What is your heritage?
I have a varied European heritage — mostly German, French, Scottish, and Polish, according to my mom — with a miniscule amount of Native American, but I am very, very much just American and white, haha. The last person born outside of America on either side of my family was my grandmother’s great grandmother on my mother’s side. On my father’s side, I’m the seventh generation born within the same *state*.
I will say that when I’ve traveled to France and Spain, I’ve regularly been confused with being a local. People often go out of their way to ask me for questions and directions in both countries, especially in Spain. A woman actually joined me at my table at a cafe in Madrid and tried to have a conversation, and she was shocked when I told her I don’t speak Spanish. When I told her I was American, she asked if I was Puerto Rican. I told her the state I was from, and she told me that I really looked Spanish, especially my eyes.
Personally, I don’t see it. When I look in the mirror, I just see white American. Other people must see things I don’t, because I’ve also had friends’ parents ask me about it as well.
