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What ethnicities have u been mistaken for before?

Online?
Arab and Mexican

Irl:
Iranian, Bangladeshi, Indian and my favourite African (he didn't specify where in Africa because I laughed at him)
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@HijabaDabbaDoo wait...why Mexican? I mean, hijabs aren't exactly common in Mexico lol
@basilfawlty89 I said exactly the same when I first heard it. It was on EP. This was the exact conversation.

Mexican friend: everyone thought you were Mexican btw
Me: what? Why?
Her: idk, you have a brown face

In their defence we were all teenagers then. I'd like to think they use more critical thinking now.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@HijabaDabbaDoo 🤣🤣🤣
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Online Russian, Arab and Swedish but that last one only because it says on my profile that I live in Sweden. In real life, all of the above+ Serbian, Croatian, Italian, Spanish and - my all time favourite - two different people in just one day thought that I was, the first one, Indian and the other one Icelandic. To be fair, most of this comes from having a very common name and not my looks
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
One guy once told me "Well, you're practically Asian, aren't you?"
Um...nope.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover I thought it was someone extremely confused geographically. Like, this sort of people:

Björk is cool, I get compared to politicians... 🥴
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@Elessar But at least some got it right 😂
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover I love that a consistent cluster is right in the middle of the bible belt, south USA
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
I’ve been asked if I’m Indigenous and Chinese.

I later found out through my Ancestry DNA test that I am 7% Indigenous.
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Latina, East Indian, Greek lol
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But why are your replies marked as fetish 😛@Darksideinthenight2
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Isthisit · F
Maori. I have no maori blood in me. My dad was polynesian. Also german for some strange reason.
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i get asked if i'm French a lot in person. many times people have just started speaking Spanish to me in public, which i am part Spaniard, but no hablo español. a few people who'd never seen me have referred to me as Asian online.
Justenjoyit · 61-69, M
@SW-User Je suis vraiment désolé de ne pas vous avoir compris.
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Justenjoyit · 61-69, M
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Does English count?
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales or ovine? 🤷‍♀️
@Yulianna I have never been mistaken for a sheep😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐑
Tennessee · 46-50, F
Puerto Rican and sometimes Native American.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
In the mid 1970s applying sun screen meant putting something on that increased sun exposure. I’d spend a few weeks at the beach and get fried, and since I’m an olive complected Caucasian I was mistaken for Black when I came home from the beach.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
🤔 before what?
WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
I don’t think any
Although once a woman came up to me in cvs and started speaking to me in Spanish. I don’t know if she thought I was Spanish or just hoped someone around spoke it
StraCat · 41-45, M
I've been mistaken for hispanic quite often. Random people would sometimes walk up to me speaking spanish. It always catches me off guard. 😳🤣
Nanori · F
It's happened online only
Arab, Greek, Italian
Well can't blame them we've had alot of 👉👌 throughout history with those nations
Ferric67 · M
I've been called white and not quite white
So
🤷‍♂️
Bottom line
I'm human just like you
and everybody else
Justenjoyit · 61-69, M
I am English but for some reason people from other countries think I come from Scotland or Ireland because of my hair colour lol
Justenjoyit · 61-69, M
@wildbill83 everyone is so delicate into days world about wording regarding skin colour, religion, what sex you are I am so glad that gingers still do not care and have a good laugh at the jokes about gingers lol
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@Justenjoyit yep... many people these days wouldn't survive a Don Rickles roast... 🤔
Justenjoyit · 61-69, M
@wildbill83 I just think they are self isolating themselves.
BeJeweled · F
I'm very pale so they guess I'm of Northern European decent which is true.
Fairydust · F
When I’m on holiday, people think I’m German or Swedish.
4meAndyou · F
Swedish, Norwegian, part-Japanese, etc.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
People often mistake me for a squirrel.
Ducky · 31-35, F
Hispanic and Native American.
UKNaturist · M
Turkish/Greek when I'm tanned
Dan193 · 31-35, M
Russian, and I hate it every time
NaturalBeautyQueen · 41-45, F
Hispanic and Ethiopian
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That never happened
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Bogan Australian 😁
Torsten · 36-40, M
Riverman2 · 56-60, M
Elessar · 26-30, M
Not ethnicities, but people from a different city once started addressing me in English because they assumed my accent was foreign 🙆🏻‍♂️
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Everyone assumes I have German ancestry bc light hair and blue eyes .
being · 36-40, F
Nothern European although I am not that tall.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
Native American & Jewish
AnonymousJSS · 22-25, F
Spanish, French, eastern Russian
SW-User
I am regularly asked if I am “mixed”..
FrozenWasteland · 61-69, M
Just Kashyyykian.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
Greek. Mediterranean.
Hier,hier drüben
RebelFox · 36-40, F
Scandinavian
Wiseacre · F
Scandinavian
Arabic. Pakistani. Spanish. Italian.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
Hispanic and South African. Conclusion; people need to see the eye doctor.
Zonuss · 41-45, M
It's obvious what I am.
But one lady thought I was Nigerian.🙂
SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
On here just about everything
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
Apache warrior.
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That doesn't really happen to me
BittersweetPotato · 31-35, F
@SW-User You do look very IRISH 🤣🥔🤭
empanadas · 31-35, M
East Indian, Habibi, north African, Ethiopian, Mexican and Fiji.
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WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
@ChemDawg happens to my husband too

 
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