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  2. Scotch-Irish Americans - Wikipedia

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    Ulster Protestants, Ulster Scots, Anglo-Irish, English, Huguenots, British Americans, Welsh, Manx, Irish Americans, Scottish Americans, English Americans, American ancestry Scotch-Irish Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people [ 5 ] who emigrated from Ulster ( Ireland 's northernmost province) to the United States ...

  3. List of Scotch-Irish Americans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Scotch-Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The Scotch-Irish trace their ancestry to Lowland Scottish and Northern English people, but through having stayed a few generations in Ulster .

  4. Irish Americans - Wikipedia

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    The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [232]

  5. Category:American people of Scotch-Irish descent - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American people of Scotch-Irish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 560 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Ulster Scots people - Wikipedia

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    Author and former United States Senator Jim Webb suggests that the true number of people with some Scots-Irish heritage in the United States is higher (over 27 million) likely because contemporary Americans with some Scotch-Irish heritage may regard themselves as either Irish, Scottish, or simply American instead. [30] [31] [page needed] [32]

  7. Scottish Americans - Wikipedia

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    Scottish Americans or Scots Americans (Scottish Gaelic: Ameireaganaich Albannach; Scots: Scots-American) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans , descendants of Ulster Scots , and communities emphasize and celebrate a common heritage. [ 8 ]

  8. European Americans - Wikipedia

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    European Americans on average are: "98.6 percent Native European, 0.19 percent Native African and 0.18 percent Native American." Inferred British/Irish ancestry is found in European Americans from all states at mean proportions of above 20%, and represents a majority of ancestry, above 50% mean proportion, in states such as Mississippi ...

  9. List of Scottish Americans - Wikipedia

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    James Webb, U. S. senator, author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (2004) Alexander White, politician from Virginia; Heather Wilson, 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force; Malcolm Wilson, 50th governor of New York; Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States; Henry A. Wise, Confederate brigadier general and governor ...