He was ethnically very much a product of his Swedish and Irish grandparents, who raised him while his mother worked.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

Steve informed me his mother was Irish, which I was unaware of. All of a sudden I started looking at the boy a bit differently, and I have kept an eye on him since.

Both my parents were born and raised in the county. My dad - his mother and his grandparents were here.

My grandparents were from India only. My relations are all in India, my mother belongs to India but the circumstances took a different turn and it all changed. I still have my uncle, I still have my relations (in India), we don't have any relatives here.

It's so special for me to be an Irishman on this day. I'm a first generation Irish American, my mother came from Ireland. Today and this weekend is a very special time for me and my family.