Originally Posted by
Drunk-n-Stupid
yeah there are definitely families with surnames that seem more historically, native Irish in the Appalachian areas and in the South in general. I guess its hard to tell exactly where they came from though without genealogical info. Because in colonial Ulster, though it wasnt the norm, it also wasn't unheard of for Irish Catholics and Protestant settlers to intermarry for various reasons. and like you say, the earlier colonial Irish Catholics in the South would have eventually intermarried with the other settlers just like all of the other European settlers did, at the time.
It's interesting you have native Irish roots in America going back to colonial times. Its rare.
Since the majority if native Irish settlers came in the early-mid 19th centruy
But there were also a small amount of Jewish settlers in the South from the colonial era too, mostly from England and places with Sephardic Jews.
Its funny how the OLDEST, continuous Catholic population in America (USA) is in the South, which is known for its evangelical Protestantism.
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