My last name is Irish...?

Question:Idk my dad but my mom says he is Bahamian and that he lived there most of his life. How come he has an Irish last name?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Idk my dad but my mom says he is Bahamian and that he lived there most of his life. How come he has an Irish last name?

The Irish are everywhere! It's a country that has had more exoduses than Egypt :-)

Chances are an ancestor jumped on a ship, or was shoved onto a ship, and ended up there. My surname is also Irish and I'm in Australia but every country in the world has someone who'll dress up in green on St Patricks Day!

well..........maybe hes related to someone irish. you never know what happened in your family ancestry.

i dont know, maybe his ancestors are from Ireland.

Irish names began in Ireland, but theydon't have to stay there..They can go anywhere in the world and be from Ireland because your fathers father was from there or his fathers father even.
As long as your family keeps having male babies, your Irish name will go on , no matter if you live your whole life at the north pole.