[HakTaisanip]

Ok, maybe I can be of a little more help here.

Jax,

Have you ever visited one of your ancestral lands before? I know I have and even the very town where one of my great great grandfathers came from. While I was happy to be in this place and very proud of the culture ancestral to mine, relating to people was somewhat of a challenge.

Why you ask? Simple. I didn't speak the same language!

Language is an important part of culture after all and the very means by which it is transmitted. Its not the be all end all of culture, but knowing the language of particular culture is usually pretty crucial to understanding or fitting in with it. Ones very language can effect the way one thinks even since the way thoughts are conveyed in a language can differ greatly from one to the next.

Visiting one of your ancestral homelands will be very important to seeing how well you actually relate to the people and culture.

Obviously the British component will be easier to digest if you go over but there are some you mentioned which may be a bit of challenge.

I am a New Worlder several generations removed from my ancestral cultural heritage, and I can guarantee you that the country my immigrant ancestors came from changed culturally to certain degrees even during their lifetime.