No need for you to be ashamed, SJL. They may be of your ancestral background but they are not you! I am, as you may find I said earlier in the thread, part Cossack. My Paternal Grandfather born on the Kuban River and later became a Russian Orthodox priest! My Father was born in Bielystok - Now home to a large community of Tartars - to a Polish mother and the rest of me is made up of English, Welsh and Irish. The only bit I don't have is Scottish, which is a pity coz I love Bagpipes and Whisky :-) I am not ashamed of my ancestry nor am I 'proud to be English' or whatever - It is an accident of birth.

Someone a lot more talented than me wrote 'It ain't what you're given - It's what you do with what you got'. And it is very true :-)

Cheers

DtG