Do you ever wish you knew yur nationality?

Question

like you know if your italin, or french or indian? i have to make ir up if somebody asks.

Answer 1

YES! I didn't know my nationality until I was in my 40's.

It's something everyone takes for granted. People who know their nationality have no idea how frustrating it is. They'll say really stupid things like, "Well, America is a melting pot anyway" blah blah blah. So easy for them to say when they know where their ancestors came from.

Answer 2

Sure though i plan to do an ancestry dna test when i can afford it.

Answer 3

i come from crow Indian, Swedish, German, Scottish, Irish, i kinda wish the family somewhere would have stuck with one nationality there is no tradition or background to hold on to. my family is kinda like a melting pot.  it would be nice if there was a way that info like medical and nationality would be passed along in the adoption process for the kids sake, especalty the medical of the bio parents, which i feel is very important for when the kids get older and have kids of their own then they start wondering what background health wise is there also along with the nationality--did i open another can or worms here

Answer 4

Bugs me all the time.   I was able to extrapolate my heritage from the surnames of my parents. They are Scottish and English surnames but I also know that I am half black. But it bugs me, because I would like to know if I am Jamaican Black? Latino Black? Or, American Black? Creole? See it gets  ver complicated the more you ponder it. I understand how you feel is what I'm getting at, even thoug I do know a little about my ancestry. It would make me frustrated if I had no clue.

Answer 5

Yes.  For me this has been one of the most difficult parts of being adopted.  In school, there were always projects asking about heritage blah, blah, blah....I always felt strange claiming anything.  I also made things up to impress other kids.  Pretending to be Greek was my favorite :-)  I'm in my 40's and I still don't know but I'm trying to find out.  Now my own kids have figured out that THEY don't know all of their background either,  and they are cheering me on to get some info.

I encourage you to search.  You never know what you will find!

Answer 6

I wondered a lot as a kid.  My amom told me what she thought it was, but there was no way she could be certain.

When I was 25, I received my non-identifying information which told me that information.  When I reunited, it was confirmed.

Answer 7

I'm lucky in that I know my nationality. I'm unlucky in that I feel like a fraud if I claim it as my own. I also feel like a fraud if I claim my adoptive parents' nationalities as my own. I can't find a nationality that I feel I have a real claim to. What does that make me? Oh yes, an adoptee. Oh joy!

But I'm sorry you don't know yours. I hope you find out sometime soon. Nationalities are more important than some non-adoptees seem to think.

Answer 8

well u look white to me lawl

Answer 9

yeah,there was a stretch of my life where i wondered about it.i wondered about who my parents were too,but now i am comfortable with not knowing

Answer 10

I was not adopted but my son was. I wish I knew his nationality so I could teach him about them. I'm sure he will have questions about his nationality/ies (as well as other things) in the future and I don't know how to answer them. It makes me sad.

Answer 11

I can't relate but if sounds awful.

Answer 12

Well, first of all dear. You should try and find out. Or ask others what you look like. I'm italian and it's wonderful knowing who I am. It's very important to know your nationality because when people ask, like you say they do, I myself like to fell pround saying, "I'm italina." Ask mom or dad. If you can't, i'm sure there are D.N.A. ways to find out. I mean, I am not sure. But I am pretty sure there is some medical way to find out where your heritage comes from or at least some attributes to you and your personality come from. Good luck and god bless you sweetness.

Answer 13

I always hated when people asked me "what I was".  First off, I thought it was a rude question to start with.  For a long time, I would make up some smart *** answer like: I'm 1/2 Swedish, 2/7 Jamaican, 1/5 Portuguese, 3/11 Eskimo.......and so on.  Now I just look that person in the eye and say "I'm American" and move on.  I'm blonde and blue eyed from Oklahoma......that sounds like the old stereotypical "all American girl" to me.

Answer 14

I can totally relate, I was adopted at about a week old.  I did have some information on my birth parents in the record, that said they were German and their ages, heights and weights.  I do know my nationality, but very little else.

I absolutely hate going to a new doctor and they ask about family history.  I also want to start having children soon, but am afraid of things that might be in my medical history that I could pass down to children and not even know it.

Answer 15

Sorry to hear your story. My kid is half black an half british an I am going to make it clear to him that he is Grenadian black...Caribbean an his mom is British...hope you find your roots ..

Answer 16

Yes I have always wanted to know what nationalities are in my heritage.When I was at school neveryone in my class knew what race of people they could trace back to except for me.My science teacher tried to put my eye colouring,blood type etc together to put the pieces together for me but couldn't.Years later I found out that my natural father came from the Netherlands which seems strange to me as,even though I didn't know this for years,I always had an affinity for people from this area and always liked things from this region of this world,strange as this may seem as I knew nothing about my connection to this region then.I just wish that I could find out my heritage on my natural mother's side because all I know is that she is Australian and as Australia is made up of many different nationalities it is harder to find this out when you have had no luck finding anything out about her but I have never felt the need to make anything up about where I came from and don't believe it should be necessary for anyone,whatever their circumstances,to do so.