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St. Patrick’s Day holds mixed emotions for some

By Martine Powers

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 17, 2012

As the American population has grown increasingly mixed-race in recent decades, more descendants of Irish immigrants are also claiming a multiracial heritage, though they may differ in appearance from their red-haired, freckled ancestors.

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