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What nationality/ethnicity people have mistaken you?

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  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    People think i'm African American.

    ditto

    This is funny, I actually am but no one thinks it :wink:
  • mybiketrip
    mybiketrip Posts: 239
    Norwegian, Irish, Scottish, English, and Canadian... People sometimes think I have an accent.
  • AprilMae1975
    AprilMae1975 Posts: 726
    People think I'm either white of Mexican. I am actually a mix of Italian, Spanish and white.
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 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)

    Dude, my neighbors, the Ramos'...are Mexican...and all the men but one are over 6 foot tall...when we moved in, we were like "What is up with the tall Mexicans?!"


    On a side note, everyone guesses me to be German. And that is nearly 100% correct! People know with one look I'm German.
  • Eleonora91
    Eleonora91 Posts: 688 Member
    Some people asked me if I was german and romanian. I'm italian.
  • mortuseon
    mortuseon Posts: 579 Member
    I've had several people tell me I look 'a bit Asian', whatever that means.
  • PhoenixStrikes
    PhoenixStrikes Posts: 587 Member
    Irish! Not all red heads are from Ireland or Scotland. ;-)
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    I was once mistaken by my friend's mom for a Chinese girl, but that was right after I dyed my hair jet black and she only saw me from the back lol... Everyone gets it right though, mutt white girl ... I'm a little bit of everything.
  • stillnot2late
    stillnot2late Posts: 385 Member
    all dark skins are not African Americans. But by society's laws they are. I'm Jamaican but hey, what's the difference?
  • sepulchura
    sepulchura Posts: 95 Member
    Mexican or Armenian, but not once my actual blend (Polish, Dutch, Portuguese).
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    French, Russian, Polish.. I'm actually Hungarian.
  • PatriciaR1958
    PatriciaR1958 Posts: 10 Member
    Wherever I go, seriously - everywhere (!) somebody says "I know you!"
    Of course they don't.
    But I have a "generic" look, and apparently "everybody knows me"!
    I'm actually 1/2 German, 1/4 Polish / Russian, and 1/4 Italian.... Because my last name is Italian, people also say "What kind of Italian are you?"
    So, if you say you know me, I'll tell you "Not likely.... I have a generic look"! :laugh:
  • SemperAnticus1643
    SemperAnticus1643 Posts: 703 Member
    I am Native American and on occasion have been mistaken as Hispanic. It happened a lot when I lived in San Antonio. My youngest daughter gets mistaken for Vietnamese. And she's Native American and Caucasian. She does have an "Asian" appearance though. I call her my China doll.
  • 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)
    Dude, my neighbors, the Ramos'...are Mexican...and all the men but one are over 6 foot tall...when we moved in, we were like "What is up with the tall Mexicans?!"
    Ha. Still...IMO, that's more the exception than the rule, right? I mean...around here, 5'6" is a tall Mexican. :smile:
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    all dark skins are not African Americans. But by society's laws they are. I'm Jamaican but hey, what's the difference?

    Exactly. Pet peeve of mine.
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    When I lived in Germany, people would often mistake me for British.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    Been asked if I’m German, or Swedish. I’m Italian/Polish. :wink: (THAT was fun at family gatherings, LOL…)
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    My dad is largely German and my mom is hispanic. I speak very little Spanish but people walk up to me speaking it on a regular basis because the place I work at has a very diverse clientele.

    I just got home from a week in Greece and even though we stuck to the touristy spots, I can't tell you how many people were surprised that I had absolutely no Greek in me.
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    My dad is largely German and my mom is hispanic. I speak very little Spanish but people walk up to me speaking it on a regular basis because the place I work at has a very diverse clientele.

    ... so how's your German? :)
  • HeyGoRun
    HeyGoRun Posts: 550 Member
    none! I think if you look at me you know I got some Mexican in me! I like it like that!! :drinker:
    Now guess my other half!! :bigsmile:
  • thesifter
    thesifter Posts: 107 Member
    Maori, but they may be right, I am unsure.
  • justlast
    justlast Posts: 30
    semi related - i get "wow, you don't LOOK jewish!" all the time. i didn't realize we had a look, or that i failed to meet your jew standards. hm.
  • Artaxia
    Artaxia Posts: 185
    I've had several people tell me I look 'a bit Asian', whatever that means.

    I've been asked if I was Asian quite a bit. I went in for Tae Kwon Do one day and the owner ( who is Korean ) asked if I was my friends sister (she's Korean) hahaha

    People also ask me if I'm from Europe because I "speak well"...?
  • MrsBozz1
    MrsBozz1 Posts: 248 Member
    I am a European mutt (Dutch German French Irish) with some Cherokee Indian. I have dark hair and dark eyes from the dark Irish and the Cherokee. People think I'm Hispanic :grumble: I've had people come up and go off in Spanish and then get mad at me when I say "sorry I have no idea what you are talking about!) :angry: :noway:
  • MrsG2
    MrsG2 Posts: 56 Member
    Wherever I go, seriously - everywhere (!) somebody says "I know you!"
    Of course they don't.
    But I have a "generic" look, and apparently "everybody knows me"!
    I'm actually 1/2 German, 1/4 Polish / Russian, and 1/4 Italian.... Because my last name is Italian, people also say "What kind of Italian are you?"
    So, if you say you know me, I'll tell you "Not likely.... I have a generic look"! :laugh:

    I get the same thing with my "generic" look. I was talking to a friend once and he told me to answer the "have we met" or "do I know you" question with "no, but my sister does porn". It always gets a good laugh!
  • admegamo
    admegamo Posts: 175 Member
    I'm Native American. I get Hispanic, Filipino, and one time Korean. Only other Natives seem to be able to tell but Hispanic and Filipino often speak to me in their languages.
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
    O.M.G. I cannot even TELL you the different guesses I've gotten!!! I am a lot of things, but most people never get any of them correct!

    Because I grew up in So Cal, most people assume I'm Mexican...I've also had Cuban, Puerto Rican, Indian, half black/half white, you name it!!! (None of which are correct, by the way!!!)
  • Just_Scott
    Just_Scott Posts: 1,766 Member
    FrauHaas---part German, a small Lithuanian percent, and the majority a 49ers fan! BOOM; that just happened!
  • dcarr67
    dcarr67 Posts: 1,403
    Someone thought I was a southerner once, but I'm just an old yankee...LOL
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
    FrauHaas---part German, a small Lithuanian percent, and the majority a 49ers fan! BOOM; that just happened!

    LOL @Just_Scott

    Not German at all - my husband's last name is Haas. :-) NO to Lithuanian; yes to 49ers. :-D

    I'm actually Filipino, Hawaiian, Native American, Spanish, and a 'bunch of white stuff" (Welsh/Dutch/Irish).
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