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In the interests of keeping to the original topic, I don't generally choose to define myself by heritage but if the subject comes up I say that I'm Canadian with Scottish heritage and leave it at that. This isn't really the entire truth -- my grandparents on my mother's side are Scottish immigrants, but my father's side has been in Canada long enough that nobody's really sure of where we come from. My surname seems to suggest either English or Irish heritage, and I remember hearing when I was a small lad that we might have an Irish background, but since I can't confirm it and don't really have anything to do with that side of my family anymore I just leave it out.
I have a lot more to say about who I am, and it has very little to do with where my family comes from or where I currently live. But since dlish specified ethnicity and nationality, I'll save that for another day.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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