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18th Mar 2017

WATCH: This is the moment that Michael Healy-Rae found out he is actually from Cork

Rory Cashin

When you think of Michael Healy-Rae, you think of Kerry. They’re pretty much synonymous at this point.

So imagine his dismay when he finds out his lineage is actually from – GASP! – Cork.

During last night’s episode of The Late Late Show, a few face Irish faces were greeted with the ancestry, with Eamon Dunphy finding out he’s 1% African, and Jason Byrne found out he’s actually 2% South Asian.

But the biggest shock of the night arrived when Kerry representative found out that his own genetic make-up didn’t represent him as a Kerry native.

Clip via The Late Late Show

However, while the other three guests all found that their lineage arrived from all over Europe and across the world, Healy-Rae found out that he is actually 100% Irish, which according to the DNA scientist on hand, is remarkably rare.

He actually called Healy-Rae’s family-line “one of the most Irish” he’s ever seen.

Somebody get that man a “100% Irish” badge, stat!

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