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A question to the Europeans…

I know it’s a running joke that some U.S. born citizens like to identify with their European roots (even if they go back generations) but are generally not accepted as such in Europe. But how do you feel about the first generation—the children of immigrants here, from your countries ? Do you see them as having the right to claim the European identity of their parents even though they’re personally U.S. born ?
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Absolutely yes. National identity is deeply personal and subjective. I'm second generation Polish. My legal status is British and I am proud to be the granddaughter of a Polish airman who flew for the RAF in WW2 and earned the right to citizenship for his service. I am British through and through, but I have a name that is difficult to spell/pronounce, and a liking for pickled vegetables. I keep a Polish passport to keep in touch with my wider European family.

I love the idea of diasporas and the possibility of finding little pockets of home wherever you travel.