• BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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    5 months ago

    Michigan. A huge portion of the population here calls themselves “Dutch” because their families immigrated here from the Netherlands a few generations ago.

    I never understood that about Americans, claiming to be some other nationality. If you’re Dutch, then show me your Dutch passport.

    It’s so weird, because when I as a European hear someone say “I’m <nationality>” I assume they are a citizen of that country, not that their great-great-great grandparents lived there. I wouldn’t even know where my ancestors lived that far back. I know my grandparents were Dutch, but I have no idea whatsoever about any generations before that.