• In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

    Anne Enright: In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
    "Author, author: Name that plume" by Anne Enright, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2008.