![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, on his father’s side of the family, all his great-grandparents were immigrants, while on his mother’s side, all his great- great-grandparents were immigrants. And both are descendants of mostly Famine-era emigrants – though in Kaine’s case, it was his surname line that would bring up the rear when his Kaine great-grandfather arrived in the 1880s. I tripped across a number of references to Kaine’s ancestors as being among the earliest and/or longest parishioners of assorted Catholic churches, and at least two branches produced priests including one who resides in Wichita today. ![]() Both families are also devoutly Catholic. Both are predominantly Irish (Biden coming in at roughly 63%) with maternal family trees that are entirely so and paternal ones that are slightly more mixed. I went digging and discovered striking parallels with Vice President Biden’s family history. And he’s been to Ireland a few times, even visiting the homestead of his Farrell line in County Longford. And there’s good reason for this as he is of mostly Irish heritage – about 80% with the balance being Scottish. No sooner had Hillary Clinton announced Tim Kaine as her running mate than articles on his roots began to appear – mostly about his inherent Irishness. ![]()
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