Commentary: My family’s Irish heritage made me proud. Then my sister got a DNA test
by David McGrath, Chicago Tribune
Mar 08, 2022
3 minutes
I have a confession to make. I have been living a lie.
The fraud has persisted for over a half a century, although it has only come to light this past year. And I need to come clean about it before March 17.
That is, of course, St. Patrick’s Day, which for my birth family has been a holiday on par with Christmas in importance and veneration.
It was the only day when my five brothers, two sisters and I felt entitlement because of our last name. My parents, who sometimes
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