AncestryDNA tests for ethnicity. A popular St. Patrick’s Day joke is about a test for Irish roots.
“I grew up all my life believing I was Irish. But thanks to http://ancestry.com I now know I’m just a drunk” was posted on Twitter by PieGuy on March 21, 2016. “I GREW UP ALL MY LIFE BELIEVING I WAS IRISH, BUT THANKS TO ANCESTRY.COM I NOW KNOW I’M JUST A DRUNK” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Sean Su on March 16, 2018. The joke probably originated with this image.
Twitter
PieGuy
@ilovepie84
I grew up all my life believing I was Irish. But thanks to http://ancestry.com I now know I’m just a drunk
6:50 PM · Mar 21, 2016·Twitter for Android
Facebook
Sean Su
March 16, 2018 at 5:48 PM ·
When I saw this photo, my response was:
I grew up all my life believing that my first name was Irish, but thanks to facebook.com I now know I’m just a candy-crusher.
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
I GREW UP ALL MY LIFE
BELIEVING I WAS IRISH
BUT THANKS TO ANCESTRY.COM
I NOW KNOW I’M JUST A DRUNK
Twitter
B
@bcogozzo
“I grew up all my life believing I was Irish but thanks to http://ancestry.com, I now know I’m just a drunk”
2:28 PM · Mar 17, 2018 from Fort Mitchell, KY·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Juan Fiesta 🎉
@bigaracing
I grew up all my life thinking I was Irish but thanks to http://ancestry.com I found out I’m just a drunk
6:33 PM · Mar 23, 2018·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Chris Silva
@ChrisJSilva
Best tweet I read today “All my life I grew up thinking I was Irish, but thanks to Ancestry dot com, I found out I’m really just a drunk”. Happy St. Patty’s Day everyone!
9:27 AM · Mar 17, 2019·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Rob McManigal
@McHusker1
I Grew up all my life believing I was Irish, but thanks to AncestryDNA I now know I’m just a drunk
1:52 PM · Mar 18, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Korn Stalkr 💎😈🎃☠️
@KornStalkr
I grew up all my life believing I was Irish ☘️ But thanks to http://ancestry.com ..
I found out I was just a drunk 🥴
10:18 AM · Mar 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I GREW UP ALL MY LIFE BELIEUING-WAS IRISH!
BUT THANKS TO http://ancestry.com I NOW KNOW I’M JUST A DRUNK,
#StPatricksDay
6:05 PM · Mar 17, 2022·Twitter Web App
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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