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Originally Posted by furball
I'm not sure about the level of inter-breeding - I'd say it was far more common at the time of first immigration (say, 1845 to 1920) for each ethnic group to keep to itself, even if the Irish were going at it like bunnies. Nevertheless, the timings do probably fit the population increases.
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"In a span of about 100 years, the Irish American population increased to 40 million from 4.5 million because of intermarriage and strong Irish identity among mixed-heritage offspring (Hout & Goldstein, 1994)."
(quoted in :
http://www.sociology.ohio-state.edu/...ns/rs-qian.pdf)