21 Weeks 4 Days: AMERICA! F**K YEAH!

Dear Baby,

You are an American. I know it comes as a shocker since your mom and my distant, distant relatives once lived in Ireland, England and Germany, but no that doesn't make you Irish, British or German. You will be born in America, your parents were born in America, your grandparents were born in America, Your great grandparents were born in America and at least some if not all of your great, great Grandparents were born in America. I think there is enough lineage there to savely label you an American.

And I'm no super patriot shouting, "America! Fuck Yeah!" in the streets or anything, but there are way to many people who call themselves some other nationality than American when they are in no way that nationality. I use Irish as an example because I run into more Americans who tell people they are "Irish" than anyone else. Irish culture is cool. I'd like to go to Ireland some day and maybe learn some more about my roots. But I'm not an Irishman. If you weren't born in a country, never been there, parents never been then, grandparents never been there, then you aren't Irish. And I wonder what the Irish people (the real Irish people who currently live in Ireland) think of all the Americans who claim to be "Irish" when they aren't from Ireland. I bet they think you people are retards.

I feel the same way about people who call themselves Jews because they're heritage includes some Jewish people, but they in no way follow the religion. Jewish isn't a race, it's a religion. If you don't believe in the religion, you're not Jewish. Dark hair and a big nose don't automatically qualify you. Those people just want to be able to be involved in a group of people who suffered hard times. They are the people who don't belive in Judaism, but are constantly referring to themselves as a "Jew". Seriously, SHUT UP!

So, I'm going to tell you right now baby, you are an American. That is your nationality. Your distant ancestors are from a handful of European countries and if you want to learn more about them, there's nothing wrong with that. Learning stuff is a good thing. And I'll show you any info I have found about my ancestors. But please, don't plan on getting a giant clover leaf tattoo and start telling everyone that you are Irish because you're not. As much as America can suck at times, that's your country and you should be proud of that. We may not be perfect, but as a nation, we've done some good things.