Same here. I've never even been to Ireland, but my father's family came from Ireland, and part of my mother's too.

My grandmother was so fucking Catholic it hurt, in a very narrow and judgemental way, and I believe that shaped a lot of my father's ideas and neuroses, which he then passed onto my sister and I, and which we're both fighting to get free of.

I have a lot of alcoholism in my family on both sides (the Scots on my mother's side were heavy drinkers too) and lots of family feuds because both sides of the family are incredibly proud, stubborn and hold grudges like the dickens.