My dad emailed me bright and early this morning to remind me of my heritage.

I was trying to remember my roots, and I believe that my mother was 100% Irish, and I would be 50% Irish, and then you would be 25% Irish, which isn't too shabby.

A quarter Irish, maybe a quarter German on my mom's side, and the rest of me is your typical Scotch-English mongrel.

Married to a towering Dutchman, no less.