A couple of years ago, I took one of those DNA tests to learn more about my ancestry.Don’t worry, I’m not about to tell you I’m Cherokee because I have a drop of Native American blood. Actually, I don’t have a single drop of that, it turns out. I do have a drop of Irish.
Shannon Casas: Irish or not, this St. Patrick’s Day my mind is in a pub in a tiny town on the Irish coast
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