It was just a joke, but I knew you'd get it. It'd be like me being proud of some small slice of my history from England... but wait, was I ever English? Is it Dane? Scot? Pict? Gael? Briton? Saxon?
What does it mean to even be of English ancestory if my family left for America in the 1600s? Put it this way, I'm an American that can trace his roots to areas of most of Northern Europe.
Realistically, we are all a mess since records for most of history have been destroyed or are non-existant.
As for the music, I've listened to most of the stuff already posted here... and I enjoy it, but I probably drift back to it every couple of months.
I get what you're saying and in my head it's a pretty easy cutoff line at grandparents. Equate it to sports and it's no different than moving around the USA, I've met a friend at MU who said his grandparents were from WI and even though he was from Alaska he's packers fan, more power to him. Even my fiancé is a mad Nebraska fan because her dads from there.
Your analogy to your ancestry is accurate, that doesn't mean that people who come here and raised in a different culture aren't a part of the old nations. It's not just Irish, but I have a very similar story to mine happening with one of my fiancé's best friends with Mexico even.
As far as music goes challenge accepted:
Here's my non trad playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52QM4qzcLciAeVMpiEA5Or?si=pPJdMEzySkeH2LOL-bV2OQHere's my general Celtic inspired modern music playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EpE7OSNnNEOZi0iX6ym1X?si=nJHuIWhJSnKBGq0aFeVl9A