Personal Narrative: My Cultural Background And Identity

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When it comes to my ethnicity and cultural background and identity, I would say that I am mostly from the Irish heritage, but I am also German. I do not know much about the German culture, so I am just going to write what I know about my Irish heritage. Many of my family members are from Ireland and came over to America later on in life to raise their families. My great-grandmother was born in Ireland. I still have some family members that live in Ireland to this day. My family consists of members who have red hair, freckles, fare skin and are tall.
Since my family is Irish we are extremely large, close and very loud. I have many aunts, uncles and cousins. I think being Irish there is strong bond when it comes to your family members, because I am very close to all my cousins and I consider them my friends. My family is very religious; I was raised as an Irish Catholic and all my life. I went to church every Sunday with my family it was a tradition. I went to a catholic school from grade school to high school. I think that is one thing I love about the Irish culture is that we are very religious and close to god. …show more content…

Irish music is just so upbeat, that when I here Irish music I want to dance. Also another thing I enjoy and love about my Irish heritage is Irish dancing. I did Irish dancing for about a year and I really enjoyed doing. When I first started Irish dancing I thought it was going to be super hurt, but it is not. When I was learning to Irish dance I was so amazed how my instructor could jump and leap around the room and look so graceful. My favorite thing about being Irish is the country Ireland. I really hope I can visit it one day. It is a beautiful country filled with many buildings, artifacts, and beautiful green

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