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Biden is not larping though. He has strong connections to Ireland and still keeps in touch with family there.
https://smolenyak.medium.com/joe-bid...s-64135cc97fd7By heritage, Joe Biden is roughly five-eighths Irish. His mother’s entire family tree traces to Ireland with ancestors named Arthurs, Blewitt, Boyle, Roche, Scanlon and Stanton accompanying her Finnegan kin. The last one-eighth comes from his father’s side, which contributed the Hanafee name.
Most of the immigrants in his family were born in the early decades of the 19th century and made the journey to America mid-century, so the Famine was undoubtedly a key factor in their departure. With a couple of exceptions, they converged almost immediately on Scranton, Pennsylvania. By the time the future Vice President joined the family, they had been settled there for roughly 70 to 90 years, so it’s little wonder that Scranton features so prominently in his narrative.
There is nothing wrong with him feeling affinity with his Irish roots.
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