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TopicGermany is providing job training for Americans in the United States.
Shuto-uke
06/25/18 8:59:15 AM
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Zikten posted...
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Zikten posted...
my dna didn't change dude


You're telling me your family came here and refused to procreate with anyone that isn't 100% Scottish?

no. I am also welsh and German. and possibly a little Czech and French maybe. but I always identified with the scottish


You know what intrigues me? (This is a secondary topic).

I find it odd how white Americans (I am one of those too, BTW) can claim to be any specific ethnicity they identify with and can trace some % of DNA to (e.g. Jim O'Connor can say he is Irish because his grand grand grand father was Irish and/or 23andMe told him he is 20% Irish) while other people can't. For example, a Colombian who's 50% Spaniard as per 23andMe, or who has a Spanish grand-grandfather could not get away with saying "I am Spanish".


I and I imagine most Europeans find Americans really weird in this respect. It seems having an uncle who once went to a drop kick murphies concert is enough to make you Irish in America whereas my own mother is Irish and I don't consider myself to be likewise. It feels like Americans love to label their identity. I once met an American kid who told me he was half Jewish half catholic and half venetian.

Rightly or wrongly, if you have European blood and you go to said country claiming as such, don't expect to be treated like some long lost brother


exactly!
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