Comment on I hate how many people are against russian ancestry

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  On this side of the pond people don’t register things as “ancestry” as in “being descendents of x nationality/ethnicity” unless it’s genuinely the previous or one before that generation.

  Even the term “second generation immigrant” refers to different things.

  I technically have some ancestry from what is now Russia. And I don’t think theres many generations I have to go back to reach some Swedish ancestry. But I’m Finnish, and it would be utterly ridiculous to even talk about being “descended oof Russian/Swedish ancestry”. And that on the other hand, happen constantly in the US.

  Although again, I do understand the difference, as the US had many diasporas which tried keeping their ethnic identity. But also, they did develop a little differently.

  What I’ve noted is that in the US it’s usually more a chosen identity thing / continues family tradition than an actual genetic thing.

  Also, it’s a super white thing, as most of the slaves lost their origins throughout the years, as it was purposefully suppressed as well. And identifying with Africa in general is quite a large set in terms of specific cultural practices.

  I’m thinking OP is less talking about actual ancestry than parentage. Which technically is ancestry but…

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In the US itself, there’s also people that claim they’re every bit as Italian as someone born and raised in Italy, like it’s a biological race. I’ve only seen that a couple times and it doesn’t really have anything to do with the topic, but I’ll mention it anyway because it’s so very, very cringe.

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• voytek709@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m in the U.S. 😓

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Weird. I have Russians in the mix and literally nobody has ever cared.

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