People have more in common than they have that is different. I don't have any problem with folks investigating their family trees and heritage but I have seen them use that information to, for lack of a better term, hold themselves seperate from the "rest of us"....and that ain't playin' ball.

"You are what you is." Frank Zappa.

"We are here and it is now." Charlton Heston, Planet of the Apes.

Virtues and vices are not inherent in any group...these characteristics are the result of your upbringing in the society that they live in. It's as ludicous to say that any member of any group is inherently clever or brave as it is to say that any one is lazy or stupid because of their heritage or ethnicity.

Further, I can't see that something that happened in the past has any bearing on how I relate to someone living in the here and now. Accept that things have happened in the past and that they may have been sad and unfortunate but that we have to resolve differences and move forward.

I literally see people here that are third and fourth generation Irish-Americans who are still cussing out "the British"...what's that all about? They wouldn't know a Brit if they tripped over one but they're still carrying this crap on. People...give it up...life's too short.

As your doctor, I'd advise you all to strap on kilts and party like it's 1999.

Best

AA