# I'm whatever you think I am!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 31, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-whatever-you-think-i-am/721246 "2015-05-31T11:01:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-whatever-you-think-i-am/721246/1 "2015-05-31T11:01:35Z")

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My mom was German, born in Germany and moved to the USA as a teen after her mom married a USA soldier. My dad is from Alabama, both of them identified as white, which is what I said when someone asked me what I was. I have no Hispanic or middle eastern ancestry that I am aware of.

At this point I am whatever you want me to be lol, I give up.

I have members of the local Lebanese or Syrian population talk to me like I’m one of them, had some Lebanese guys say it was a shame my parents let me grow up not speaking my ancestral language.

A few weeks ago my wife said “wow you really do look Syrian, like more Syrian than Syrians you know actually from Syria” 😃 I was like more human than human, from Blade Runner.

There is a guy that I deal with that insists on speaking Spanish to me, even though I have insisted multiple times I speak English. I gave up with him, gracias senor!

EDIT:Had a couple people identify me as Chinese, which only makes sense if you have never seen a Chinese person in your life. My wifes old boss insisted I had to be Venezuelan, even when corrected she said I was probably Venezuelan lol.

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-whatever-you-think-i-am/721246/2 "2015-05-31T15:04:36Z")

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I believe Poe wrote a story about this kind of thing.

You’re probably an orangutan.