If you, your parents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents were born in the USA, does this mean your nationality is American?

My definition is that your nationality is defined by your citizenship, whereas ethnicity is defined by where geographically your ancestors come from.So your nationality can be both Canadian and American or some other combination providing that both country's recognize you as a citizen. Your ethnicity can also be a combination if your parents ancestors come from different geographical areas.

Yes, your nationality is "American" but it could also be African, Irish, Jewish, or all of the above. When speaking of nationality as it pertains to ethnicity or cultural origin it can be many things. A strict use of the term may be to only look at the citizenship status of the individual.

There are certainly many groups, not just in the Americas that consider themselves of a nationality other than the place where they hold citizenship. There are many groups that have lived many generations in a country that is not their cultural origin but simply where they live like, African, Irish, Italian, German, Israeli, well you get the idea the list goes on and on. Americans are made up of those groups.

There is a singular group though that does not attach themselves to another culture in addition to the American one. These would also be Americans but all of the other groups are also Americans. I myself do not identify with any other cultural group but American.

I know people who's parents were born and raised in an entirely different culture and they themselves do not feel as if they are a part of that, and they feel they only identify with the American culture. In contrast there are some that have 10 generations or more going back living in the US that have a strong cultural tie that are not in the USA. What it comes down to is a personal affiliation, not a mathematical formula.

Nationality" is frequently used in the US to mean national origin of one's ancestors. Some people believe that it is not strictly correct to use this word in this way, and think you should only use "nationality" to refer to citizenship. Also, some people who are clearly American take offense to the question, "What is your nationality?", especially if the question seems to resonate with untrue stereotypes that certain groups are l'ess' American by virtue of their ethnic or cultural heritage.

Your Nationality is based on your Citizenship. Your ancestry in regards to Nationality status is trumped mainly by your proven legal status within a country. I could be born to two Canadians and merry an American and become "American" by obtaining that legal status.

If your Ancestors were all Americans and you were born in America, then you are an American, unless there is something I am missing something here... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationality na·tion·al·i·ty: national status ; specifically : a legal relationship involving allegiance on the part of an individual and usually protection on the part of the state b: membership in a particular nation4: political independence or existence as a separate nation5 a: a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state b: an ethnic group constituting one element of a larger unit (as a nation).

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