One of my grandmothers was first-generation Irish-American; IIRC, her grandparents survived the Famine, and her parents emigrated to America. I heard all about

One of my grandmothers was first-generation Irish-American; IIRC, her grandparents survived the Famine, and her parents emigrated to America. I heard all about the Famine growing up. It's an interesting reason to be downvoted. I was writing a quick comment about one of the causes of the Famine that's relevant to this discussion, i.e., monocultures. It wasn't intended to be a treatise exploring all the various other causes of the catastrophe. But I know the rule about not complaining about downvotes.