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Yes, you and your great uncle are descended from the same people, two of your great great grandparents, so you are biologically related, but for most purposes you are not "close relatives."
No. Descendants are your biological children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so on. Some people call these blood relatives, but not all your blood relatives are your descendants. For example, your first cousin is a "blood relative" but not your descendant. On the other hand, everyone is descended from someone, so everyone is a descendant - just not yours.
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Ireland is located to the west of Great Britain. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Irish Sea and North Channel.
If your great great great great great grandfather was from Ireland and none of your ancestors in other lines were Irish, then you would be said to be 1/128th Irish. But no one bothers with such small fractions.
No. While Robin Williams may even have jokingly considered himself an honorary Jew, he was actually Christian.
Actually, President Obama did not claim he was Irish, except in jest. He did say honestly that on his mother's side, he has at least one Irish relative (a great-great-great-great-great grandfather) whose descendants live in the village of Moneygall; interestingly, he did not know much about these relatives till 2007. That said, politicians are always claiming to be one thing or another to make a good impression or to express their empathy for a particular group. Since Obama is black, he was probably attempting to be good-humored (since most people do not expect a black man named Barack Obama to have any Irish relatives); but he did tell reporters he was proud to learn more about his Irish ancestry, and hoped to connect with those relatives while visiting Ireland in 2011.
Some would say you are 12.5% or one eight Irish. Others would say you are 0% Irish and that it is only your great grand dad was Irish, if you were not born in and lived in Ireland like your great grand dad did.
I've never had any Irish food, but having an Irish hertiage it would be great experience. Allrecipes.com I'm sure has Irish recipes, they have almost everything.
The Great Escape - Irish TV series - was created in 2006.
Well, yes it would, because for example, if your great great great grandmother was Hungarian, then you will have Hungarian blood inside of you too. You see, I'm Scottish-American because my great great grandfather was Scottish, and my ancestors before him were also Scottish too. Fun Fact: My Scottish family Clan is Colquhoun!
the Irish immigrated because of the great potato famine