What nationality/ethnicity people have mistaken you?

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  • essjay76
    essjay76 Posts: 465 Member
    :laugh: Aw shoot. Depends on where in the world I am. Most of the time, here in the States, people think I'm Mexican or of some hispanic/latin descent. Other times people have thought I'm Thai, Indian, etc. I am Filipino and probably take more after the spanish blood I might have in my family. When I'm anywhere besides the U.S. people usually guess that I'm from the Philippines.
  • iamihobo
    iamihobo Posts: 232 Member
    LOL

    Hebrew and Latino at one point
  • riveraphx
    riveraphx Posts: 380 Member
    I am 1/2 Spanish and the rest is native American and white. I get confused for different races all of the time.lol.

    Me too. I'm half Mexican and a quarter Cherokee and quarter "white" LOL. People are always surprised.
  • cheerforsteelers
    cheerforsteelers Posts: 686 Member
    I'm Russian. I get mistaken for being Mexican or German a lot. Mexican mainly because of my name and people just assume I can speak Spanish.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I'm half-Mexican, part German/Czech/English/Scottish/Irish/Cajun. People generally think I'm Italian or Russian.
  • ChinaDollTKP
    ChinaDollTKP Posts: 12 Member
    I am 1/2 chinese (first generation of my fam in US), 1/4 german and 1/4 cherokee. Most commonly people think I am hispanic or spanish I alwyas have people coming up amd speaking to me in spanish. , then hawaian, and then there are even sone who tell me I just look white. The more weight I lose the more caucasian I seem to look.
  • Rylansmommy12
    Rylansmommy12 Posts: 103
    I Am mexican and white. I Have been asked if i was a p.r before.
  • 33neenaj
    33neenaj Posts: 306
    Indian
  • GambinoGirl
    GambinoGirl Posts: 139 Member
    Asian
  • jk262
    jk262 Posts: 1,597 Member
    I'm the one all the way to the right in my pic. Went up to Toronto a couple weekends ago and these guys from Ireland thought I was Irish, because of how I looked and they said I had an Irish accent! That was a first. 100% Polish heritage, born in USA
  • Pennyae
    Pennyae Posts: 27 Member
    Lebanese and sometimes Indian. I'm Greek.
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    Mexican
  • desi9837
    desi9837 Posts: 27 Member
    I'm half white and Hispanic, but I've been told I look Japanese (they always say it's the hair and eyes). But "mi nariz indio" always gives it away jaja
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    I was mistaken for Chinese when I was very little, I had black hair and my eyes weren't very wide. As a kid after I tanned all summer from stuff I would be mistaken for Hispanic. I had an art teacher tell me I looked Native American. Granted I have Native American blood in me, but it's very diluted. I've even been told I look like I'm a mixed child (Black x White) though I never could understand why.
  • futurecti
    futurecti Posts: 5
    People always think i'm mexican. I AM WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!
  • kvalmera
    kvalmera Posts: 129 Member
    I am a mix of all sorts (Italian, Irish and Creole) but people often mistake me for hispanic. But when I tan, people think I am mixed with african american and hispanic/white.
  • TangledUp_InBlue
    TangledUp_InBlue Posts: 397 Member
    I usually get pegged as being of Irish descent...and I am.

    Must be the Guinness I drink! lol
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I'm white but often I have been mistaken for Native American (even by Native Americans) and a few times Mexican. The greatest part is that my husband is a registered tribal member for our local (Native American) tribe.
  • qtiekiki
    qtiekiki Posts: 1,490 Member
    Filipino. I am Chinese.
  • secostley
    secostley Posts: 409 Member
    I'm African-American, but get mistaken for Cuban or Brazilian on occasion--especially when I'm hangin' in Miami!
  • Pink_Tina
    Pink_Tina Posts: 164
    -A few years back, during my trip to Rome, I was mistaken for Italian. I think it was because I could speak some of the language.

    -I had an online gamer friend (playing Age of Conan) who thought I was Japanese. To his credit, my guild forum picture was kind of blurry. lol

    -A while ago, one of my coworkers thought I was half white/ half black. I'm pretty sure it was because I had super curly hair then and, you know, my flat nose. I used to hate my nose, but I kind of like it now. :)

    -When I was in the military, most people thought I was Spanish. I had curly hair then too, but I mostly tanned as well.

    However, I am half white and half Hawaiian; my dad likes to jokingly call me a "Hapa Haole." :laugh:
  • jilliew
    jilliew Posts: 255 Member
    I am white - my mom's parents emigrated to Canada from Holland in the 50s, and my dad's parents are from Canada and America, and random parts of Europe before that. I have dark hair and eyes, but pale-ish skin. No one ever looks at me and assumes I'm anything but of European heritage.

    It's my last name that gets attention. It's two words stuck together, a noun and an adjective, and for those of you familiar with Aboriginal names, it sounds very Aboriginal. Well, actually, it doesn't, but because it's an adjective-noun combo, and because I live in an area where there is a large and visible Aboriginal population, people just assume it is. I even had an Aboriginal lady at work ask me what band I belonged to. The funny thing is this was never a problem until I moved to Southern Alberta.
  • kmm7309
    kmm7309 Posts: 802 Member
    Asian... but my husband gets it worse. Our friends joke that if we have a kid, she won't be able to open her eyes!

    EDIT: We are both of european descent. Don't know where the eyes came from for either of us.
  • Officialas
    Officialas Posts: 50 Member
    I'm Italian - Lebanese but get mistaken for being Greek (same as my mum) quite a lot!
  • genuinelyfrans
    genuinelyfrans Posts: 584
    I am Ecuadorian and Dominican but I have gotten mistaken for:

    Colombian
    Puerto-Rican
    Indian
    Brazilian
    Cuban
    Mexican
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I get mistaken for white all the time.
  • saintsfanatik
    saintsfanatik Posts: 68 Member
    I'm African-American, but I've been confused for Pacific Islander for some reason. I can't see it personally.
  • Genericwit
    Genericwit Posts: 70 Member
    I get mistaken for white all the time.

    I lol'd really hard.

    I've been mistaken for all sorts of things. When you're of Croatian descent, move to Germany at a young age and grow up there, and then move to the US, most Americans just don't understand. Most Americans don't know what Croatia is, let alone what continent it's on, or what they speak. So I've been mistaken for Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Italian, Danish, and once Mongolian. That one really threw me. But for the most part, people just assume I'm American, which I'm alright with, as I do have the citizenship now as well. Haha.
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    I'm Indian, and used to get mistaken for a Latina. In fact, this lady came up to me and started speaking in Spanish, and when I blurted out 'No habla espanol', switched to English, and totally yelled at me for not honoring my heritage and being uppity, and a whole host of other stuff. The look on her face was priceless when I said 'I'm Indian' after her tirade was over. Didn't apologize either.
  • ChcolateLady11
    ChcolateLady11 Posts: 359
    Mixed with Asian because the slant of my eyes. I do, however have native in my blood. (both Great-grandmothers on my mother and fathers side were native)

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