pac:

Altreab

dave 27 wrote: »

i have family in england, friends that have emmigrated to australia..

over 80,000,000 people around the world claim irish heritage..can u imagine if they all decided to come back!

WOO HOO .....no more empty housing estates and another building boom

Relations in England Usa Australia Canada

brummytom

merengueca wrote: »

Does anyone know of any family in Ireland that does not have cousins in America, England, Australia etc?

Does anyone have any cousins from more exotic shores than the usual mix of Boston, Chicago, London, Brisbane etc..

I really don't think I know of anyone who didn't have their English cousins over in the summer or showing off the $20 sent for their confirmation..


With me - family from Offaly, cousins Manchester, Chicago and
Nova Scotia

Heh, we're in Birmingham with family in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Boston

owenc

I have loads of people abroad. My sister in dundee scotland, these ones in england, ones in wales, cousins in us, cousins in canada, cousins in Australia, an aunt in dubai and funnily enough no one down south which is weird!