when I saw your comment about people and their national origins. I know your point was more about people splitting it into tiny fractions but in the Midwest where I'm from, a lot of families in what we social scientists used to call the "ethnic white" category married within the same nationality. So it was natural for me to say, for example, I'm half German and half Irish, even though my dad's and mom's families, resp, came here in the 19th century.
Then I started meeting international friends, and lived in DC and the Bay Area, and one learns quickly that if you say I'm half A, half B, one parent is A, one is B and you have (at least) 2 passports. Which means I quickly got out of the habit of expressing my origin as anything but American/north american/citizen of the US/friend of Vespucci/etc
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Then I started meeting international friends, and lived in DC and the Bay Area, and one learns quickly that if you say I'm half A, half B, one parent is A, one is B and you have (at least) 2 passports. Which means I quickly got out of the habit of expressing my origin as anything but American/north american/citizen of the US/friend of Vespucci/etc
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that must mean we should be friends.
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