These people are our blood and they are welcome to come back and visit any time. Greetings from UK & Ireland.

@takayama1638

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks BLACK. That'd be me. Father's side was 100% Irish, came to USA in 1784 from Armagh, Northern Ireland, settled in Georgia. Mother's side was Bri'ish, and she was about 1/2 French/Acadian. I had DNA test done last year. I'm Irish, 30% Scandinavian (I reckon them pillaging, raping Vikings got around, eh?), 20% French. My Grandparents talked like old fashioned Irishmen.

@lisalentile177

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hamilton is my maiden name your welcome her greetings from the south USA

@sheenawynn5602

5 жыл бұрын

You'd be the first to be so welcoming from across the pond! I've joined quite a few Irish, Scottish, and Welsh genealogy groups. Needless to say, they're not so friendly. Thank you 💕

@johnpatrick5307

5 жыл бұрын

@@takayama1638 These people aren't Irish! - hence their hatred for all things Irish! They maintained that the Irish were nothing to do with the Scots! - DNA (as in your case!) has proved them wrong.

@sandyfustin7253

4 жыл бұрын

Maury

To any of you over the pond in the USA, from scots irish decent, a massive hello from an ulster scot in northern ireland, you got out at the right time lolol have a beezer day

@Commenting-answering

2 ай бұрын

I realized we were likely Ulster Scots. Here we are referred to as Scots Irish which in a way, I guess, is like African American. We are most likely of Scot’s ancestry but from Ireland (though perhaps there was some Irish intermarriage from the time we dipped our toes in Ireland and then came here likely a bit before the Revolutionary War). My surname is Moore and I have tried to figure out definitively whether that is Scots or Irish or both and how one tells. Perhaps you know? Also, in the hollow in Virginia where my Dad was from, there were people named: Cox, Blackwell and Holley. Some of those names sound English to me. You wrote six months ago so you may not get this which is fine. I have been to Ireland - but not Northern - though my brother and daughter have made it there on separate trips. It is beautiful as was Scotland. Best.

@northernirishviking7283

2 ай бұрын

Hello, yes we have good friends here in belfast with the surname moore, thanks for the reply, some of the names you mentioned do come from here and england also, our actual ancestry is scotch, irish and a touch of viking from a thousand years ago, good luck and God bless

@harrietharlow9929

29 күн бұрын

Greetings from Maryland. I am on a journey of rediscovering my roots. Started this in my late 60s, but better late than never, eh?

@northernirishviking7283

29 күн бұрын

Good luck on your search

@harrietharlow9929

29 күн бұрын

@@northernirishviking7283 Thank you!

Scots-Irish, Welsh, Native American. Grandparents and all our family before them lived and thrived in the Appalachian Mtns. I’m grateful for all their hard work & sacrifices.

@Jlb1859

6 ай бұрын

I'm a Ballentine and live in East Tennessee. My umpteenth great grandfather Dougal arrived in North Carolina in the 1730s. He was Scots Irish. My grandmother was a MacPherson, her father was a Stuart, so the Scottish and Scots Irish side on my father's side is about as solid as it gets. My Mother was a Jones bring in the Welsh. I remember a college professor commenting on my stubbornness and sometimes quick temper. He asked about my family background, and I told him Scots Irish and Welsh. He laughed and said as long as I didn't start a war I was beating the odds! Lol

@SP_3333

6 ай бұрын

Pennsylvania ridge runner here. Scots-Irish,Mohawk, Welsh,English, little bit French& Dutch. Heinz 57 variety as my grandfather would say. Allegheny mtns. Warren, Pa area. Beautiful there.

@appalachianunicornakaerin8596

6 ай бұрын

Exactly my heritage

@heide6138

5 ай бұрын

Last name Groves maybe????

Scots-Irish Cherokee here. Proud of my heritage! I'd love to go to Scotland and visit our family's land.

@jameswilson3991

3 жыл бұрын

beutiful country and warm people you would be welcome linda in scotland

@mccoin30

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameswilson3991 Thank you! God bless you!

@carolinenorman6141

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@JB-3794

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Scots-Irish, English and Dakota Indian here. Also a little French. My Scots-Irish Grandpa was the one with a twinkle in his eye.

@redtesla

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of us ended up mixing with Cherokee. My family settled right on the border of Cherokee country... got along well. Was a shame when Georgia was taken from them.

My parents were from W Va. My dad of German heritage, my mom Scots. My grandad Buchanan used to tell me stories about how his ancestors came to W Va from Scotland after “the 45”. He was a coal miner and they were so poor that when the depression hit they didn’t even notice. I’m proud that my ancestors were these rugged people who helped make this country.

@Hamish_888

3 жыл бұрын

I'm Douglas Buchanan from Glasgow. We might be cousins haha. Have a great New year across the pond

@itzenormous

3 жыл бұрын

You have to ask yourself WHY these people are so poor. They're poor because they have been subjugated and ripped off by the American Capitalist Class. The New York bankers sent salesmen to the mountains in the 1870s and 1880s in order to get these people to sign over the timber rights and the mineral rights of their land. When coal was discovered, the capitalists moved in and evicted a countless number of families from their land, pushed them into coal camps, and made them work like slaves, in the mines, where tens of thousands of them lost their lives. The miners rose up many times and were gunned down by the coal companies. This all came to a height in 1921 at the Battle of Blair Mountain, when the "Redneck Army" surrounded Baldwin Feltz gun thugs, and were on the verge of crushing them when the US Government sent in the Army to protect the coal companies and the private security agencies.

@cringyalienguy9787

3 жыл бұрын

@Scot60 Lol my great grandmas last name was Buchanan. Who knows, we might be distantly related

@mythoughts1................1

3 жыл бұрын

This is a very touching paragraph about your family history. I too had a coal miner heritage from this same region. It's an amazing and NOT forgotten history that paved the way for many more generations of German-Scot/Irish peoples.

@Hvhjkvv

3 жыл бұрын

They skipped WV in the intro

My family has lived in the rolling hills of Appalachia since the 1700’s. Scottish Irish immigrants (on both sides of my family) who kept pushing through the mountains and finally made it to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Glad my family’s history is finally being talked about. We’re usually forgotten, so this means the world to me.

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

not as forgotten as the natives americans forced out of those lands

@beth3531

2 жыл бұрын

@@boohoo54 some married....My grandmother was a half-breed....she was a pretty woman.

@joannathesinger770

2 жыл бұрын

My family started there, kept moving south...and then west from Georgia to Texas...

@michaelirwin5489

2 жыл бұрын

We in Ulster certainly don't forget. We're proud of how our ancestors helped build the greatest nation to ever exist. The Irish Catholic culture dominates both jurisdictions on the island with Ulster-Scots being pushed to one side. Just remember when you celebrate St Patrick's Day, the Irish population in the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland, and North America don't recognise YOU or your heritage. There's almost a fascist, irredentist undertone to it.

@lunakat6369

2 жыл бұрын

@@boohoo54 Thank you = Kenah in Powhatan

My Scottish ancestors first settled in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. They then meandered their way through the Mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. By the 19th Century, they settled in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. I was always told that the Appalachian Mountains reminded our ancestors of their homeland which is why they settled there. Thanks for sharing this video!

I have a daughter in Scotland and I got a beautiful postcard from there. It looks just like our mountains here in Southwest Virginia.

From Scotland to Ireland to America to the Appalachians. What a remarkable story! The Scots-Irish need more recognition in American history!!

@mcbreen1

9 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Lundberg They get far more than they deserve now.

@adgw1423

9 жыл бұрын

pat mallory More than they deserve? They forged the westward migration. I'd say it's quite well deserved. American culture of self-reliance is deep rooted from this.

@j.oneill5421

9 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Lundberg I think the Native-Americans need to be appreciated more, people who hardly anyone took notice of before Walt Disney brought them a bit of fame in the 90's,

@Setanta747

8 жыл бұрын

pat mallory What an odd thing to say. Care to expunge?

@mcbreen1

8 жыл бұрын

Can that be done with words?

It's "Scots-Irish," not "Scotch-Irish" as so many have said in this video. Scotch is the drink, Scots are the people. I was sternly but patiently corrected by a elderly Scots woman 50 years, and have never forgotten the lesson. My ancestors were Scots-Irish.

@thatbird2

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@patrickmcshane7658

4 жыл бұрын

Eirenach and Albanach are brothers.

@frankpaya690

3 жыл бұрын

But it is true that the "Scots" like their scotch, like the French, like they're French toast.

@nessapainter

3 жыл бұрын

My Glasgow born grandmother, (born in 1880) and arrived in the USA in the very early 1900's, always used the term "Scotch" to describe herself and blamed English snobbery for insisting upon forcing people to use "Scot" or "Scottish" . She made her own children follow that tradition. Of course, she did the same to her grandchildren. Now, in order to be politically correct, I tend to use the pinkies up English infulenced terms , but always remember what my wonderful grandmother taught me was the "correct" word. Traditions certainly are fascinating!

@nessapainter

3 жыл бұрын

"Influenced", sorry for the typo!

What a tangled web we all are. I’m Scots-English-Irish and proud of it. Listening to this video made me feel like he was talking about me and my ancestors, which he was. Stubborn, proud, intelligent hardworking people who’ll give you the shirt off of their backs but GOD help you if you don’t live up to your word. I enjoyed this video immensely! Thank you.

@taylormade2826

4 ай бұрын

Your one of the few americans who mention English dna, its asif people are ashamed which I find truly bizarre. People romanticise Ireland Scotland and Wales so much in America. You will get hit with a hard reality slap if you visit any of these countries and try to talk about ancestry

I am a Real McCoy and this is the history of my ancestors! There is no one of my relatives left to hear the old stories. Thank you for this!! ❤️

@FrankLooez-el6nv

10 ай бұрын

Judy McCoy I was married with Sheryl Jane my mother in law was direct decendent from Sam McCoy Her Uncle Hubert visit us in California in early. 80s Gave us planty of picture of Sam McCoy . Iam blessed that I crossed paths to the historical people from Kentucky. Sincerely thank you for reading my text.

I’m proud to be an Appalachian from Tennessee/Georgia. I’m learning the fiddle, when I hear that old music it brings tears to my eyes, it’s in my soul and deep in the marrow of my bones. True love. I’d love to travel but I will come to these hills to die and Rest In Peace.

@Bekind94

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

oh so you're native american?

@tamasepps7150

3 жыл бұрын

I love it here. Glad to be born and raised here.

@donnamartz6361

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, my. Your feelings are easy to understand. The music is so strong that I would love to call that area home.

@johnnylightning1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@boohoo54 who is Native American

PROUD TO BE APPALACHIAN AMERICAN ... THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP , WE MAY BE A POOR PEOPLE BUT WE ARE RICH IN SPIRIT , WE LOVE DEEP , WE RUN STRONG AND WE DEAL WITH STRUGGLE AND HARDSHIP LIKE MEN OF OLD , WE HAVE LITTLE BUT WE FIND LOTS IN OUR PEOPLE ...TODD COLLETT

@jamiemacarthur2420

6 жыл бұрын

todd collett same here.

@theedogg9259

6 жыл бұрын

todd collett my grandma was Irish harriette Dutton and my family were considered hill billies the life they showed me growing up was beautiful and peaceful, this world we live in today is all about material and money and it doesn’t make me happy at all I would trade money for happiness any day

@maxmodine8142

5 жыл бұрын

Echoed by a boy from Donegal (Dun Na nGall - Den/Fort of the Foreigners - Vikings mostly). - An Irishman abroad who loves America.

@grimmfandango832

5 жыл бұрын

Do you feel proud of your Lawson side? Or are you stuck only in the land of Dutton?

@mrs.elitenugz8491

5 жыл бұрын

todd collett. From the Appalachian Mountains here 🙌🙌🙌👊👊

Standing on a beach in Skelligs, Ireland a few years ago I was suddenly struck with a vision of how those mountains connected with our beautiful Appalachian mountains here. During Pangea, they were all part of the same mountain range. I felt completely at home in Ireland, and in Scotland when I visited a few years later, and realized it’s because we are one and the same here and there. I am a descendent of Irish immigrants in the 1700’s and 1800’s and consider myself fully American - but feel a deep connection with the country my ancestors came from originally as well. I spent much of my adult life living near the Southern Appalachians, later in the Blue Ridge, and for the past several years in the Northern Appalachian mountains, and realize that no matter where I go, the Appalachians are my home. These mountains are ancient, strong, and wise, like old people who have seen much, experienced much, and lived fully.

@jimgordon6629

3 жыл бұрын

Very moving. My ancestors voyaged from Ulster to Virginia, then later to Texas. We must preserve our traditions and oppose all those who want to rewrite or destroy our history. We have much to be proud of on both sides of the Atlantic.

@alison2649

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

Ireland has nothing to do with the Appalachian mountain. stop inventing the connection. these are the lands and mountains of the natives not the invaders

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimgordon6629 but u destroyed the natives history, how rich

@karenmarsh1854

3 жыл бұрын

@@boohoo54 You are incorrect, and presumably ignorant of plate tectonics, and earth science in general so I will attempt to briefly enlighten you. Note that you could easily do this research yourself if you cared to, simply by googling "how are the Appalachian Mountains connected to Ireland" or "geological history of the earth" or something similar. FACT: The continents and land masses we recognize have not always been as they are now. FACT: All land on this planet sits on top of rigid lithospheric plates, which are constantly moving over the surface of the earth's magma. They have been doing this since earth began, billions of years ago. FACT: Some types of mountains are formed by a process called "folding" - when one plate crashes into the other - which is how the Appalachian Mountains were formed about 375 million years ago (long before there was anything even resembling humans on the earth). FACT: At that time in earth's history, there was no "North American continent" or "European continent" - and if you look at the outlines of the countries on a map (not just N. America & Europe - ALL of them) you will notice that where one curves out, another curves in - as if they once fit together like pieces of a puzzle. Why? Because they did. Once upon a time it was all one super-continent called "Pangea." FACT: What is now called the Appalachian Mountains was part of a land mass that included both what we now call North America and what we now call Europe. FACT: Continents continue to drift and the Americas and Europe have been moving away from each other for millions of years; eventually - in a few million years - they will collide with each other again on the opposite side of the world. FACT: Further research - should you care to do it - would reveal to you that: "The International Appalachian Trail (IAT) runs from Kerry in the extreme southwest of Ireland, through Ireland, Scotland and Norway to Nord Cap, the extreme north point of Norway." Yes. The Appalachian Mountains of N. America are the same mountains as the Appalachian Mountains in Europe. THEREFORE: Your statement that there is no relationship between the two parts of the Appalachian Mountain Range is incorrect. Your belief that the lands and mountains "belong" to anyone has absolutely zero relevance to this argument because humans did not exist at the time. Additional Commentary: With regard to the comment about "invaders," N. America is not the only land that was "invaded" by people from other places. Nor were the people who lived here before Europeans arrived romantic innocents who never harmed a fly. The "first people/indigenous people" who lived here then were actually pretty good at killing each other off when they felt like it - long before Europeans ever showed up, and while they did not have the "benefit" of "western" weapons and diseases, they didn't exactly leave in peaceful harmony or the Garden of Eden. The people who originally settled in the "Celtic Lands" were the original "indigenous" people of that region, and that their ands were invaded; their culture, way of life, spiritual practices and way of life were DELIBERATELY DESTROYED by "invaders," in the 5th century CE. For centuries afterward, their languages, clothing and culture was banned by the English. As recently as last century (and in the memory of some people who are alive right now) it was also forbidden for kids in some Irish, Scots, and Welsh schools to speak their native language. This is pretty much the same thing that happened in to the "First Peoples" of N. America, Australia, Pacific Islands, etc. - just much less recently - and unfortunately, it's still happening now in some parts of the world. Humans can be a nasty, aggressive species and we've been killing and conquering each other for thousands of years. We have been destroying animal, plant, bird, and other species because they tasted good or were useful, or pretty, or perhaps just inconvenient, and even now - when we know better - we continue to do that, and to trash Earth, our home. That doesn't excuse what European settlers did to the people who settled here before them - but getting stuck in this "blame game" and wasting time making accusations, attacking others, and insisting that the land, the earth, etc. "belongs" to anyone is not helpful. Let's try to broaden our perspective, by realizing that the Earth is our home (the only one we have), and it's is a huge, diverse, and incredibly complicated ecosystem filled with a myriad of creatures including humans. As humans - regardless of "race" or "culture" or any other factor, it is our responsibility to care for, protect, respect, and appreciate it and to preserve as much as we can. We need to realize that what is done to one part of it - by whoever does it - harms other parts of it, and in the long-view, "ownership" is irrelevant. We are all one species, connected by a common goal. Putting aside our differences and focusing on the bigger picture is the only way we - and all that we know - will survive.

I am all the way up here in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and we too are part of the Appalachias and have similar heritage here. We were known for coal and steel making back in the day. We are music lovers and makers and we have strong proud roots. 🤗 Thanks for sharing this.💞

@youllbeblessed

10 ай бұрын

NB here

@Universalknowledge13

8 ай бұрын

*new Scotland

As a True home born and bred Scot, I have never been to the USA, but if I ever manage a visit then WV has to be my destination... I have watched loads of vids on you tube and have fell in love with the place, God Bless all. HM

@Miguel_Travels

7 жыл бұрын

Fyodor48... I was born in WV, but only lived there for a few months and have spent the last 43 years in Michigan, but I will always call WV home.

@Fyodor48

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Nichols Given the beauty of the place I can completely understand that, One day I shall visit, one day. If for nothing else than to meet up with a baptist pastor friend of mine, I would love to visit in the Fall to see the colour of the foilage

@Fyodor48

6 жыл бұрын

Medina Jarman , you are kindness personified, thank you.

@mrsmith2876

6 жыл бұрын

as a born a raised West Virginian you are welcome anytime.

@doesntmatter7788

6 жыл бұрын

Drove out to Wayne county WV on a whim to see where my grandmother and all of her family grew up, I didn't want to leave! I wish I could have went with her to at least one family reunion so I could have gotten to know the family that I still have there. So beautiful there,I hope to own some land out there one day.

I’m neither Scottish nor Irish but have some Italian in me and found this absolutely fascinating.

This video is now eight years old. Where’s it been hiding ? It’s one of the finest documentary I’ve seen on Utube. Thank you, to the producers . I thoroughly enjoyed it. Honey Feeney , October 24, 2022, Harrisburg, PA

My ancestors were Scots-Irish, but I never knew the origination of that phrase. Thanks so much for this video!

@richardhumphries5205

8 ай бұрын

My dad always said the same thing about our ancestry. This video is so helpful.

This was very interesting to me as I am Scots-Irish originating from Ulster! My sister loves blue grass and plays it and I have buck danced many years! This explains why we enjoy it so much!!! It is in our DNA!!!

@stancornett1038

Жыл бұрын

My mom taught me buck dancing as a little boy. It was part of her heritage from both sides of her family. Her brothers and sisters used to play the music at the dances and mama played the spoons which goes way back in the Irish Scotts heritage.

@stancornett1038

Жыл бұрын

I love the music especially the Celtic music. Tom Janis has several music videos playing the Celtic and Galic music

I was born and raised in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia. My father, James T. Yeary had an English sur name, but my mother's name was Cheek. Her mother, my Grandmotherhad an Irish name , Cottrell. I spent my youth hunting and trapping fur for money for clothes and moonshine which I dearly loved. I left the mountains when I was 19 years old. But they never left me. Haven' t yet. I always went back " home " several times a year from where I worked in Detroit at Chrysler Corp. This is the longest I have been away, 20 years Now I have been in Oklahoma. All my family died off in Virginia. I still think of the Cumberland Mountains when I say the word " home ". Charles Yeary

@charlesyeary6913

8 жыл бұрын

I have said it all.

@codemiesterbeats

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles Yeary Yep while I have not had the privilege of living off the land my whole life I did experience it to some extent as a child my mothers second husband had a very old fashioned family and we had livestock and would go through the mountains searching for ginseng. They had electricity but they had no running water so they used branch that was nearby for water supply. I also learned all sorts of plants that are edible in the woods but still to this day I do not know what they are called ha ha. I spent most my time in the Blue Ridge area foothills around Lambsburg va. It's a majestic place.

@brucefultz2939

8 жыл бұрын

My Mother side was raised in that area last name Ayres

@jamesmckee7682

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Fultz from Ayr in Ayrshire, Scotland, where MANY Scottish Protestant Planters in Ulster (Scotch-Irish in American terms) came from.

@purpleraider68

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles Yeary powerful story man. You should write a book.

6th generation Appalachian man myself. My 6th great grandpa "William Monroe McCall" came here from Northern Ireland in 1733. Born and raised in northern Transylvania county. The McCall/Jahu Scot/Irish blood line lives on through my two little boys. God bless America, for my ancestors where some of the ones who fought and died for our nation's future. 🇺🇸

@dullahan7677

Жыл бұрын

There was no Northern Ireland in 1733. It wasn't formed until 1921. My family's own ties to the time and place are the reason my family is in the US today. My great grandfather was involved in the Easter Uprising in 1916, when everything fell apart over there, he and a few others fled to the US to avoid capture by the authorities, my grandfather was only ten years old at the time.

@harrietharlow9929

Жыл бұрын

My father's side goes back to the late 1600s. Families like ours are both deeply rooted here, but the blood of Scotland and Ireland runs in our veins.

@kathymcmc

Жыл бұрын

I know some McCall's in Henderson County. Nice people.

@silverXnoise

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! My family is from Waynesville, almost 300 years ago. Still have family in Hendersonville. We’re Davis’s and McGaha’s, Welsh/Scots Irish.

@ericfisher565

Жыл бұрын

whats up cousin

This North Carolina girl with some Scottish ancestry went to Scotland a couple years ago. I felt oddly at home. The mountains felt like our mountains. And they are the same mountain range! People say the accent is hard to understand. I had no problem understanding the accent for the most part. Maybe that's only because of the particular places we visited, I don't know. Point is, I want to go back and explore more of this place where I feel like I belong. Is there such a thing as hidden ancestral memories?

@harrietharlow9929

29 күн бұрын

I think there is. I was born in the north (US), but drawn to the Highlands and the Appalachians.

@blue_boy244

27 күн бұрын

That because the Appalachian mountain range is the same is as Scottish highland mountains

@harrietharlow9929

27 күн бұрын

@@blue_boy244 Exactly. The Appalachians were once part of the Central Pangean Mountains. After the breakup of Pangea, the CPM became the Appalachians, the Scottish Highlands, the Scandinavian Mountains, and the Little Atlas. Even the Ouachita Mountains are part of this. They were part of the Appalachians until the formation of the Mississippi Embayment separated them.

Proud Scots-Irish, English and German here. I grew up in south east Ohio, about an hour away from West Virginia. Very proud to have come from such strong people!!

@invadertifxiii

3 ай бұрын

my scots irish ancestors settled in ross county ohio primarily but other areas in ohio too

You don't know how happy I was that the narrator pronounced it App-uh-latch-a in this

@dunruden9720

4 жыл бұрын

50% of Americans mispronounce it. Staggering ignorance!

@ayanaanon1054

3 жыл бұрын

Ain’t it the truth - I’ve never pronounced it any other way and anyone from here don’t either

@gwenyverreking5565

3 жыл бұрын

Me too😂

@backwoodspiper3033

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard and seen so many variations of the word appalachian. I'm a native east kentuckian. We pronounce the word apple-ay-shun in my area.

@jowalker806

3 жыл бұрын

Kaden I also felt joy with the correct pronunciation! I actually will not continue to watch a video if the narrator does not correctly pronounce Appalachia

My ancestors have lived in these mountains since they came over. I just discovered recently they were mostly Scottish and Irish. I even found a few paintings of them. To have the names and places, it just blows me away.

Proud to be an American of irish, Scottish, Welsh decent. I love writing country/bluegrass songs because I feel it's in my blood. When I go back to the homeland one day I might shed tears in my eyes. I hope the locals there will say welcome home. My wish.

@Walesktf

2 жыл бұрын

You'll definitely be given a warm welcome in Wales, and I'm sure in Ireland and Scotland too. We love our history and are always interested in the history of those that escaped the harsh life here, and set off for the New World to start a new life.

@SP-mf9sh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Walesktf thank you! I'd love to visit there in the future.

@shanersmith2608

Жыл бұрын

You are an American Mut just like me. Hi my name is Shane from Central PA, nice to meet you.

@N2Mtns2

Жыл бұрын

Music is my daily life. Dr Ralph Stanley was my Step-Uncle as was Carter. I LOVE the Old Stories put to Music.

@N2Mtns2

Жыл бұрын

@@shanersmith2608I definitely would be offended if someone called me a mutt. But I feel you said that jokingly so it’s all good, Smith. I know about the Irish Smiths. I get my Strength from my Deep Roots & we taught my 3 Cubs. We didn’t chase leaves we learned from the elders around. Now I teach. God bless you and Til Valhalla. 😊👋🏼

All my 'people' are from Kentucky & Virginia. I can trace one line of my family to a Scottish feller born in 1601 and my great-great-grandfather rode in a Kentucky Confederate cavalry volunteer unit. I've been exposed to this culture and music my entire life, it stays in your blood no matter where you end up going and getting back down in those deep mountain hollers is truly 'going down home'. Places and people like these are a big part of who Americans are today.

@patriciamorgan3768

4 жыл бұрын

Are you related to any Canada smith or Roman's?

@patriciamorgan3768

4 жыл бұрын

I had an uncle Bear Gilman from Pike Kentucky why I asked.

@childofgod4614

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!!

@Xaforn

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s amazing to see our ancestry, my uncle has traced our first Irish ancestor arriving in America and marrying a Cherokee woman, we even know their names! He also traced us to the house of Fraser in the lowlands of Scotland, a friend of mine is from the cousins house of Fraser in the Highlands.

@Bekind94

3 жыл бұрын

Yes to all of this. Same here.

im scottish and would love to visit the appalachians one day

@jeffreymcfadden9403

4 жыл бұрын

my ancestors settled in western Pennsylvania before the revolution. Originally from Mull, then they went to co. Cavan,Ire. 3 of my ancestors fought the btits here in ohio. 8th generation ohioan. the appalachains are the oldest mountain range in the world. once the size of the alps.

@rossco76tait48

4 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing place David. I spent my 1st 25yrs in Scotland before moving 2 Canada. My wife and I have visited West Virginia. The people and scenery are just amazing. So friendly and welcoming.

@vannjunkin8041

4 жыл бұрын

I'm predominantly Ulster Scot (County Antrim) in heritage, I'm absolutely dying to see Northern Ireland and Scotland. My wife's family is from Down and Antrim as well..

@apal1257

3 жыл бұрын

You would be very welcome in Appalachia. Come on over!

@mereduthgrubb3648

3 жыл бұрын

I live in the Blue Ridge Mountain range of the Appalachia in Northeast TN and even tho I havent really been anywhere else on my life I have to say, its an amazing place.

My grandpa was born in Appalachia, and his family lived there hundreds of years. This helped me feel a lot of positive things about that, so thank you.

Absolutely wonderful documentary. As an Ulsterman my Genealogy is Ulster-Scots: Maxwell Bell Hamilton Paterson Johnstone Watt Orr Walker Stirling Boyd McBride Cairncross Finlay Rankin Stewart Stobie Byers Ferguson.... As y'all in America will recognise these surnames. Some are Highlander Scots, Lowlander Scots, and mostly Border Scots. The Border Scots Region takes us to the History of my/our Border Reivers Ancestors as well; and how that history brought us to the Ulster Plantations, along with Presbyterianism ✝️

10th generation Appalachian and a descendant of the Scots-Irish. ♥️

@kennyross3890

3 жыл бұрын

Black hart that 4 the cowards in the i r a. I hope ur from good Ulster Scots stock and support the CSA

@Birdman2003

3 жыл бұрын

And English there SMITH. Good on yah anyway

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

scots irish, maybe, but Appalachian no. these mountains are native american. oh the arrogance

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

@Jou Moer nope, never said there were exceptional in any way. but their history is the true history of this continent. irish are the appalachian people? do u even see how stupid that sounds? spaniards are the people of mexico? chinese are the people of Tibet?

@Dom-fx4kt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Birdman2003 Smith is also Scottish, it is also Welsh and is in the top 5 most common Surnames in the Irish Republic.

Proud to be Scots-Irish. Thirteen forebears are listed on my SAR application as documented contributors to the Revolutionary War. Nine of the men on that slate were members of the Virginia Militia and Troops of Line. The latter participated in the Siege of Yorktown. I keep the Ulster Scot story alive as best I can.

@shouston8879

Жыл бұрын

Another Scottish/Scots Irish person here. But my Scottish Highland ancestors, after losing in the Jacobite Wars against England, hired themselves out as mercenaries to King George and then stayed in the States. I guess the DAR wouldn't want me, though.

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606

Жыл бұрын

My ancestor was given orders by King George to survey land in the Bluefield region of Virginia, upon doing so staked claim to the land and became a scout/spy for the colonial army

@cgoodson2010

10 ай бұрын

I'm there with you, too. My ancestry parallels yours. We share a marvelous heritage!

@Lonesome__Dove

8 ай бұрын

You are so blessed to know such rich information about your people.

The story of my people. My ancestors eventually made their way to Indian Territory where I was born and raised, but the Appalachias have always called me home. I've hiked 11 of the 14 states on the Appalachian Trail so far and hope to finish it soon. Right now my kids are looking for land along the trail, my son in the South and my daughter in the North. I plan on hiking from one to the other for the rest of my life.

@gloriauselton9897

7 ай бұрын

That's beautiful! Best of luck!

@hannuhlynn

6 ай бұрын

What a beautiful legacy of your life! Blessings to you, my Appalachian Kin. Blessings to you!

This was not what I was expecting. It was beautiful.

Well this makes sense from a musicology point of view. Traditional music from this region and bluegrass have a lot in common with Celtic music.

@IK-so2bm

3 жыл бұрын

Bluegrass is the greatest deep-roots American music.

@char08fal

3 жыл бұрын

Bluegrass is a mixture of Celtic, Irish folk and African blues music. You can hear all of the influences.

@brucecollins4729

3 жыл бұрын

@@char08fal scottish folk

@andreawheatley5528

3 жыл бұрын

So does our dancing

@andreawheatley5528

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucecollins4729 She is correct, our blues was mixed in as well

Im proud to be from Northeast TN right at the base of the Blue Ridge. Irish on my great grandfathers side and Scottish on my great grandmothers side. Maybe its just me but there is a magnetic pull to these mountains that keeps me here. I went to the beach back in 2010 and was homesick so bad on day number 4 i actually got physically ill. Once we got back to the mountains tho, immediate relief. I havent left them since and never want to again.

@lisamatthews890

Жыл бұрын

I’m from Bay County and I can’t leave her, my people are buried here. When I go in-land I feel a magnetic pull to go home to Bay County Florida. 🌴🦦🔥🐍

@MrTL3wis

Жыл бұрын

My family had long pause in Grundy County, TN. I've never been there, but it does have a strange pull on me.

@silvergirl2847

9 ай бұрын

It's very similar in landscape to Ireland ..

@jillmartin232

8 ай бұрын

@@silvergirl2847Just minus the heat.

@lonniemonroe2714

5 ай бұрын

East Tennessee myself. Never seen a beach. Never wanted to either. You got sand. You got ocean. Get tired of that you got ocean & sand. I'm born in these mountains. Raised. Live here. Will die here. No better place on earth. Starting to build up..WAY TO MUCH..from what I refer to as Yankee Foreigners. Another 20 years and it won't be the same. Sad

Something I don't see mentioned in this video is that after emigrating to the US, Scots-Irish pushed a little bit west, and found good farmland already taken by Germans, English, Dutch, and other early settlers. Thus searching for land, they migrated down through the Appalachian range, eventually settling in hills and mountains below the frost belt. This land wasn't as good for a farming lifestyle, but at least the weather wasn't so inhospitable. Generations passed, and an identifiable culture developed.

My ancestors landed in 1627 in what was then the Plymouth colony. They were whalers and ship captains in the decades that followed and their adventures took them down the east coast and around the world. The branch I decend from moved to Virginia, Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia after the French and Indian War while it was still a frontier. I often look at their courage and resiliance as a inspiration in my life and a high mark to live up to.

@Universalknowledge13

8 ай бұрын

I had family come over .. under the surname Garrett. Mine is Campbell though

My mama's family were Scottish , and daddy's were German. This is so true, lol. The German side was much more serious and the Scottish were a bit more wild, lol. I was raised in North Georgia and Tennessee. Thank you for this program. It took me back.........

@kuallalumpur5417

Жыл бұрын

Was your German side protestant as well?

@Mark-ue9qd

Жыл бұрын

Crazy this is my family to a tee except my dads were polish

@user-od5fh3gn4d

8 ай бұрын

Skull as thick as a brick? Seems to be a common trait among us Irish/Scottish/German "mutts".

The intro song made me emotional. Proud to be a Scots-Irish Tennessee Appalachian

@meredithgrubb7027

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@missfeliss3628

2 жыл бұрын

yes m'am

As a long-time folk singer and musician, I am always struck by just how MANY versions there are of the old “Barbara Allen” song - both words and tunes.

I have Scottish and Irish ancestry on both sides and the reason they were foot loose and fancy free is because life had ALWAYS been short and hard with no real pace of their own, always under someone else's foot, so why not let loose while one can?

@barbararaegurley4910

3 жыл бұрын

Guess that all follows the bloodlines... Love for music, storytelling, oversion to tyranny, and no place of peace to rest... My life's beginning to make sense now.. 😆

@kellykirkpatrick8978

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbararaegurley4910 same

@debbiecarter2

3 жыл бұрын

Scotch Irish here. My family lived in the N.C. end of the Appalachian Mountains. Some now at the foothills and Piedmont region. I asked my grandfather once why would our ancestors have chosen such rough land to come here and live on? He said when the Scotch Irish got here they were poor but together they had a little money they could have purchased better land together to farm but people already here didn't want to sell to them. They were poorly thought of. Even called drunken monkeys. The land in the Appalachian was rough, raw, rocky and hills that most thought not fit to have. That's what they were able to buy. Most could not farm it but the Scotch Irish did. They worked hard and moved stone and rocks and even used it in what they built and made hedges, houses, walls and fences with the stones. They found a way to farm it enough to scratch out a living. My grandfather, grandmother and great grandmother, clear down to my mama sang some of the old songs. I never realized anybody took an interest in any of that? I still go to the old bluegrass festivals. Closest you can get to mountain music any more.

@boohoo54

3 жыл бұрын

always under someone else's foot? cause they didnt put their feet on the natives necks, right?

@MsLane61

3 жыл бұрын

@@boohoo54 One in every crowd. Take your disrespectful boo hooing and plight your cause somewhere else.

This documentary mentions King James "of England" but neglects to mention that King James was a Scottish king who had inherited the English throne. He was King James the 6th of Scotland and became also King James the 1st of England at the same time. He was also the same King James who commissioned the translation of the bible into English (consequently called The King James edition). I'm half Irish and half Scottish Canadian but I grew up in England so I take an interest in getting the historical facts straightened out. Anyway, there's a lot of good music history in this video.

@margaretdevries8090

5 жыл бұрын

speculativism s. I believe King James 2nd son of Mary Queen of Scots took the throne but was always at the the English court It should have went to her first son with the Daphne of France , they were married very young, she left France to sit on the Scottish Throne ! Her English cousin executed her, When she died and those after her the throne was given to Hanover lineage ! We have to remember History was made by the Victors ! And it differs to who you talk to or what your taught or read !! Right now you have the Royalists !! And those who scorn them !!

@williamsanders7221

5 жыл бұрын

Margaret deVries:--- The Stuart King James VI of Scotland (1st of England) was the son of "Mary Queen of Scots". His granddaughter was "Sophia of Hanover" ( the mother of King George 1st of Great Britain) The Protestant Sophia should have inherited the throne from her childless first cousin (once removed) the Protestant Stuart "Queen Anne", however Sophia died two months before Anne so the throne passed to Sophia's son King George 1st. The first Scots/German King of Great Britain. ( The start of the Hanoverian dynasty).

@Downhomeherbwife

5 жыл бұрын

My family were given 10K acres in Co. Tyrone, as 'Undertakers', to bring clansfolk over to Ulster; within ten years, my ancestor had sold his land to his brother-in-law. Needless to say, this patent came from King James (our cousin).

@robertmaser2126

5 жыл бұрын

King James 6 was King of Scotland he was raised by John Knox his protector. The Bible he was raised on what is known as the Geneva Bible. It was Written in English. When King James 6 make him King of England he was 39 years old he felt that the Geneva Bible and the Presbyterian religion was contrary to the monarchy. So he got a bunch of Scholars together and put out his own Bible. the Presbyterians believe government start at the bottom and work to the top. The people were equal to the king because under God all people are equal. You will not find the verse saying to a real governments cuz they were put here by God. Presbyterians did not believe in divine right. The King James version came out 46 years after the Geneva Bible. It was Geneva Bible also known as a presbyterian Bible that came across the pilgrims on the Mayflower. It was also the Bible present during the Declaration of Independence it was also the Bible that George Washington's war on when he became the first president. Eventually the United States because most religions other than the Presbyterian use the King James version. I forgot the Catholics kept the old Catholic Bible. And like I said the Geneva Bible was in English. The English used what was called the Bishops Bible. After King James wrote his Bible the England's start using the King James instead of the bishop Bible

@mrs.schmenkman2858

4 жыл бұрын

"Inherited the English throne" ---- aka King of England hnmph

My granny was from wva. She spoke a dialect of English which had a lot of Scottish sounds, like “ wilt ye give me a wee sup o yer water” or Go to yon lad and fetch him home, look at yon fiest (look at that little dog)

@jameswilson3991

3 жыл бұрын

look at that wee dug linda in scotland

What a thrilling documentary.Incredible music.

@nightster6378

3 жыл бұрын

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“One drop will make a rabbit whoop a bull dog” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... love that lyric!

@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh

10 ай бұрын

Funny!

Some footage of the late country music veteran Johnny Cash,probably near the end of his life.God bless his sweet memory,friends.

@timmyteaching

4 жыл бұрын

Derlin Claire he looked a bit haunted, didn’t he. I wonder if this was about the time he was covering Trent Reznor.

@TheUntubed

4 жыл бұрын

Derlin Claire I was thinking of Johnny and Loretta when I opened this video. Such a great story teller in music. Miss them. I’m Scottish too, and very happy the scotts are so independent ❤️

@rebeccalankford2652

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmyteaching He had lost his love.

@frankpaya690

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmyteaching likely he was blind or partially blind by then.

@susanlittlejohn8054

2 жыл бұрын

JOHNNY CASH FAMILY ARE FROM KINGDOM OF FIFE IN SCOTLAND

Beautiful culture. I'm a city-billy from Detroit. Obsessed with Irish history and ancestry. No one tells stories and sees the world like the celtic people.

@davidweiss9891

3 жыл бұрын

These are not Celtics, they are Scots-Irish not Irish

@harolddenton6031

3 жыл бұрын

Hey ard uuubrekated yo Denton's from Hempstead,long island,ny or from Shenandoah valley,va? My 7 th/gg/ was Jane Seamon who married Jonas Denton's in Hempstead long Island inthe early 1700's.

@rsmyth75

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidweiss9891 the scots and Irish are Celtic same blood

@rsmyth75

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidweiss9891 yes they are!!! At one time the whole of the British isles were Celtic!

@maximilianolimamoreira5002

3 жыл бұрын

@Zaidia Naif French also have Celtic blood, and Southern Germans too.

My dads family were Scottish and Welch. My mother was Romania and we were raised in S.W. Virginia. I am very proud to be from Coal miners and farming people.

My great grandma came from scotland. I dont know the whole story but she was laid to rest in 1810 ❣️ MacDougall is our clan .. Wish i knew more but i still call Scotland motherland, and have much pride for that beautiful country

@shelleyhulet5371

9 ай бұрын

Ohio appalachia

@Angela-qr8wl

4 ай бұрын

🌈

I didn't grow up in Appalachia, but I lived within a couple hours drive of those mountains. I've always been drawn to them and felt most at peace whenever I visited. Now, I'm part of them, living in Western NC, Asheville, near the Smokies. Gorgeous country. I feel I'm home.

@terrygarvin1980

Жыл бұрын

Good on You!!!

@randyowens3419

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of Young's cove west of Asheville in Candler, that's where my family lived from the early 18th century.

@sophiabeatty3270

Жыл бұрын

Same here Teresa I love the mountains &asheville. Most beautiful. It’s true you feel at home in Ireland and Scotland- love them too.selene

@sarahannsmith3129

Жыл бұрын

We're in Asheville, too....this part of the country is truly magical!

@edrose8358

Жыл бұрын

@@randyowens3419 Hello Randy, small world isn't it.

I am proud to be an Appalachian American.

@patatoh71

6 жыл бұрын

cool

@garybeitel3460

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Yes!

@miketaylor5212

6 жыл бұрын

there is no reason not to be proud.

@TheresaPowers

5 жыл бұрын

You should be. YOu are True American.

@Will_Moffett

5 жыл бұрын

Are you inbred? Do you get into life and death struggles over perceived slights? Are you dumb as fuck?

My red headed grandfather always said he was Scots-Irish and I was always curious about this nationality. Thank you for sharing this brief history of the Scots-Irish. I am now honored to be a member of this proud people.

@rebeccadavis794

Жыл бұрын

My whole family are redheads. I am copper and sister and brother were strawberry.

@brendajoycewhite5747

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather and many others had red and strawberry, copper, my grandmother's family had dark, Indian hair.

@Doktracy

6 ай бұрын

My grandfather and uncle have red hair. My father’s side had very fair skin,lots of red heads and blondes.

I’m from southern West Virginia and I loved this. I’ve taken a big interest in my roots. The surname I carry is from Wales, but my family is from all over the isles. Scottish, English, Welsh, Irish and Manx. It definitely made for an interesting way of life, way of speaking, and accent.

@KC-gy5xw

10 ай бұрын

Scottish Surname, Jamaican branch present! Scottish, English, Scandinavian (probably via the Scottish/Northern English branch) Welsh, African of all sorts, and a good sprinkling of Jewish somehow... My DNA list is HUGE 🤣

This is my family history. I’ve been able to trace the first of my family back to Scotland well before the American Revolution and through DNA have traced my lineage to the great southern migration of the Americas. It’s a hard, wonderful history that I’m incredibly proud of.

As a WV who loves history and genealogy I have always felt like the first places I want to visit is Scotland and Ireland. My Scot Irish descendants are the McCunes from Argyl who moved to Ulster from Scotland after the Bishop and Civil Wars in Britain. Then they moved to America in the 1760's, fought in our Revolution and then settled on the farm I grew up on, which that land was how they were paid for their revolutionary service. Ironically they married English Drakes and German Siders'. Then my mom married my dad, a Coffey whos family were forced here from confiscated Irish lands taken after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It is unhelpful to blame each other, if we truly are sincere, for our forberrors transgressions as if we committed the atrocities ourselves. I used to think I should hate the English but the English were mostly oppressed and subjugated by Franco-Normans. The Anglo-Saxons before the Normans oppressed the native celtic Britons before that. So on and so on and so on the cycle of hate and oppression goes until we rise above it and forgive. History is brutal with very few truly innocent

@lucascoffey7902

6 жыл бұрын

and I didnt even mention the displacement of our native american brethren. My grandfather (Siders) swore his great grandmother was Cherokee. I don't know about that one. But seriously if I hated people for ethnic reasons I would never stop hating myself. Anyway, I am proud to be a mutt.

@pennydavis2637

4 жыл бұрын

Lucas Coffey ...Irish, Scottish, Norman’s, Welsh, Anglo-Saxon have fought for centuries, that is what siblings do, and that is exactly what the Monarchs of those nations were over time, brothers fighting brothers, and sisters fighting sisters...

@DavidWilliams-km5xu

3 жыл бұрын

@@pennydavis2637You forgot the English.

@tammycoffeecr

3 жыл бұрын

My maiden name is Coffee. Wonder if we're related.

@dragonflydreamer13

Жыл бұрын

My mother’s paternal line are Coffey’s from Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains.

This is why I love these mountains. My family can be traced back to the 1700s in WV. I am Scots-Irish German mix. There is no place like WV, sure a lot of us were or are still poor but we grew up that way it was our life. We are proud people it's in our blood. I have said before and I'll say it again I wake up everyday and that God I live in WV.

Just stumbled across this; so great to see the history of my people! Our heritage and culture is being pushed aside more and more these days, so this is great to show my kids where they came from!

@LeeGee

9 ай бұрын

Keep playing the music and you'll never be forgotten.

Hello I’m proud to be Scotch-Irish my last name is Rose and I was raised in southwestern Virginia my father and brother were both coal miners my ancestors originally settled in North Carolina near Asheville then migrated north to Virginia. We’re good hard working people, I retired from 30 yrs over the road trucking with a stint in the Marine Corps, I still work part time at Kroger’s here in Tennessee where I currently reside. So proud of my heritage. Jim Rose

@dixiecyrus8136

3 жыл бұрын

Scots-Irish scotch is a beverage

@maryr6300

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that! This was a great documentary!

@jameswilson3991

2 жыл бұрын

yes a scots surname linda in scotland

@JohnSmith-cb4sb

2 жыл бұрын

"Scotch-Irish" is correct.

@rileyhinds8616

2 жыл бұрын

@@dixiecyrus8136 In 1695, Sir Thomas Laurence, Secretary of Maryland, referred to “the two counties of Dorchester and Somerset, where the Scotch-Irish are numerous.” (329-330). In 1723, two different Anglican ministers in Delaware stated that the settlers from northern Ireland referred to themselves as “Scotch-Irish,” and in 1730 James Logan, secretary to the Penn family, stated that the term was also used by settlers in Pennsylvania (330). In 1737, the editor of the Virginia Gazette referred to several ships “from the North of Ireland, and from Holland [that] have brought a great Number of Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Palatines, Passengers” (Montgomery 3). Here we clearly see the native Irish being differentiated from the Scotch-Irish. The Pennsylvania Gazette in 1756 mentioned “some Scotch-Irish kill’d” by Indians on the Pennsylvania frontier (Montgomery 3). Further south, Governor Arthur Dobbs of North Carolina, an immigrant from Ulster himself, wrote of seventy-five families “from Pennsylvania of what we call Scotch-Irish Presbyterians” who settled in his colony in 1755 (Leyburn 215). In the late 1760’s, the Anglican minister Charles Woodmason preached among “Scotch Irish Presbyterians from the North of Ireland” who were living in the South Carolina backcountry (Hooker 14). And in 1772, a newspaper advertisement in the Virginia Gazette reported a runaway African slave named Jack who “speaks in the Scotch-Irish dialect” (Bridenbaugh 169).

When I was a kid growing up in Charlotte NC in the 60s we'd go see the chilly fall colors in the mountains many years. My dad was Scotch Irish mom was Chinese.

@meredithgrubb7027

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a very cool mixture.

Very beautiful and respectful! Thank you so much for sharing and God bless everyone

This is my heritage. My Grandmothers family were Scots-Irish as well as My mothers Fathers family. They were from the southern Appalacians. They settled around Cherokee. My Grandmother that I spoke of. Her mothers family were from the Germans. I also have Cherokee blood flowing in my veins. I grew up on Sand Mountain in North East Alabama but my roots go back to Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia and as I said around Cherokee. I also has a little bit of French in me. I love my heritage and my roots. This was so fun to watch. I believe in one of the later pics of the late 1800's I saw a pic of my Great Grandfather Kincaid. He was a musician a music teacher as well as minister. His wife was from a German family Kincer (Kinser)

Im Scottish with a lot of Irish blood in me - this video makes me feel more akin with Americans - who knows going way way back how many of my ancestors are now Americans

@HueyPPLong

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you know of anyone specific in your family's recent history then you definitely share a common ancestor with an Appalachian before you would a continental European.

@emiitchi4232

4 жыл бұрын

william f im Scottish Irish and long to go to Scotland to possibly live one day

@hellooutthere8956

4 жыл бұрын

At least half the population here have Irish blood. I'd bet that. We have always been sympathetic to the irish struggle against the english.

@canwetalkaboutthat6117

4 жыл бұрын

Aye!

@hellooutthere8956

4 жыл бұрын

@Talorc MacAllan so true. The american imperialism is english imperialism 2.0.

Barbara Allen was my mother's name. That song has deep meaning to me.

I'm Irish, I love and fantasise about travelling to this part of the world, I'm excited to visit Appalacha and southern USA some day soon ya cant beat that sweet country music, The people seem salt of the earth and the accents are the best, fishing, boats, moonshine dungarees, rolling hills, guns, wrestling, banjos, summertime. gonna be epic god willing. A lot of the modern Irish have lost their love of freedom content to be the EUs lil pet. Heartbreaking stuff. God help and continue to bless our peoples!

@patriciaryan1716

Ай бұрын

Amen! Come on out anytime! You're assumptions about the South Appalachians are correct, I live here 😅 You'd be most welcome, people here looooove Irish and Scottish folk❤ I think it's bc it makes us feel connected to our roots, family. You'd be popular and have many cool conversations, make friends, and enjoy some good local music and food if ya look for it!

Tom Wolfe, who died a few years ago, found a statistic that half of America’s Medal of Honor winners came from within 50 miles of the Appalachians. “Born Fighting,” a book from about ten years back, went into this topic more generally.

@petermcguire9460

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the referral!

@geoffreyharris5931

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. Appreciate it.

@Badger705

10 ай бұрын

Great Suffering as well as Sheer Grit and Determination is in our blood

@northernirishviking7283

8 ай бұрын

It still runs in our dna to this day, we are fighters by our very nature, friendly also, look at the most decorated british soldier of ww2, col blair paddy mayne, an ulster man, the ulster scot played a massive part in securing victories in every british conflict up til now

@user-od5fh3gn4d

8 ай бұрын

Mountain people are hardcore.

I'm glad he pronounced Appalachia correctly.

I'm from Scots-Irish decent. My family is from NC Appalachians. My Great Grandfather was a moonshiner and my Grandfather, born in 1892 was a circuit rider preacher. We have always regarded the Native Americans as people to respect and behold. When I lived in California I found that their view of Native Americans was so different and it made me so sad. After being gone for 20 years, I am finally back home in NC. I experienced culture shock when I left.. My entire family sings and laughter has always been our medicine. My cousin said that he had never seen a funeral that the Connor's haven't enjoyed! I'm so thankful for my family and my heritage. It's wonderful to be back home!

@rosalielehto6697

Жыл бұрын

My peoples last name was Bryant n Snow. I always love hearing about my people. My daddy was from N C n he talked it n walked it. His mama was a Snow. Love this n loved my daddy n his people. ❤😊

Wonderful video. All my people came from Appalachia in western Va. I've heard many of those old songs coming up and miss the old folks I once knew.

Lol, I am Scots from my dad and Irish from my mother so maybe I should be an honorary Appalachian? Always wondered about the origins of these mountain folk so thank you for telling me. I live in England but have been fascinated about this area for decades. Great video. Thank you.

@MALEXI10

4 ай бұрын

Just to clarify, that wouldn't class you as Scots Irish.

It is somehow comforting to know my aversion to authority is breed in me. Got to ponder on that a while. (and yes, I moved out West but I still am a Southern Man.)

@mewzetm8928

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Smith , You are correct. 'Genetic Memory' can possibly be the cause of several types of personality traits. They are learning more and more about what is generally called genetic memory traits now with each year that passes. It is unique that so many Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scotsmen seem to have the same basic likes and dislikes. As in the dislike of being 'Ordered' to do something. Now, a person can Ask us nicely to do something and we no problems .. (most of the time.) 🎻🎙🎶🙂. (I'm of Irish/Cherokee, (father) and of Apache/German/Irish/Cherokee (mother) ancestors.)

@harolddenton6031

3 жыл бұрын

The federal government will fail miserably when they try going up into them Appalachian and Allegheny mountains. There will be way more blood shed now then was shed back during the American revolutionary and civil wars.

@harolddenton6031

3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Smith my Denton's and Smith's mixed in the mid 1600's when LT John Rock Smiths daughter Mary Rock Smith married my 8 th/ great grandfather/Samuel Denton in 1660's in Hempstead long Island,ny.

@freedomspromise8519

3 жыл бұрын

Aversion to authority.... Could my Scots-Irish ancestors have passed this on to me, a fire-in-her-soul redhead and all 8 of my redheaded, extremely bullheaded children? If so, I thank them! I wouldn't change a thing. That aversion to authority has served me well.

@terriejohnston8801

3 жыл бұрын

You can take the Boy Out of the Country...BUT you CANT' take the Country 'Out the Boy. 🌏 🌲 🐺 OR the Girl. i hearU ! Took a 3 mt. Rd.trip thru Calif. Was a memory of a lifetime! Point being. Can truly understand, why you headed West. COULD of easily Hung my Hat around Julian for longer. MAYBE you heard of this town?🌵Many others, as well. Future List*-a Spend couple mnts.Thru Arizona /😘 Havasupai Nation. See Wounded Knee 😘 l'd lay on the blood stained ground * Smudge w white Sage, Red Cedar @ my 3 feather fan. Scatter gift offerng of Tobacco. Red Cedar for gift offering. In the dead silence, i hear the cries of my peoples. " Wakan-Tanan Kici Un.: (May the Great Spirit Bless You.) Pila'maya. (Thank you.) Lakota language. ⭐ 🌖 🐺

What a treat to see Johnny Cash ...

I wished there is a love button for this kind of documentary. I will give you all ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

For as long as I can remember I could sing and write my own songs. My grandmother did that as well and there are many musicians in my family. A good song doesn’t have to be true if it’s a good story. I have a heightened sense of justice which gets me in trouble sometimes. Thank you Scots-Irish ancestors in a rough, unforgiving land.

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear from a songwriter. I, too, write them, and poetry, one book. My brother used to beg mh mom to make me stop singing because I made up songs about my dogs and the donkey that we owned. I guess I know where that tendencey comes from. Thank you ancestord.

My mother's ancestors were "Shanty Irish". And dad's ancestors were English and Scots. I still have distant cousins living in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

I am so proud my family from Ulster made that trip to Eastern Ky. we been there for many many many years now

@michaelirwin5489

2 жыл бұрын

Ulster (Northern Ireland) and the USA have great ties. Never let the "Irish American" culture sweep you to one side.

Thanks for this series. I’m full of pride for my Scots-Irish (the term doesn’t bother me or my County Cork portion). Proud PA branch!

Oh, my word. I didn’t realize that the end of this documentary would highlight the music of Appalachia and feature Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, and Ricky Scaggs ~ and recordings of others (I’m pretty sure I heard June Carter Cash). Thank you!

That were one of the most interesting halfs of a hour I have spent in a long time. Thank you to all who have made this film.

I love these hills! Once I learned that the whole ridge was connected to Scotland I was excited yet not surprised!

@maryr6300

3 жыл бұрын

Yes learning this was "mind blown" for me. I'm going to read up on that....

This documentary has brought cheers and tears of joy and appreciation to the earlest migrants especially those who settled in the Appalachians. A a country music lover there is no other way to really absorb, cherish, enjoy and magnify God Almighty through the spirit, history the people ajd nature of the Appalachians. The long history of these people deserve a place in the history of this great nation. A very heart-warming documentary.

@georgepoirier9014

8 ай бұрын

Loved this history immensely. GOD BLESS !!!❤❤❤

A great majority of my ancestors were Scots-Irish who came to America in the early 1700s. Quite a few fought for independence in the American Revolution. And have fought in every American war up until the Korean War. My direct ancestors never seemed to stay in one area for more than a generation but always stayed in the south and worked their way west. Eventually ending up in Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

@suzukibn1131

8 ай бұрын

Mine ended up in SOUTHERN Illinois and the hill country of Texas.

@marywrigjt7614

8 ай бұрын

Same here. ❤

@Doktracy

6 ай бұрын

Anyone with surnames of Barnett,Fowler or Cole here? Eventually from Northeast Texas?

I have lived in the Appalachian Mountains in north carolina all my life, 37 years. And i love this land. My ancestors land

@rosalielehto6697

Жыл бұрын

My daddy n his people was name of Bryant n his mama was a Snow. My daddy’s people moved to Delaware in early 1900s but my daddy always took us back to N C to stomp old grounds n to see his peoples. I loved it n now my daddy’s gone n pretty well all our people here in Delaware. I always enjoyed my daddy’s little jigs he danced n loved going to N C because I always felt at home there. I sure do miss my daddy n his mama. ❤😊. Love this site n learned so much. ❤

I have lived in other areas of the South, mostly Texas and Florid but i always come back to Appalachia. I am back home in my glorious mountains to stay now and will die here. To me there is no other place on earth I would rather be. My family is also Scot/irish descendants.

@andymonk9505

4 жыл бұрын

My great-grandfather went West, to Texas, trained Mexican on our side to use Gatling guns,then to California, brought grandfather back here, SEOhio.He forgot to mention SEO.Mother side changed their name before my grandfather was born from McFagan to Figgins somewhere,grandpa was born in 1899.

@glendahawkins3227

4 жыл бұрын

There is no place like home.

So proud my father comes from this and mother ces from polynesian warriors in Tonga 💪🏽🙌🏽history is such a magnificent thing to learn about yourself

The Scots-Irish from Ulster are my ancestors whom, I am very proud of.God bless them all.

Not only did they move to the Appalachians, they settled in Pittsburgh and created the most powerful industrial country in the world. The Scotch-Irish were the primary factor in the creation of the mining, steel, and coal industries in Western Pennsylvania that became the engine of America in the 19th and into the 20th Century. In this day and age, this breed of folks from Scotland to Northern Ireland to America never get their credit for their role in the development of the United States. Plus, their music dominates and influences all varieties of American music. What a great breed of folks.

@dalepeto9620

5 жыл бұрын

Greetings from a Scots -Irish in western Pa. (Irwin)

@lordwallace70

5 жыл бұрын

AMERICAN??? : FUCK OFF YOUR A CITIZEN OF "NORTH AMERICA". AND THAT MEANS MEXICAN, CANADIAN, FRENCH CANADIAN, AND CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES...of America.

@brucecollins4729

2 жыл бұрын

neither do the actual scots who have been in the americas since the 1500s. then the later ulster scots , many of them would still have been full scots having lived in ireland a few years or even months before leaving for the americas.

@MALEXI10

4 ай бұрын

​@@dalepeto9620That's my surname also! I'm from Armagh City, Northern Ireland. We're Ulster Scots over here !

My wife is Scotch-Irish from West by God Virginia. God Bless & God Help me.

@jenrutherford6690

3 жыл бұрын

If you keep saying scotch Irish instead of Scott's Irish..you will need gods help to survive.

@scottygardner654

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@scottygardner654

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenrutherford6690 I just posted the same thing the other day..

@jameswilson3991

3 жыл бұрын

hi my mothers family irish from county tyrone can i just say correct saying is scots irish from linda in scotland

@williamjordan5554

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenrutherford6690 Scots-Irish*

An interesting thing I read recently is that the Appalachians are the same mountain range as the Scottish Highlands and the Atlas Mountains in North Africa. They drifted apart when the continents drifted apart. I hope its true!

@suzukibn1131

8 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@garymacdonald7165

4 ай бұрын

Very true!

The music😍😍😍. I just love it, and love making up short ballads on the fly when only a tune is played. It's so fun, my daughter and husband chime in and we have come up with some interesting, and R rated songs when we're really on a roll. No liquor required😂

O! How I love these old mountains. Smoky shouldered old men raising up strong heads. Ridges of green, valleys of blue ribbon rivers- cleanest, sweetest waters and springs. Plenty of room and not many people. Shannandoah in Virgina makes my heart ache. I know these hills will be on the new earth. God will make them new for all us who would be broken hearted without these mountains that he used to shape us and strengthen us. We've corn and oil. Praise God.

My family mixed with the Cherokee I'm Scot Irish and Cherokee

@mangot589

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa Lentile my dad too.

@dawnchristensen7492

4 жыл бұрын

Ours mixed with Choctaw Indian

@harolddenton6031

3 жыл бұрын

My Denton's mixed with the native tribes from 1600's into 1800's. After settling in northeast Tennessee by the 1770's they mixed with the yates,huskins,shaws,stevens tapps/tappticos from western north carolina. The huskins had intermarried with plotts and little John's from murphy,nc up in cherokee by the late 1700's. They also mixed with the jones and riddles from hendersonville,nc by the late 1800's.

@tbrown4080

3 жыл бұрын

Probably black too

@kristybarnes2563

3 жыл бұрын

me too.

I'm from McDowell Co WV & my Granny LOVED those songs! I can barely remember any, especially because I could hardly understand her when she sang, but I remember that voice. This video has shown me how their culture became what it did.

Why don’t they make a movie about these people. They’re amazing

This is the best Appalachian area and history documentary I've seen. great job, thank you! I wish they would teach this in schools.

This is all about my maternal family history. I am Scots/Irish, and my family settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in the mid-1700s...very proud of these roots!

@mrs.schmenkman2858

5 жыл бұрын

Lexicon 67 Ill bet you ten bucks that you come from ancestors from the Highlander Clearance after Culloden! That is where a great deal of them ended up

@debmarcum4621

5 жыл бұрын

Lexicon 67 my parents from blue ridge . Blessings

@raleighburner1589

4 жыл бұрын

No such thing as scotch Irish either your Scottish or Irish no in-between

@spurs541

4 жыл бұрын

Your not

@mischelle9530

4 жыл бұрын

There wasn’t anyone in Virginia till the 1800s no trace of anyone just lies. Taking people to hell.

God bless America. We need more people like this today.

West Virginia here…most of my family is Scots-Irish and came here by way of Ulster, Northern Ireland. My husband’s family came from Scotland to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina and later settled in West Virginia.