I was born and raised in New Jersey, and have lived in New Orleans since 1969.

You figure out whether or not I'm a Yankee.

;^)

But wait: it gets even more complicated (potentially, anyway):

Thanks to my forebearers being relatively recent immigrants (my dad's parents came to the US as adults), I am eligible for Irish citizenship if and when I move there and stay for a certain defined period.

An elderly second cousin is still living on the land that has been home to our family for centuries, and none of his three kids is interested in inheriting because they have all moved away and adapted to city life. (The family farm, which I was able to visit once a few years ago, is way out in the country, in east Mayo.)

If I could afford it (i.e., if I were to win the lottery), I would love to buy that property rather than have it be sold off to strangers after Cousin Tom and his wife pass away. I'd probably prefer to live there only during the summer months, but would consider a more extended stay for the first year(s), in order to meet those citizenship requirements. (I'm pretty sure that dual citizenship would be an option ~ I would not have to "renounce" the US.)

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I believe that there are still plenty of Mudcat participants in the US, but those Brits ~ relative newcomers to this originally-all-American site ~ certainly make their presence felt. I think you'll eventually learn how easily some topics can be identified as strictly-UK in subject matter. You can "tune out," if you prefer, by simply not opening such threads.

Speaking for myself, I find some of those "UK-only" discussions extremely interesting and/or amusing, since they provide a window into a world about which I would otherwise be totally ignorant.