[MrMon]

I rarely hear anyone claim British ancestry, but the Irish are rather vocal about it. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that Irish was once considered an epithet and some people revel in that. No offense intended to anyone, but in America, people struggle for decades to obtain ethnic acceptance, only to have the next generation reclaim minority status to claim victimhood. It's not an endearing trait. Ethnic pride is one thing, victim status is quite another.