What nationality/ethnicity people have mistaken you?

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  • ncbecker13
    ncbecker13 Posts: 54
    I've been told I look Jordanian and Israeli. I am actually Irish, German, Italian, and Norwegian. One of these times I had my hair covered by a scarf while in Jordan and I actually have a very ethnic profile because the bridge of my nose is very flat giving me a greco-roman look.
  • LeonorMG
    LeonorMG Posts: 93
    I've been told I look Jordanian and Israeli. I am actually Irish, German, Italian, and Norwegian. One of these times I had my hair covered by a scarf while in Jordan and I actually have a very ethnic profile because the bridge of my nose is very flat giving me a greco-roman look.

    You're norwegian??
    Så bra!! Nå ble jeg glad!! :))
    Me too!! ????
  • EmGetsFit
    EmGetsFit Posts: 151 Member
    I get asked "Are you Irish?". All. The. Time. I have reddish-brown hair, greenish-blue eyes, fair skin, freckles, live in a predominantly Irish neighborhood in Chicago... but I'm not one bit Irish. I'm actually Polish, Bohemian & Galicean/Ukrainian... i.e. the other side of Europe. I do sometimes live it up on St. Paddy's when I'm offered free drinks at my neighborhood bars.... haha :)
  • sPaRkLiNgLYFE
    sPaRkLiNgLYFE Posts: 609
    Dominican
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    I am Australian but I lived with four Scottish girls for about a year and the accent is quite contagious, so I went hitch hiking around Australia and every time I got a ride people would ask me how long have I been in Australia and do I like it and I would answer born and been here my whole life...half of them thought I was lying.
  • RitaB19
    RitaB19 Posts: 221 Member
    People have thought I am Latin or Spanish. But I am 100% Italian!
  • RockstarPunch
    RockstarPunch Posts: 203 Member
    Ive gotten - black, senegalese, masai,

    I am: West Indian (Cubano+ Bajan+ Haitian+Irish+ Choctaw to name a few:glasses: i come from a VERY mixed background living in America,Who knew :wink:
  • RockstarPunch
    RockstarPunch Posts: 203 Member
    LO:love: VE this thread by the way
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    I'm hispanic but have been asked several times if I'm Indian (from India not native american)
  • IamSheaMc
    IamSheaMc Posts: 1,273 Member
    American
  • cmledwig
    cmledwig Posts: 11 Member
    My mom is Greek. My dad is a mix of a few different nationalities. None of which are hispanic. However, people always seem to think I am. Not that it bothers me. It could be a mix of the Greek and Chocktaw blood that does it.
  • sheldonsteyn
    sheldonsteyn Posts: 483 Member
    Im 3/4 black african 1/4 French Mauritian (hence my fair appearance) I always get mistaken for Italian, Greek, Portuguese n other European countries. Occasionally I'll also get Egyptian
  • Zekela
    Zekela Posts: 634 Member
    On a 15 mile run, I passed some people competing in a half marathon, one of the guys (who was aware that I wasn't apart of the race) asked me how my Kenyan legs were... lol... I slowed down to his pace and told him I was actually Jamaican :-). While Im not running sometimes get mistaken for Trinidadian because of the accent.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I'm a mut.

    German, Italian, Norweigan, Indian.

    Mostly people just see the italian.
  • tifferz_91
    tifferz_91 Posts: 282 Member
    My ethnicity is Russian, Italian, & Greek.

    Everyone usually always gets at least 1 or 2 correct.

    Guess i have some really strong @ss genes     :laugh:
  • mellyish
    mellyish Posts: 253 Member
    I'm a mutt.

    British, Irish, Polish, German, Russian, etc. the list goes on.

    And what do I often get mistaken for? Hispanic.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Cylon
  • riouxha
    riouxha Posts: 995 Member
    asian, hawaiian
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    Anything Hispanic, especially Puerto Rican.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Never been mistaken for any ethnicity. I'm Dutch and Irish. I have, however, been mistaken for a redneck and/or a racist, based on my appearance. Couldn't be further from the truth. I can't help the way I look.

    So...don't make hasty judgements based on appearance. It's how a person acts and treats others that counts.
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I'm usually mistaken for being bi-racial, (half black/half white) but I really only jumped in to be #500. Yay me!!!
  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
    I am 100% Lebanese, but people here in Texas think i'm Mexican all the time.
  • Kirstyw871
    Kirstyw871 Posts: 216 Member
    People think i'm African American.
  • Mobilemuscle
    Mobilemuscle Posts: 945 Member
    People think i'm African American.

    ditto
  • Vain_Witch
    Vain_Witch Posts: 476 Member
    Most people think I'm from Munchkinland. :laugh:
  • Musikelektronik
    Musikelektronik Posts: 739 Member
    Everybody always assumes that I'm Jewish because my first name is Aaron and I'm a lawyer. Seriously, it's happened, like, a thousand times.
  • jenniferhuebl
    jenniferhuebl Posts: 1 Member
    I'm half Japanese, half German, but people always assume I'm Filipino. Or in the summer, I get extremely tanned and people think I'm Mexican. The number of times strangers have come up to me and started speaking to me in Tagalog or Spanish is absurd.
  • gogoboobzilla
    gogoboobzilla Posts: 91 Member
    When I lived in Texas and still went by my maiden name (Silvia Carone) everyone assumed I was Mexican even though I'm as pale as it gets with blond hair and blue eyes. I'm Italian, btw.
  • Mcmilligen
    Mcmilligen Posts: 332 Member
    French. I'm still hoping to hear Italian though, hehe :)
  • HealthWoke0ish
    HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
    I'm surprised when people think I'm Mexican...mainly because I don't know a lot of 6'1" 240lb Mexicans.

    (Understandably, though, no one guesses that I'm Jewish/Samoan)

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