Irish Writers in America - Conan O'Brien on In-breeding

Conan O'Brien talks about how thoroughly Irish his family is, with one crucial exception.
See the entire episode at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/irishwriters/PR2002521

[@EvelynL.1112]

0:50 Conan's wife is 1/2 Irish, 1/4 Welsh, and 1/4 Scots. So this pretty much means Conan's kids are 75% Irish, 12.5% Welsh, and 12.5% Scots. But they'll still be 100% Celtic.

[@Irishbeermonk]

His kids may not be necessarily 100% Celtic. A lot of Scots and Welsh are Anglo-Saxon or Dutch too. Especially the fact that she's not Catholic may mean not Celtic origin from Scotland. Could be Scottish Presbyterian, like Donal Trumps history. All Scottish, not Celtic.

[@curiousgamer9343]

Hahah I though being 100 percent Irish was just a joke. He seemed so serious.

[@OleanderSmoothie]

i'm so glad all my ancestors are from different places lmao

[@irishelk3]

Fitzgerald is actually a Norman name -- the only real Irish name with a Fitz in front is Fitzpatrick, which means follower of Patrick or something.

[@EvelynL.1112]

Whoa, really?

[@stephenryan7855]

Son of Patrick, Fitz derives from the French "fils" which means son

[@irishelk3]

@@stephenryan7855 Ah are you a Ryan?, i'm a Ryan on my mothers side, yeah it probably does, they're still an Irish family though, for some reason they adopted the Fitz, maybe they were trying to Fitz in what? ahahaha ugh.

[@stephenryan7855]

@@irishelk3 Ha ha, where do your mothers people hail, let me guess, is it Tipperary?

[@irishelk3]

@@stephenryan7855 Well i'm from Dublin, same as my dad, shes from Donegal, but my granddad moved up there from Waterford, his family back in the 18th century came from Cork. Yourself?

[@Bodogable]

Cool!!!

[@galwaygirl8131]

He is American and has Irish great great grandparents. So he is irish descent not Irish. Its the most stereotypical thing a Irish American can say ' I'm Irish'. Ah well your as American as Coke Cola

[@elizabethdescamps2065]

He's Irish American

[@curiousgamer9343]

Hahah I though being 100 percent Irish was just a joke. He seemed so serious.