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You're both cringe for claiming you're something other than American. If you have the faintest understanding of the history of America, you'll realise that having British Isles/Western European DNA is nothing special.
If you're white and hold an American passport your DNA is mostly coming from white settlers, aka British/Irish/French/Scandinavian.
Claiming to be those is disrespectful for the people who actually live in those countries.
I lived abroad in Ireland and had a residency card.
I have no idea why my comment was downvoted . Downvoting me won’t make it any less true that I have actually lived abroad in Ireland.
I lived in the Netherlands for 7 years, could speak fairly decent Dutch, and had permanent residency... I don't consider myself Dutch at all.
Likewise living in Ireland for a while didn't make you Irish
On that same note, if I were born in communist China, I would never call myself Chinese. Someone who lives in America and happens to have dna ties to China would not be corrected for stating that they are Chinese by dna. Why should that same sentiment be any different for European Americans?
What does China being communist or not have anything to do with this conservation?
Thank you for proving my point. DNA isn't nearly as important as where you grew up.
Please never use the phrase European American ever again. It's pathetic. I'm surprised you haven't claimed to be related to the British royal family, just to try and out do the other "European Americans".
You really have a high opinion of yourself and it really isn’t warranted.
Actually, I just have a really low opinion of Americans claiming to be European