I'm Jewish, You Are Irish.

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i want to riff on your point about coming back to your american airport. I've lived, i lived in America for 67 years and loved every many of many of those men. Is a very proud American still. But i'm now in israeli. It's different than bulgaria, because i'm jewish, you are irish. And so i had a really weird experience of going back there. So i looked busily like the feminine version of my dad, a and is isth. That family's genes are amazing. They alllook bear this incredibly strong stamp family resemblance,. which i inherited. Which surprised you, i think, when you first went back.

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