Am I Asian if I am from the Philippines?

Question

My great grandfather was Francisco Espina, he was a lawyer from Spain, intermarried with a Cebuana. That was from my Mom's side. My Dad's side has Kapampangan and Tagalog heritage. What makes me then?

Answer 1

First of all, the term "Oriental" is a politically-incorrect version of the more PC "Asian" just as an "Occidental" would refer to someone of European descent.*

Kapampangan, Cebuano, and Tagalog are language groups from the Austronesian language family. They are related to other Austronesian languages, such as Indonesian, Malay, Maori, Hawaiian, Malagasy, Samoan, and Tahitian. Austronesians originally immigrated from Asia into the South Pacific.

If your mom is a mixture of Hispanic and Cebuano, meaning that some of her ancestors came from the island of Cebu, and your dad is also of Austronesian ancestry, you are of mixed Austronesian-European heritage. Then again, if you are living in the United States, you could check "Hispanic", which refers to your most likely language background.

Answer 2

Well, I'd say you're Filipino; and since the Phillipines are in Asia, you are, by default, Asian.

Sounds like the Phillipines are much like the America's where everyone's a mix of several nationalities, ethnicities, or races. Makes for very diverse and colorful world.

Answer 3

Actually the Philipines is an Oriental country, since it is that chain of islands. So no you are NOT Asian

Answer 4

yes, of course. you are filipino with diff bloods.

philippines is in asia. thus, anyone in the phils is in asia.

you can call yourself filipino, asian, southeast asian (phil is more specifically in southeast asia).

but if you look in your grandpa's line, you can call yourself spanish, european, etc.

but still, you take the nationality you are registered in.

Answer 5

That makes you a little bit of everything.

Lucky you!

Answer 6

Filipino. You are a racial mixture like the rest of us.

Answer 7

you are son of the god

Answer 8

you is poain