The Irish might be able to partially claim Canelo Alvarez as one of their own

[Zarco]

Are the Irish the only fucking gingers in this world??? My gosh I hate it when every one automatically thinks red haired people are Irish especially the Mexican ones since THERE WERE RED HEAD SPANIARDS!!! There are Irish people all over Europe... Brittain, Spain, Germany, etc. The odds of Saul having ancestry from a fuckiing batalion of Irish men are very slim and I doubt that the thousands of red heads in Mexico come from the San Patricos ffs...

[ИATAS]

Are the Irish the only fucking gingers in this world??? My gosh I hate it when every one automatically thinks red haired people are Irish especially the Mexican ones since THERE WERE RED HEAD SPANIARDS!!! There are Irish people all over Europe... Brittain, Spain, Germany, etc. The odds of Saul having ancestry from a fuckiing batalion of Irish men are very slim and I doubt that the thousands of red heads in Mexico come from the San Patricos ffs...

and it doesn't seem far fetched that he has irish in him (canelo said he may himself).

Today, there are roughly between 300,000 and 600,000 Irish-descendants living in Mexico City, and the Northern region of the country, where Irish last names such as Bay, Lamport, Byrne, Walsh, Foley, Hayes, and O'Leary are very common, especially in the states of Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, and Durango.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_i...tion_to_Mexico

Also the Celts settled in Spain during the first millennium BC

[*Khan]

I am Mexican and my brother and mom are both red haired so I don't see the big deal. Probably 'cause I'm used to it.

[BTL]

I don't understand people making a big deal of a Mexican redhead?.. I have a couple of redhead cousins.

[bigbeatbaby]

so what. bad comment

[jqSide]

TLC's Who Do You Think You Are, sponsored by Ancestry.com, could trace Canelo's origin. Would have been a great promotional tactic if they'd incorporate this thing in the fight.

[Eastcoast]

Why not.

[Sparked_26]

He can fight Andy Lee on St. Patrick's day 2016.

Not massively into ancestory but family is Irish but if you trace them back enough generations they originally came from Norway.

People are from all over. A lot of the Irish in Ireland will have descended for the Angles and Saxons and not the Celts anyway. Much like England.

Canelo could be German!

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Mexico is a not a race its a nationailty.

So I wouldent be surprised.

[i'm a fun haver]

TLC's Who Do You Think You Are, sponsored by Ancestry.com, could trace Canelo's origin. Would have been a great promotional tactic if they'd incorporate this thing in the fight.

What if he turns out to be 87% potato thumper? Would the Mexicans still keep him?
Jessica Alba looks heartbroken and also a little confused about Geography when she got her DNA test lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEZBSTc3a0