WHY do a lot of woman do this?? Not all woman BUT a lot do this !!?

Question

Why? I am not trying to be rude but why do A LOT of woman like to lie when they are asked where they are from?

You ask them " What nationality are you from?"

Then they tell you " Oh I am a mutt I am 1/2 chineese, 1/3 italian, 1/5 German , 1/8 French, 1/3 Portuguese, 1/2 Chiwawa and part German Sheperd"

It's silly they mention every country in the world and the most annoying part is when they finish naming half the world they finish it off all the time by saying :

"Oh yeh I'm also part native American "Cherokee"!

Then I ask them oh which family member is french or whatever and they always say oh my grandma or great grandma that they know nothing about.

I find this highly annoying.....I asked a simple question where you were from and NOT for you to trace your blood origins.

I mean I am from Central America ( El Salvador) I am light skinned with light hair. Where people ask me where I am from I DONT say

"oh I am part Mayan Indian and 1/2 Spanish."

Answer 1

Maybe it's a question you should avoid asking in the future. I have never heard anyone do this, then again, I don't ask.

Answer 2

Well I think it's more of an American thing rather than a women thing. Saying that you're American really doesn't tell people much about you as far as heritage goes. I tell people I'm about half German, quarter Scottish and a quarter English, then if they want to get into detail I mention the random Native American bloodlines that are mixed in through some odd relative way back.

Maybe you just ask more women where they're from as a pick-up line or something and that's why you think it's women, haha. But really, I think it's an "American thing".

Answer 3

i think you are right but really not all of them
by the way I am a mutt I am 1/2 chineese, 1/3 italian, 1/5 German , 1/8 French, 1/3 Portuguese, 1/2 Chiwawa and part German Sheperd" :)

Answer 4

If you ask someone what nationality they are in America, that's what you mean--what are your bloodlines? Because even if we were born here, our grandparents (going back however many generations) weren't. Except of course for the full blood NA.
If you want to know what COUNTRY someone is from originally, that's what you ask. But if you're in America asking an American, that's a pretty strange question.
If you want to know what STATE/CITY they are from, you can ask, "where are you from? Did you grow up around here?" The answer to that would be "yes" or "no, I'm from Chicago, Illinois" (or wherever).
If someone from the US asks you where you are from, the correct answer is "El Salvador" not "Mayan and Spanish." Your HERITAGE would be Mayan and Spanish.
I think this whole bloodline thing might be unique to the US because of the "melting pot" aspect of our country.
I don't know why you consider it a "lie" for women to tell you their heritage when you ask. I'm 3/4 Italian and 1/4 German but I was born in the USA. All 8 of my great-grandparents were immigrants but all 4 of my grandparents were born here. If you were here in Connecticut with me I'd tell you what town I grew up in. If we were in California I'd just tell you I come from "outside New Haven, where Yale University is" since you probably never heard of my town if you don't live around here (even though it is famous for a few things).

Answer 5

I agree with whoever said It's not a woman thing, it's an American thing.

I might do it just because I'm not Native American. Mostly all of us come from immigrants so we are mutts. If you asked where I was from, I'd say America though because I was born and raised here. If you asked what nationality I was I probably wouldn't say American.

/German, Dutch, Scottish & Irish

Answer 6

My sister does this exact same thing: "Oh, we're Mexican, and Spaniard, and German, and Navajo, and French, and I think maybe even Gypsy" etc etc. I tell her, "Okay, we weren't brought up Mexican, or Spaniard, or German, we never lived on a Navajo reservation, we don't know what it's like to be French, and we're NOT Gypsy." I tell people I'm American because that's what I know. I don't know German, French, Poodle, or Cheetah, but I know what it's like to be an American.

You know, online people ask me the same question, and when I say "American" they ask me, "But where is your family from?" They wanna know more than nationality, they want ancestry. This I give if asked, otherwise I say American.

Answer 7

I never really noticed women doing that a lot, but now that you mention it, I know what you mean. Some people go on these long tirades of specifically how they are related to Charlemagne or are the'real' heirs of the Russian throne.
I think women like to know where they are from. Even I do it. It kind of goes with our usual (traditional) cares about the hearth and home, which many women do care about even if they try not to because they think it's anti-feminism.

Answer 8

Yeah, i kind of know what you mean. men do it too, though. i've told people that i'm 1/4 mongolian, 1/4 chinese, 1/4 russian, and 1/4 persian. people probably do it because they think that being of a certain nationality might make them appear cooler. it also helps for the other person to relate to. Like if the other guy is also Brazilian or something then one could pretend to relate to him. Its not exactly a good thing to do but we all do it.

Answer 9

Because it's easy to confuse nationality with ancestry. I don't have the ability to show strangers over the internet all the documents my family has kept proving my ancestry, but when asked about my ancestry, I don't lie.

Answer 10

I think it's because of how you are asking the question. If you ask "what nationality", the assume you mean their ancestry. Instead try asking "what country" they are from, or "where is your home". I think that's more to the point of what you are trying to find out.