I might be wrong, but I have always used thr term Scot Irish tom reflect the fact that my mother's family (Gordons) are Scots, and my father's family (McNeill) are immigrants from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Thus, I am Scottish on one side and Irish on the other. Of course, now that I have discovered (Irish American Society), ther Irish part of my family are considered Scots also, Maybe I should call myself "Scot/IrishScot" Overall, I guess I'm just another "mongrel American" with an interesting ancestry (even a little Carolina Indian thrown in)