Chein: That is correct.
Englishman: If being from the same country as talmidei chachamim and tzaddikim makes one yichus, than even the Hungarians must acknowledge that they are not the “elite of the elite.” That honor goes to the Israelis who are from the same country as the neviim or –if you complain about the new yishuv — Iraqis who are from the same country as the Amoraim.