Those of us unfortunate enough to be born outside of Scotland I like to think of as of Scottish heritage or descent
I do have to say, that the start of the sentence is quite peculiar, and not wishing to turn this into a National pride sytle thread; if I had a choice to where I was born, it would never change.

I see that statement quite regularly on here, and I find it hard to understand...

However, I do class myself as a Kiwi, of "Scottish" descent (which is blatantly a grand excuse to wear the Kilt).

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
Suppose for the moment you and your wife upped sticks and moved to Ethiopia. Your children are born there. Are you/they Ethiopians? Or are they citizens of Ethiopia, which is very much something else, all together.
this even relates to migration within ones own country, for example I left Invercargill (Southland) when I was 17, moved to Auckland to join the RNZN, and have lived here for nearly 17 years (I did spend a large proportion of that time overseas), but I will never call myself an Aucklander (sorry Brian ;) ) my kids are Aucklanders, because they were born here, but it would be odd if they started supporting my sports teams and claiming that they were Southlanders...
And, no matter where they settle in NZ, they will always be Aucklanders.

Hopefully that is as clear as mud?