what nationality(s) are you?

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Post by David George » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:32 pm

100% Indian.Due to a rigid caste system still followed in India i don't think i have any possibility of being multiracial.
Yeah casteism is so damn useless...
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Post by Sepals » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:09 pm

Nationality is technically what country you are legally a citizen of, rather than who your ancestors were.

I'm South American as I was born there, Israeli as my mum registered me when I was little and also British.

If I was to include ancestors, I'll have to say Polish and possibly German or Dutch, going by my surname.
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Post by David George » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:06 am

you have a long history mate...........
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Post by MichaelXY » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:29 am

Sepals wrote:Nationality is technically what country you are legally a citizen of, rather than who your ancestors were.

I'm South American as I was born there, Israeli as my mum registered me when I was little and also British.

If I was to include ancestors, I'll have to say Polish and possibly German or Dutch, going by my surname.


Ahhh, What about expats who move from one country to another. A person from Brazil could become a Canadian but they are still from Brazil.
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Post by Sepals » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:52 pm

But it's still technically their nationality, prehaps not their culture.
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Post by Jones » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:54 pm

Mine's boring...
I'm half Irish, my mothers side and half English on my fathers side...
Literally like, nothing else... That I know of.
But then again if you want to get technical I suppose being half of each could mean there's some Norweigen and other European blood in there. Like anglo-saxon and whatnot... Way down the line.
So nevermind, it's not that boring. lol :lol:

And he's right, it's really only heritage.
As far as nationality and ethnicity, I'm American, and I'm more than obviously white.
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Post by BlackCat » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:39 pm

100% portuguese as far as I know.
It´s not a great contry nowadays but I´m proud being portuguese...
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Post by AstusAleator » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:30 am

English, Irish, german-speaking Swiss, French, Dutch, Scottish, and a few other UK places that I can't remember.

I'm essentially a European mutt with mostly English and Irish.

I've always been jealous of my friends that have Native American or some such blood to spice up their genes :D.
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Post by mcar » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:27 am

So many ancestral bloodlines...
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Post by r6barfly » Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:31 am

50% Chinese, 50% Filipino
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Post by mcar » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:34 pm

r6barfly, do you understand some Tagalog? taga saan ka?
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Post by Linn » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:43 pm

[quote="Sepals"]Nationality is technically what country you are legally a citizen of, rather than who your ancestors were.

Technically then I am American :)

My ancestors came from Canada, Scotland and Ireland.
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