Quote Originally Posted by celticpride View Post
my ancestor was from scotland and settled in a area around donegal ireland about 1650. in 1720 his grandson married a irish lady by the name of connor and had one son of scottish & irish descent then headed for america. that scottish/irish son was listed as one of the irish officers who fought at bunker hill (breed hill). while in america his offspring married into other irish families like carley, dorsey, tuttle and so on... now our family has strong scottish roots as the name is found in several places in scotland but also has left its mark in donegal and near dublin. after 9 generations we consider ourself americans, my question is would my family's heritage be scot/irish or irish?
I would say you have Irish heritage.
The Ulster-Scots in Ireland don't consider themselves to be Scottish. They're Irish with Scottish ancestors. Your ancestor would have came over during at the plantation, and so subsequent children would have been Ulster-Scots.
So I suppose you could consider yourself to be of Ulster-Scots heritage or Irish, but I wouldn't say Scots.

I guess it depends on your own preference, and the influence te cultures have had on you. As I said before my father is an Ulster-Scot from mid-Antrim, and that where his family have been since the plantation. But I was brought up as Irish, and that's what I identify with.