My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland, where my father - well, both of them - will always be seen as having come from somewhere else.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My family came to Newark in the '20s. We've been there a long, long time. My father's name was LeRoi, the French-ified aspect of it, because his first name was Coyette, you see. They come from South Carolina.
I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland.
My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.
I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish.
On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life.
My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.
My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born.
My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.