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Man, I say this a lot and I know it comes across standoffish, but... US ethnic categorizations seem bonkers to me.
What does "half Jewish half Irish" even mean? Isn't that a Jewish person from Ireland? That would count as fully both things. What are the other two halves?
This is why I have to think about the immigration form for ten minutes each time I get through customs in the US, it's all "was any of your grandparents a smurf?" and "are you latino and/or lactose intolerant?" and stuff like that. It makes no sense.
One parent is Irish and the other is Jewish.
So what are the religion and nationality of the other parents and why don't they count?
Jewish is also an ethnicity. That’s why they can be ‘secular’ while still being half Jewish.