Things That Make You Go “Hmm” – and Happy Green Beer Day!
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March 17, 2017, 9:00 am
Filed under: Being Awesome, Books, Holidays, Reading | Tags: AncentryDNA, Ireland, Irish authors, Irish books, Irish recipes, St. Patrick's Day
Filed under: Being Awesome, Books, Holidays, Reading | Tags: AncentryDNA, Ireland, Irish authors, Irish books, Irish recipes, St. Patrick's Day
I recently took an AcentryDNA test and got my results (click the link to take a peek at my ethnicity makeup).
Was I surprised.
Instead of being more Italian than anything else, I discovered….
This comes at quite the timely time, doesn’t it? After all, today is St. Patrick’s Day!
Here are some worthy reads on Irish authors, the history of the day, and a few other St. Patrick’s Day goodies:
- St. Patrick’s Day History
- “The Great Irish Writers of Today and the Past”
- “Twenty Irish novels to read before you die”
- A Collection of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
I hope your holiday is filled with lots of happiness (and reading, if possible). This is what I’ll be having for dinner:
Drink responsibly, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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I heard about these tests… I think I will try it one day as well… Im so curious about my roots 😀
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Comment by anjage March 17, 2017 @ 10:22 amIt’s really interesting! At some point I want to do the 23 and Me one–it has health stuff included as well as ethnicity/ancestry.
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Comment by Katrina March 17, 2017 @ 10:26 ami didnt know there is more kinds of it. Need to research it more 😀
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Comment by anjage March 17, 2017 @ 10:45 amDefinitely–there are a bunch of different kinds. I only found out after I’d bought the Anceestry one.
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Comment by Katrina March 17, 2017 @ 10:48 amThat’s neat! Might have to try that sometime. Of course, rather timely for you to find out eh!
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Comment by BreakawayConsciousness March 19, 2017 @ 12:17 pmI grew up in eastern Massachusetts, where people with last names like Goldberg or Nunzio or Wang are all Irish (for one day of the year). For more genuine Irishness, the blog by Óglach has a wide range of well-written and often moving posts (some historical; some humorous; …):
https://natriobloidi.wordpress.com/
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Comment by Mellow Curmudgeon March 23, 2017 @ 10:42 amI’ll have to check it out! Thanks 🙂
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Comment by Katrina March 23, 2017 @ 11:50 amHow interesting! Was that an expensive test?
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Comment by Karina Pinella March 23, 2017 @ 7:27 pmIt was on sale when I got it–something like $70. The 23 and Me test is more inclusive, and I think it’s around $125. I could be wrong though.
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Comment by Katrina March 24, 2017 @ 6:56 amI better open a DNA club account . . .
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Comment by Karina Pinella March 24, 2017 @ 8:04 amAs my surname is Irish you would be forgiven for thinking I make a meal out of St Patrick’s Day. I don’t. I barely recognise my own birthday so St Patrick’s stands no chance. Haha.
By the way, I’ve given you an honourable mention in my Blogoquent Award acceptance post as you were one of the fellow winners. Check it out if you have time 🙂
https://paulebailey.com/2017/03/24/paul-e-baileys-world-the-blogoquent-award/
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Comment by Paul.E.Bailey March 24, 2017 @ 8:45 amHa! That’s hilarious. You holiday-hater! 😉
Thank you so much for mentioning me! I’m checking out your blog now.
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Comment by Katrina March 24, 2017 @ 9:11 amIt’s true. I’m not a festive person at all. A complete antithesis of what I was like as a child when every holiday was a huge event.
I’ll definitely go through more of your stuff when time allows 🙂
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Comment by Paul.E.Bailey March 24, 2017 @ 9:30 amSame here–was only able to check out the one post today, but I’ll be having your posts emailed to me, so looking forward to what’s in store.
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Comment by Katrina March 24, 2017 @ 9:34 amLikewise 🙂
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Comment by Paul.E.Bailey March 24, 2017 @ 3:19 pm