I was born in America. However my genes are Irish. I am moving to Ireland. Does this make me Irish or American?

Unless you were born there or obtained citizenship later in life, you're an American of Irish descent - you would be "Irish-American" as they say in the States. It's difficult to see where the confusion might lie with that simple concept.

It makes you Irish-American

You are American of Irish genes thats it............

No, but becoming fluent in Gaeilge and getting naturalised would make you Irish

Why are the Americans so obsessed with being 0.0000001% Irish?

Have you been there for a long holiday before moving there?? Best of luck with that as an idea!

You're American in Ireland, hon.

In the US, where every white person living there is assumed to be a US citizen, calling yourself Irish is a reference to your ancestry and heritage. But to Europeans, including people of Ireland, you're American. In Europe, Irish is also a nationality, don't forget. When in Ireland, you're an American of Irish ancestry.

That makes you an American citizen of Irish descent now living in Ireland. If you become an Irish citizen and don't renounce your American citizenship then you are a dual American/Irish citizen of Irish descent. If you do renounce your American citizenship then you become an Irish citizen of Irish descent. See, that was easy, wasn't it?

You're an American citizen. But you are Irish by ancestry. There are millions of Irish-Americans in the US. In fact the number of Irish-Americans just recently surpassed the number of Irish living in Ireland.