born in dublin, parents born in dublin, grandparents born in dublin, great grandparents born in dublin and so on… my ex girlfriends dog walker was best friends with an american, does that make me 17/25ths american? nope and the same goes for everyone!
The reason a lot of Americans identify with their ancestors nationalities is because if you’re to say you’re ancestry is American people expect you to say that your father was a Mohawk and your mother was Sioux.
When you live in a country that has the full spectrum of hair/eyes/skin color people tend to ask “where you’re from”.
I’m a mutt: Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian.