In the introduction to his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance notes that he grew up in Eastern Kentucky and that his ancestors were Scots-Irish. He writes: “The Scots-Irish are one of the most distinctive subgroups in America. As one observer noted: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/07/the-scots-irish-as-indigenous-people/#.WsIxdExFzIU (I found the source of Vance’s quote and included the above link to it. Continue reading “Scotland to Kentucky”