Quote Originally Posted by Blackrose87 View Post
But how do North Americans choose which ancestry they are going to identify with? I've seen people on this forum saying their link to Scotland or Ireland, is their great great grandfather.
But that means they could have a possible 15 other nationalities which they are just as connected to as the Scottish/Irish link.

Granted that's an exaggerated case, but what makes some nationalists more 'desirable' than others? Surely anyone claiming heritage that far back, is going to have just as much or more English blood? Yet I've never heard of English-Americans.
Well if I let my government classify me I am “non-Hispanic white” which make up about 40 percent of the California population. Or I can try to classify myself like in this thread.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...estions-59644/