Romanichal Clarification

I just recently found this show. I’m currently on season three and digging through the drama that has ensued since its cancellation.

I am romanichal of the Brown/Petulengro(Smith) Clan of Lincolnshire. My great great great great grandfather came to the United States in 1849 during the Great Hunger in Ireland and increasingly bad discriminatory laws in England (My family frequently travelled between England and Ireland) in order to actually own and cultivate his own land.

All of that being said, I as well as other members of the Romany/traveller community doubt the “Gypsy” claims of the Stanley Sisters. Even if they truly are Romanichal, they have heavily contributed to prejudiced stereotypes against our people. Most of us “American Gypsies” work real jobs, typically do not flaunt our ethnicity, definitely don’t wear “blinged” out prom dresses, etc etc.

So I’m willing to answer any questions about the actual culture or about content on the show(s).