My Irish family is being diluted

hello, i have a strong irish heritage and carribean background my father is irish my mother a beautiful brown woman of the islands, we are a complete family not diluted, my parents married in 1956 when it was illegal for those of white skin to marry a brown person, my father strong , irish, gentle, loving would not let it get in the way, he married my mum anyway i was born in 1968, diluted do you know how painful that is to see on paper, respecially from one , you, who i would call my countrywoman, we are all created from different paces oe cannot judge whom to love on background, wake up open you i am also welsh west indian, egyptian, english, in my home you see all aspects of my background and i love it, so sorry for you, and remember you r prejudice hurts others think before you judge, meet a person before you judge, just stop judging you may be happie!!!!!!

I am 3/4 Irish and 1/4 Yankee (English). I guess I need to hate myself.

From a previous IC story: "Limerick man Kamal Ibrahim (24) has won the Mr. World title in South Korea." He is 1/2 Italian?

I was going to comment on this post but frankly lost the will to live.....

MAybe the daughter doesn't particularly like all the Irishness that was forced on her over the years and is rebelling??? "Watered down"? That is quite an elitist remark. Why did the family ever come to the US? If you only want to associate with Irish people, then there is only one place on earth to do that.....and it ain't the US!

If you come to America, don't be surprised if your child falls in love with another who came in search of the American dream. If you're not prepared to accept that possibility, maybe it's best to stay where you are.

The Irish are a minority in Ireland because they don't want to be called racists...call me a racist any day of the week, but that doesn't me I won't chuck you back out into the water where you belong.

I'm so happy that both of my parents families were Irish...I won't date a girl if she's not Irish.

Irishfez: Don't you think there'll be more intermarriage between the Irish and non-Irish, like there's been in the U.S. over the years? That would mean less "pure" Irish. Maybe you think that's a good idea. Just asking.

And that would be great for the country!!! Less repression, more open minds. Ireland will always be full of Irish, American however....

Yes, irishfez, but the Irish might be in the minority and that could bring cultural and religious changes to Ireland at a more rapid pace than what might normally evolve. Just saying.

Kids will always be born in Ireland, and Ireland will always be inhibited by native people. It's different

If you think Irish-Americans as a distinct grouping are under threat, what about the Irish themselves? According to many projections, the Irish polcy of Open Door Mass Immigration will leave the Irish as a minority in their own ancestral homeland in a decade or two.

Interesting point you make about us being a dying diluted ethnicity.. It is true sadly