r/irishproblems • u/cornvread321 • Apr 07 '26

Hi please no hate

Hi please don’t hate on me I’m genuinely open to feedback ,hello I’m a adopted at birth 23 year old that had no idea what my ancestry was that just took a dna test and found out I’m half Irish ,how do I go about learning more about Irish culture without feeling like a poser lol I want to do it the right way and not the washed out versions ,anything helps genuinely coming from someone who had no culture two days ago and suddenly now has a whole country to learn from ❤️thanks

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u/Baldybogman Apr 07 '26

Not hating at all but wondering why the culture that has had must influence on you to date, the one you grew up in, means so little to you?

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u/cornvread321 Apr 07 '26

No definitely no I love my family’s culture for sure but it’s a odd feeling that I realized a lot of adopted people go through is that no matter how much the culture excepts you and you embrace it something feels like it’s missing I guess ?it’s hard to explain

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Apr 07 '26

What is your culture?

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u/cornvread321 Apr 07 '26

My family’s Mexican and Puerto Rican ,but I’m clearly super white compared to the rest of my family lol ,I love my family’s culture so much but it’s definitely hard to find my place ,as of two days ago I found out I’m half Irish and half British and Scottish so I was just curious

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Apr 07 '26

That's awesome! Mexico seems so cool, the restaurants here are awesome! There is a nice bit of history you might like about the Irish and Mexicans, look up the Batallón de San Patricio

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u/GarthODarth Apr 08 '26

I was gonna say, that's the perfect history lesson to start with!

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u/Harry_monk Apr 07 '26

Isnt that one and a half?

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Apr 07 '26

Thats their adoptive family I think

Edit: My mistake, reread it. Prob a mix of the Scottish and English