For example, are you Irish because your grandma came from there? Or maybe you have "American" blood, but choose to follow French customs/culture.
2007-02-27 06:41:36 · 8 answers · asked by hambone1985 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Everyone has great ideas! I will leave it up to a vote! I also believe it may be more with which cultural ideas you follow. I am "American" but everything I am into is Mexican. It is hard for me to hang out with "Americans" because it is hard for them to listen to the same music, speak Spanish, etc.
2007-02-27 11:21:32 · update #1
Like anyone who was adopted that has always been an intriguing question to me. If my blood defines me then there is much unknown there. My customs and beliefs come greatly from my adoptive parents. Their ancestry is German. That doesn't make me German but with a last name that was very German sounding I was always considered German.From my own experience it is some of both. For example neither of my adoptive parents particularly enjoyed reading and the thought of writing for entertainment never occurred to them. I am told that my biological mother enjoyed writing and I and my off spring for 2 generations are avid readers and enjoy writing. Sorry I have no simple answer.If you make a sandwich from home baked bread and store bought meat it is neither all homemade or all store bought. It doesn't much matter as long as the combination is a good one.
2007-02-27 06:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by childofthefifties 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it goes both ways, a little of each. I am Puerto Rican, Italian, and British. I speak fluent Spanish and English. I speak very, very little Italian, but I think American is a frame of mind.
You mentioned a person being Irish because their grandmother is from there. I do believe that only if you have some customs from that culture, or distinct physical characteristics, then you could say that you are Irish. They have a certain skin tone, you can spot it immediately. I really do look very much like my avatar, very Latina. Therefore, because I speak Spanish and look Puerto Rican, even though I live in New Hampshire and have all my life, I can easily say I am Puerto Rican.
2007-02-27 06:53:51 · answer #2 · answered by boricuablanca79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question...your customs define you in my opinion; it's always amusing to hear my fellow Caucasians say that they are a "full-blooded American". What makes someone American is most definitely not their DNA. Not to introduce too much science to your question, but since the development of tracing mitochondrial DNA, many scientists have come to find that people have ancestors from all parts of the world. Hence there is no such thing as "full-blooded"; but don't tell hate groups that ;)
2007-02-27 07:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by wolfman2236 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's the age old question- nature or nurture? I don't believe anybody has the final answer...probably a bit of both and some very personal.
2007-02-27 06:47:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are defined by your thoughts and actions. If you don't consider yourself to be Irish, then you aren't. If you consider yourself to be French, then you are. We define ourselves, others don't do it for us.
2007-02-27 06:44:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By that what is American blood ??? You define who you are no matter where your family came from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-27 06:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by suzanne w 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i think its the society you live in.
2007-02-27 06:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Lucie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
blood and ancestors.
2007-02-27 06:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by lovetobake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋