And I'm proud that some of my ancestors pillaged and burned Ireland. What annoys me is that I'm not Dutch, not German, but American (USian) of German/Dutch descent. My relatives have fought on the US side in every ware from the dust-up with Blackhawk until right now. Some of them may well have fought against those Damn'd Colonials as Hessian troops.

My wife's Irish grandfather came here in 1898. She's proud of her Irish lineage, as was her father (WW2: Normandy, the Bulge...).

Heck, I know a piper who is Canadian-Chinese -- his family tartan is a golden dragon on red silk. He lives in Indiana.

Pride in heritage...yes, surely. The Germans, the Irish, the Swedes, the Ukranians...everyone went to make the US and Canada the great countries they are and every one was a minority (and an oppressed one). Our ancestors made us what we are.