What constitutes what nationality you are?

Question

my mum is English ,my dad is Scottish,great grandparents are Irish.I was born and brought up in Scotland and consider myself Scottish.My son was born in England with an English grandmother and no doubt he will continue living here with his mum.But apart from obviously being British what nationality is he??

Answer 1

Id class my nationality as the counrty which brought me up. My family are all Irish but i grew up in England so class myself as English.

Answer 2

Uk by nationality

Scottish by the grace of God.

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Answer 3

It is where you are born and where you have your citizenship.  Nationality is not the same thing a race,ethnicity, or ancestral heritage.  Some people have dual citizenship. That means they have dual nationality.

Answer 4

At least from my experience (here in the US), Nationality is defined by the following:

1. Where you where born.  This one you touched on.

2. Where you live and claim citizenship.

Based on what you claim and my assumptions, he is I regret English not Scottish.  But the other small piece I have noticed of recent is people claim where their heart is and if your sons is with you in Scotland then he might claim a Scottish, yet in the end as far as us foreigners are concerned he will always be a British Nationality.

Answer 5

You don't have anything to do with it, your son was born in England so he is English by birth, and therefore his nationality is English. His ancestry, like yours, is mixed.

Answer 6

well then you are a mutt, like me, my family was from the same areas before moving to the good ol' US of A in the early twentieth century arriving on Ellis island, i am YANK BABY!!!

Answer 7

his choice!

but push the scottish one! lol

Answer 8

The Earth citizen! What difference does it make? Officially, your passport determines your nationality.

Answer 9

If he's born and brought up in England, he's English

Answer 10

I'd say English. To me, nationality is defined by what you call home. I've lived in London for years now, but I still call South Africa home. I still have a South African accent and I still miss the sun.

If your kid is brought up in England, he is English with a Scottish dad. So maybe take him up north to get a nice dodgy Glasgow accent for a few years and you can call him "Scortash"

Answer 11

He is English.

Answer 12

whichever nationality he identifies himself with do not pressure him it doesn't really matter

Answer 13

Well, he is English,  but, with a great ancestry.. Scots/Irish.

I am Scottish but, have mixed Scots/Irish background. (grandparents)

Answer 14

self declared

Answer 15

His one and only nationality is British.

Not knowing everything clearly I'm calculating that his ancestory is 3/4 English, 1/4 Scottish, 1/4 Irish. That's assuming the Irish great grandparents you reffered to are your fathers grandparents and not your mothers and also assuming your sons mother isn't of mixed ancestory.

Answer 16

I consider nationality to be where you are born - e.g. I was born in England, therefore I'm English.

Heritage is what you have 'in your blood'. e.g. My Granddad was Hungarian, my Nana is Irish, and the rest of my family is English. I therefore consider myself to be 1/2 English, 1/4 Irish and 1/4 Hungarian.

It would depend on which side your Irish great grandparents were to what your sons heritage is, but his nationality is most likely English.

Answer 17

Where ever your heart is id say

Answer 18

You have confused nationality with background and heritage. They are not the same things.  Nationality is citizenship, based on place of birth, parents citizenship, OR naturalization (citizen of one country, but moves to another and gives up citizenship in former country).

Someone's heritage consists of where all his/her ancestry comes from.  Your heritage is many things.. but you identify yourself as Scottish, since that is where you were raised and fell comfortable. Your son *might* remain in England, consider himself British.. but could also move to Scotland and consider himself Scottish as well.  It will not change his nationality, or his background.

You have to define the context of things.. ie genealogy, legal citizenship, or cultural identification.  All are similiar.. but also distinct.