What nationality/ethnicity people have mistaken you?

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  • ginaquel
    ginaquel Posts: 6
    I get mistaken for African-American all the time, but I am just an American :wink:

    Not trying to offend...in all honesty I like this thread, such beautiful diversity!
  • justinamay0535
    justinamay0535 Posts: 132 Member
    I'm black and white and I get mistaken for Hispanic all the time. My name doesn't help much either....:laugh:
  • SlickFootAnna
    SlickFootAnna Posts: 611 Member
    Argentinian, Costa Rican, Colombian....
  • TheCaren
    TheCaren Posts: 894 Member
    I'm French, Irish and German predominately.

    I have dark curly hair and get "are you half African American"? I also get asked if I'm Middle Eastern or Hispanic. I was even asked once if I was an Asian mix. Don't see that one at all.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    Thai and Mexican.
  • EllieGball
    EllieGball Posts: 1
    i am Italian and German with a literal drop of Native American (my great grandfather was full blood), but I have red hair and green eyes and skin so white that snow has to compete with me when reflecting light. Because of this I usually get Irish and English. But, when I hang out with my two purebred, born and raised Russian friends (they weren't raised together lol) they always tell me that I look more Russian than they do. Also, I always get asked if I am Russian because all they do is speak Russian and talk about Russia and people just assume that I am form Russia. They are usually very surprised that I am not.
  • Minerva624
    Minerva624 Posts: 577 Member
    Indian (from India), Lebanese..basically a number of middle eastern ethnic groups.
    But I'm actually half Spanish and half Native American Apache with some Italian and French.
  • bexboxxx
    bexboxxx Posts: 189 Member
    puerto rican and eskimo
  • RhineDHP
    RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
    I've been mistaken for Indian and basically any other brown colored race that wasn't Mexican. :)
  • lali_lemon
    lali_lemon Posts: 43 Member
    Im Salvadorean and Mexican and people either think I am white or mixed with black and the only reason they think I am mixed with black is because they say i have "mixed people hair" but really my hair's just really curly :D
  • Bobanji
    Bobanji Posts: 79 Member
    I guess the most common one I get is that I'm Persian. To be honest, I'm not even quite sure how Persians are suppose to look. I should probably Google that. I get the whole middle eastern thing a lot though. I'm an American with Mexican/French/Spanish bloodline.
  • ChristinaR720
    ChristinaR720 Posts: 1,186
    I'm Korean, but I've had people think I was Native (thanks to Disney's Pocahontas), Chinese (had a lot of little kids ask me if I was Mulan when the movie came out), Japanese, Hmong, and Filipina. I have had so many Hmong people come up to me speaking in their language that I have started responding to them in Spanish (hubby is Mexican). Love seeing the confusion on their faces when I do that!

    BTW - I have a love-hate relationship with Disney! :wink:
  • MissFuchsia
    MissFuchsia Posts: 523 Member
    I'm English and people often think I look Eastern European or Russian
  • perfekta
    perfekta Posts: 331 Member
    I'm Italian and people assume I'm Mexican quite often.
  • jimshine
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
    Jewish. Usually by Jewish people. I have some somewhat Jewish looking features as well as a last name many Jews "Amercanized" to years ago. I am really Irish/Italian.
  • thisunsimplelife
    thisunsimplelife Posts: 11
    I get Polish and Russian a lot. I'm British but with a Hungarian mother.
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    I get Polish and Russian a lot. I'm British but with a Hungarian mother.

    does she eat less than 1200 cals per day?
  • imafluffypuffybear
    imafluffypuffybear Posts: 63
    born in Germany, Lived in Germany, parents are pakistani and i live in london. People think im american because of my accent and skin colour :)
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Greek or Italian...I was born in Zimbabwe and now live in the UK. My parents have Lithuanian and Polish roots. When I speak am mistaken for New Zealander or Aussie...
  • tigerblood78
    tigerblood78 Posts: 416 Member
    People are always calling me Apache when clearly I'm Comanche
  • frankiedb
    frankiedb Posts: 277 Member
    Chinese.........
  • Precious_Gemz
    Precious_Gemz Posts: 3
    I am filipina ( with some Chinese mix) living in Singapore with a Singaporean Chinese hubby. Here in Singapore, i would seldom be told as Filipina. I would be mistaken for Singaporean Malay, Singaporean Chinese especially when i'm with my hubby and also Eurasian.
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    Mostly Mexican (or Puerto Rican).... but I've also gotten

    >Native American
    >Samoan
    >Asian-mixed (With black)

    I've also been constantly mistaken for being half white and half black


    i see NONE of the above. In actuality, I am Black.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    I'm Native American (Both parents). Dark hair, medium skin tone, green eyes & dark brown hair (It's dyed blonde right now).

    I've been mistaken for Chinese, White & "I didn't know what you were but I knew you weren't white."
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    Turkish, Greek and Polish.

    eta: and Russian
  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
    Someone once thought I was Ethopian but I told them I was clearly Egytian but then said I looked like I was from the Congo. Then I said no I'm from Baltimore and I was never in the The Wire and that disappointed me. So I decided from that day I'd skip all of my family reunions
  • RandiLandCHANGED
    RandiLandCHANGED Posts: 630 Member
    East Indian, Native American and Spanish, in that order. My father is from Barbados and my mother is Caucasian.
  • Alyssah09
    Alyssah09 Posts: 357 Member
    I am Czech/ Russian/ German

    I have been mistaken for German, French, and Romanian
  • LeonorMG
    LeonorMG Posts: 93
    I'm norwegian.. Everyone thinks that I'm Spanish because if my name.. ;)
  • MizAngie
    MizAngie Posts: 113 Member
    Ive been mistaken as south American, Greek, Italian,
    Im half Irish half First Nations

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