what is your nationality?

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  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    Oh I was just going with the actual definition of the word, not really what people take it as. I tend to see people confusing the two words pretty often.

    It's like for example, if I were to travel outside the US and someone were to ask my nationality, if I said I was Haitian they would think I'm born in Haiti when I'm not.

    Yes you're absolutely correct & I don't disagree with you regarding that. At least in your case, its safer to say you're American or Haitian-American since US is a multiracial country unlike in my case being in an Asian country where it is unicultural. I would really like to just identify myself with the country that I was born with however in my experience, when I did this they automatically talked something about the typical foods like pancit that I really don't like, karaoke stuff & other things that I can't totally relate to then when I told them I don't eat this & I prefer that, they would say "but you said you're Filipino" which somehow makes me feel bad. Its not that I don't like the mainstream culture but its just that I've been brought up in a different way. So when they ask me, I just say that I was born in Philippines.

    I wouldnt even say haitian-american since the term doesn't really make sense. If I can tell her person is confusing the two words I just tell them my parents are from haiti. Its sort of how being african american doesn't make sense for black people in america. They're american just like everyone else born here.
  • Dead_Darling
    Dead_Darling Posts: 478 Member
    Nationality: British

    Ethnicity: Mauritian
  • FitBunnyEm
    FitBunnyEm Posts: 320
    I am half poodle and half doberman
    lol ;-) wow me too
  • Princess_Sameen
    Princess_Sameen Posts: 284 Member
    British :) however made up of Jamaican & Persian :drinker:
  • MrsR0SE
    MrsR0SE Posts: 313 Member
    50/50 American and British

    I stand by what I said - Nationality as per passports as above. Ethnicity isn't something I even think about, but I still go with both, because both parents had equal influence on me growing up!
  • aquitania
    aquitania Posts: 92 Member
    I'm 100% Croatian.
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
    Italian (75%)/Slovak (25%)
  • mandybobs65
    mandybobs65 Posts: 40 Member
    British, specifically English!!
  • geeksrule
    geeksrule Posts: 143 Member
    British by birth (lived there till I was 8)

    But proudly Canadian!!!!
  • RILEYRED
    RILEYRED Posts: 647 Member
    IRISH /HUNGARIAN
  • Alice_in_Wndrlnd
    Alice_in_Wndrlnd Posts: 47 Member
    My nationality is Australian.

    I am first generation Australian with my parents coming from England. I also have Scottish and Irish ancestors.
  • DalexD
    DalexD Posts: 236 Member
    Scottish, with a bit of Irish thrown in there too.

    I can trace my roots back to Mary Queen of Scots :bigsmile:
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Ukrainian....and we r not weak! Lol
  • Miss_Chanelle
    Miss_Chanelle Posts: 87 Member
    South African
  • KitTheRoadie
    KitTheRoadie Posts: 641 Member
    50% Earth, 50% Martian
  • spoonful
    spoonful Posts: 200 Member
    English
  • spoonful
    spoonful Posts: 200 Member
    Oh I was just going with the actual definition of the word, not really what people take it as. I tend to see people confusing the two words pretty often.

    It's like for example, if I were to travel outside the US and someone were to ask my nationality, if I said I was Haitian they would think I'm born in Haiti when I'm not.

    I don't think it really matters for the purposes of this thing. I found it pretty interesting to learn how people have moved around from country to country. I certainly wasn't confused. I do not think they were either. They were pretty clear about their nationality AND their ethnicity.
  • Italian_Buju
    Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
    100% Italian

    First generation Canadian born
  • Tanyawhite30
    Tanyawhite30 Posts: 473
    French Canadian
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    Canadian
  • ShareeMorty
    ShareeMorty Posts: 324 Member
    My nationality is Kiwi

    I am a typical pakeha, mixture of Irish, Scottish, English and Danish :)
  • BrienJD
    BrienJD Posts: 541 Member
    American

    German and French Canadian
  • ShazMc73
    ShazMc73 Posts: 106 Member
    I'm Caribbeanese! Dual citizenship: Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica

    Ancestry - Scottish (50%) and Indian (50%)
  • VitaBailey
    VitaBailey Posts: 271 Member
    American... While many born here identify their nationality by the birthplace of their ancestors, a lot of us do not.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    American nowadays.

    From the past, mostly Irish, with a little Dutch, German and French.
  • genuinelyfrans
    genuinelyfrans Posts: 584
    My nationality: American (I was born in NJ lol)

    Ethnically I am 100% Hispanic ----> 50% Ecuadorian (my dad) and 50% Dominican (my mom) :)
  • NYChick84
    NYChick84 Posts: 331 Member
    100% Italian
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Paternal Grandfather's side is English (Stanton). Paternal Grandmother's side is German (Schaub). Maternal Grandfather's side is French-Canadian (Verville--his father's family, Charboneau--his mother"s family). Maternal Grandmother's side is a little bit of everything, but I think primarily Jewish (Burns). Does this mean I'm 25% this, or 25% that? Nope. It means I'm 100% American! :drinker:
  • TheDreadPirateRoberts
    TheDreadPirateRoberts Posts: 225 Member
    Born in Cyprus, but British.
  • linochka1969
    linochka1969 Posts: 136 Member
    Born in USSR 1/2 Russina 1/2 Jewish

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