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Penny was born in 1980 and his paternal grandparents were born in the late 1930s. Neither of them are from Ireland.Very minor nitpick as well but as per Penny's suspicious bio, he was born in the late 70s and taken off his parents (who had several other children) by his grandparents. Presumably his parents were born in the 40s/50s, so presumably his "Nan" arrived in the US around that time or slightly before (the Irish-US migration boom was winding down after WWII).
The era referred to as The Troubles didn't start till the late 60s, so it looks like nobody tried to kill his Nan in The Troubles. I guess the grandparents could be on the Armenian side but he doesn't mention them being ethnic (and since he only talks about a Nan I'd assume the grandfather was American).
Much like most of his schizo tiocfaidh-ár-lá posting, he's belying a complete lack of understanding of Irish history typical of someone who has one Irish grandparent but wants a special identity label to larp about. Well, in this case, another special identity to larp about. He never used to talk about the Ireland before this year, and this is the first time I've seen him claim to be half-Armenian - is twitter getting too crowded with transfolx that it's not interesting enough to just be trans any more?
No idea who his mother is, but since he's so cut off from her I'm gonna guess he's not got a relationship with this mythical "Irish" Nan.
Edit: So far the closest Irish ancestor I can find are his 5th great grandparents, who arrived in the US in the 1830s, originally from Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. So that explains the Protestant whiskey; he's descended from Orangemen just like Lou Gagliardi. And given the arrival date, he can't even claim the Great Famine in his tragic family history.
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