What do you consider your nationality to be?

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Do you think it’s where you’re born? Or your parentage? Or your grandparentage?

For example, if you were born in Scotland, but your mum was Russian and your dad Venezuelan, what would you class yourself as?

Someone I know says they’re Irish because they have an Irish grandparent, but how far do you got back? AIBU to think only a couple of generations defines your nationality? Or do you think it can be longer?

And how much does it mean to you? I’m generally curious, I live in a place where locals are very fierce about their roots and I am a bit of a mongrol from my heritage and it’s never really bothered me, I just say ‘British’ because I was born and live here.

I have a lot of passports and don’t feel I have a national identity at all. Ethnically I’m Jewish and tick the “White (Other)” box.

Scottish.

Born in Scotland to one Scottish parent and one Irish parent.

I have dual passports British and Irish but I still say I’m Scottish.

Scottish

Op nationality equals passport. Ethnicity is your blood ties. I’m English with tiny bit of Irish - grandmothers father was Irish. My passport is British. Medically I’m classed as Northern European and my husband is classed as Southern European - found out when pregnant and was advised to have extra blood tests. Our children are therefore classed as mixed heritage. On forms I tick white other for them, husband does too for himself despite all holding British passports.

I'm Welsh because my parents and grandparents are welsh.
Despite me and my parents being born in England.

DH has always said I'm not welsh.

Or at least he did. Until I asked him if he thought his Indian mate wasn't Indian because only his parents were born in India. Plonker.

I did 23andMe recently and that further weighted my IM WELSH argument.

My maiden name is as welsh as they come!

my ethnicity is English but my nationality is Brtish

Cornish. My identity means a lot to me and I am very pleased that we now have to the option to declare ourselves Cornish on the census form etc.

British. Born in England to Irish parents. Now live in Scotland.

To add to the above, my ancestors have been in Cornwall going back as far as we can trace.
DH was born in Cornwall but to Welsh parents. I like to think of him as Celtic…

My ethnicity is half English half Czech and I’m damn proud of it too,

Depends who is asking and where. On an official form in the US I’d answer the question “American” because the US doesn’t officially recognize dual citizenship. Dual citizenship is permitted but the government will only see you as an American. I’m British by birth (also Irish because of one grandparent - that’s enough to get you an Irish passport) but also a naturalized American because I’m married to an American and have lived here long enough to be naturalized. So in official settings I’m an American.

If someone is asking in s social setting, I’m British. Even here in the US. When I naturalized it was a very bizarre feeling. The officer said “congratulations, you are now a US citizen” and I thought “what does that really mean? Have I suddenly become a different person? I’m still me. Still can’t stand root beer. Still don’t have any desire to watch a super bowl apart from the adverts. Still write “colour” and “centre”.” So I definitely consider myself British. Even though my Naturalisation certificate says “former nationality: British Citizen” and that irks me.

I have three different legal nationalities. In terms of national identity, I think of myself as European. I've felt closer to different countries at different times in my life. If I had to pick one, I'd say Irish, but I would probably have given a different answer ten or twenty years ago. My children are British/English though, even though they are dual nationals with Irish passports.

I wasn't born in Britain but I was raised here. I don't consider myself Polish or British as in both countries i don't fit. When I travel I am taken to be English. In the UK I am foreign, and not very welcome when people realise. I guess they feel tricked, probably as I'm not white "enough"

I don't understand that the Welsh. My husband was born in Wales and speaks Welsh but is not considered Welsh in Wales, so he's never try to claim that.

Scottish

Irish, born and brought up in UK but have an Irish grandfather.

Funny about America too. There are so many Americans that claim they are of some European heritage. They make a big deal out of it, even generations after any ancestor having emigrated

British - born in London, university in Wales, lived in the NE for a long time and settled in Yorkshire. Grandparents are from Scotland, South America, West Indies and France though. Irish surname, Irish ancestry (but nothing recent enough to get an EU passport!). Overall I feel British, but have no particular strong allegiance to any of the home nations.

English
Born in england to English parents

I am English with a British passport.

My DC are half Irish, grew up in Ireland but were born in England, and consider themselves Irish.

Adopted Scot. With dual nationality

My nationality is British. My ethnicity is Kurdish

Welsh and British, but more importantly, a Gog.

Scottish

English-British.

Earth. And only because leaving it presents a similarly high barrier to that of leaving your country in the past. Countries and borders should no longer be required, nor should establishing your identity by their bounds - given the ability to travel anywhere on the planet in a matter of hours. Those identities used to be forged by limitations which no longer exist.