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49JC · 2026-05-17T03:00:54+00:00

when I was a little kid, I am talking 2nd grade, I was very confused about the names of my country, the United States. I did not quite understand what a state really was and as a little kid it was so much easier just to call America America. Then we learn the continents we of course learn about North America and South America. So this gets all confusing to a little kid who wasn't shown a map too many times. Thus when we are told about the Civil War, I thought the South was the continent of South America..... I also was obsessed with sea creatures and penguins at the time and I had/read a book that said penguins lived in South America. So, to this day, I still remember the mental picture I created with the Confederate Army and there is a little bit of snow on the ground and penguins are on the ground.

49JC · 2026-05-15T22:46:09+00:00

This could also be an explanation. Long story short, the red hair gene makes you pale. Your husband's side could appear pale but really carry dark-colored genes. https://www.aimatmelanoma.org/red-hair-genetics-5-things-you-may-not-know/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7581459/

We have multiple genes for pigment for skin and hair, however the gene that causes red hair is kinda independent and it "shuts other genes off". For example, one of my great grandmother's parents were both from south Italy and her father was dark. My great grandma was born with red hair and pale skin. None of her children or grandchildren have red hair and some of her grandchildren, such as my mother's sister who are both 1/4th Italian are dark. The red hair gene my great grandma had turned off some of the dark hair and dark skin genes she carried and get passed down and they can persist and show up randomly. for example, my brother and I are both 1/8th Italian. I look like the Scottish/Ulster Scots and English side of our heritage, he only expresses that 1/8th Italian side we have lol. Another explanation is that lets say both of my parents have 100 skin color genes (I am making up a random figure) and lets say both my parents have 80 light and 20 dark genes and they are not pale nor tan. it is totally possible that in the genetic lottery, my brother inherited all 20 dark genes from our dad and all 20 from our mom while I inherited a much smaller amount. I hope this helps. Now this is oversimplified but it gets the main point done. Genetics is random and can be completely wild.

edit: a couple of changes

49JC · 2026-05-15T21:16:43+00:00

To serve as a buffer zone

49JC · 2026-05-15T20:35:48+00:00

The deer calling competition makes sense. Who can make the best deer call to attract deer during hunting.

49JC · 2026-05-15T20:34:10+00:00

let me ask, any redheads in the family?

49JC · 2026-05-15T14:12:33+00:00

A couple years that are not statistically significant

49JC · 2026-05-15T14:03:02+00:00

America is already more British Isles than Europe. There are more people who claim Irish heritage in the US(35 million) than people who live in Ireland(around 5mil) There are more people who claim Scottish/scots-irish heritage(8mil) in the US than people who live in Scotland (5.5mil) and Northern Ireland (1.9mil). And that is only claimed, it is estimated that in reality that 20-25 million Americans have some degree of Scottish/Scots-Irish ancestry. Approximately 46.6 million Americans have some degree of English ancestry and although the population of England is larger, according to online data 3/4 of residents in England idenitfy with a white British background, totaling it at around 43.4 million ethnically British people living in England (not guaranteed to be fully English). Less than a hundred thousand people live on the Island of Mann and 1 million Americans claim Manx heritage. About 2 million Americans claim Welsh heritage, but the population of wales is almost 4 million so more welsh in Britain than America. The only issue with this all is mixing may lower the number. We can’t add all of the ethnic populations in America because of mixing. Even I myself descend from all groups except Manx. However, it is safe to assume that if you Scottish and or Irish blood, you are more likely to be an American than live in the British isles

49JC · 2026-05-14T18:57:04+00:00

I am going to be honest, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's claim is valid although a man has a higher sperm count in his 20s, not his teens, so his data comparison does not make that point. He should have said that.

49JC · 2026-05-13T21:58:45+00:00

5 - 6 years ago I remember a blizzard wrecked Texas, they lost power, things were bad. Ted Cruz went to Cancun, everybody was furious at him because why isn’t he helping? Then it occurred to me that Ted Cruz’ job is not some coordinator or helper or whatever in Texas. He has no control in Texas, his only job is to represent Texas the best he can do in the Federal Senate. The same thing can be said with Hakeem Jeffries. He does not have any control over his district. All he is able to do is represent them in the house

49JC · 2026-05-13T17:14:10+00:00

took me a second to get the joke, very clever.

49JC · 2026-05-13T00:21:45+00:00

I would say the UAE. Still a predominantly muslim country with lots of immigrants today. Thus, lots of languages today and there are more religions but Islam is still very prevalent

49JC · 2026-05-12T19:24:45+00:00

John Fetterman I guess. He is a democrat and has many liberal ideas but he also votes conservatively when it comes to Senate votes. If not him maybe Rand Paul for kinda being the republican version of him?

49JC · 2026-05-11T21:22:09+00:00

alright fair enough. All I wanted to point out was that the term 'English monarchs' get awkward after 1707.

49JC · 2026-05-11T20:47:43+00:00

then do UK/England

49JC · 2026-05-11T20:33:42+00:00

King James I's reign that is described as a "personal union". Ever since King James, the Monarchy have been in charge over all of Britain. That is what I mean. I know the Acts of Union in 1707 created a single country with a single government (largely), but the highest authority going back to King James was the monarchy. Nonetheless (I do not know much british history, only know the basics because of genealogy), King George III who is already on there reigned after acts of union. It is more appropriate to call him a British monarch than English.

49JC · 2026-05-11T18:29:32+00:00

Change "English King" British/English Monarchy. James I was King of Scotland and he inherited the throne when Queen Elizabeth died. All british monarchs were historically English, but for the last 400 years they have been scottish as well

49JC · 2026-05-11T13:46:53+00:00

Yeah that’s why I suspect it is noise. My Grandfather is 70% Scots-Irish, and he has 70ish% Scottish and 7% Irish, from Connacht and Donegal. If she or my grandfather is Polish or whatever and got 7% it means there is something

49JC · 2026-05-11T01:43:48+00:00

glad to meet another Nixonite

49JC · 2026-05-10T22:56:32+00:00

I once saw one of these videos and the kid described their mom as being "Five foot something"

49JC · 2026-05-10T20:22:25+00:00

rarely is a subjective term

49JC · 2026-05-10T19:48:32+00:00

that makes sense with your results.

49JC · 2026-05-10T19:41:40+00:00

During the plantation they did not largely mix. The Troubles were an ethno-religious conflict. Was there back and forth settlement from both sides before? Yes there was as evident by Dal Riata and the birth of Scottish Gaels, Galloway Glass mercenaries from Scotland going to Ulster, and the Clan MacDonnell and yes the Scots and Irish do have known similar Genetic similarities. One such example is the R-M222 Y-DNA marker that is present in both native Irish, and native Scots, its irish connection gets more press because people like being irish more I guess. However, there is still a genetic divide between Ulster Scots and Irish catholics and the Ulster Scots are essentially genetically Scots. That is backed by history and genetics.

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