What The F*ck Is Identity? - Joanna Rants

In the past things were simple, you spent your whole life in the same place making it much easier to identify where you were from. Fast forward a few generations and the identity question has become more complex than EVER. No one is just from one place anymore, which is a BIG reason why we shouldn’t limit our perceptions of each other. What do you identify with?? Tell us in the comments below!
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[@talytasbarcelos]

"My mom is Dominican-Cuban My dad is from Chile and P.R. which means: I’m Chile-Domini-Curican... But I always say I’m from Queens!"

[@tsukihimejey8830]

wepa! (Now I'll have "Carnaval del Barrio" stuck all night.)

[@cassandrea9091]

lol nice mix

[@mentoring42]

Awesome.

[@jedimaster1507]

Talyta Barcelos WEPA

[@foxiflakes8245]

Talyta Barcelos my dad is Dominican Cuban 👌

[@frances4_ever]

Mexican, Apache, Irish, Scottish, and Native Alaskan.😄💖👌✌

[@ahmadmohamadv6120]

Riley the fat Ptarmigan poooooooop are not gay

[@GiantLeninHead]

I’m sorry to ask, but you said Mexican and Apache. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t that still make you Mestizo? Mestizo with extra native

[@sofia_lazcano]

Born in canada with a canadian mother, peruvian father and have spanish backrounds.

[@axeldeagne4703]

Born in Guadalajara raised in Georgia, Spanish mother, French father. Interested in Italian and Chinese culture! play both footballs (soccer & NFL). I have a Spanish accent when I speak English and an English accent when I speak Spanish and a weird "Anglo-spanish accent when I speak french!

[@sportifymedia]

When Joanna says English/England, the British flag shows up, you could have used the English flag instead.

[@alejandroparra6063]

Colombian: Turkish, german, spanish ancestry. And I believe that you can shape your identity with stuff like the languages you speak

[@DanielDiaz-tq7ki]

I am from Colombia, but my grand mother is from UK and my grand father life in Swittzeland

[@Pierinasays]

I was born and raised in Venezuela, now I live in Spain, my dad was born in Sicily (Italy) my grandma (mother side) was born in a small town in Galicia (Spain), my other 3 grandparents were born in diferent italian cities and i was raised catholic then became and atheist... and people tell me I look arabic 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@rogelsanchez7900]

am English-maya-mestizo-Spanish and I am proud of who I am

[@yee3468]

I'm Honduran and Guatemalan But I'm very white looking because my Great Grandfather was Jewish on my moms side (Honduran) but I am born and raised in America I've never gotten a DNA test. So have no idea why I look white because I have light skin light brown/kind of honey hair also it's kind of curly thin frame and do not look Hispanic at all but if you look at my sister she looks SAMOAN!!!!!!! Dark skin Black strait/wavy hair thick body I love going out to eat with her because I love how people look so confused trying to figure out our relationship and we start talking about ma and there just like "WAIT THERE SISTERS😱😱"priceless

[@seam322cub187]

I'm awesome. That's it. Just awesome.

[@taopanda98]

I am Mexican. I was born in Mexico and raised in the USA. I have a Basque rare last name, a Ancient Egyptian first name with a Turkish/Chinese middle name. I was raised Catholic on my mother's side and atheist on my dad's side. I can pass as a Mediterranean, Turkish, or Arab which many people assume Im a foreigner in Mexico and assume I speak Arabic in the US. Lol, no. Oh, and I went to China for 3 years and I still continue to study Chinese. So yes I know 3 languages. Lol, my life is weird.

[@JuJu-rn9vp]

taopanda98 wow your Arab هلا و سهلا كيف

[@jimenajordan333]

Peruvian with Asian and Afro background and also Catholic but lives in the US.

[@whoreticulturalreset]

I-am-predominantly-Filipino*-born-and-raised-in-the-United States-with-Hawaiian-Chinese-Portugeuse-roots-Raised-Catholic-but-that-ended-like-two-years-ago-so-yeah...? *basically a blend of too many cultures and ethnicities to count but, very Latino

[@prohasbo9442]

Half English half Spanish from Tenerife yet my great grandfather was half acottish also joanna 🔥

[@Witchywheelchair]

I have mostly Irish heritage but my last name is either polish or Russian and I grew up agnostic but most of my family is catholic

[@rosesmith5100]

I'm Scottish-English-german and is rumored on one side of the family is rumored that there might be some possible native American,polish and Italian. but as far as I know I'm mostly Scottish. how Scottish am I? my grandfather was 100% Scottish.

[@songbird193]

Colombian-Scottish first generation Canadian!

[@felpshehe]

i'm brazilian... thats It... Just brazilian... problably a middle-western-sao paulo-raised brazilian with portuguese descent

[@fluffybuns_pasquel9276]

my mom is Mexican but my dad is Cuban and I was raised in and born in American but I love anime and I feel like Hispanic people don't watch anime so that's why I put it there

[@beatrizabujatum-brito8533]

I am Chilean born in Turkey lived 5 years in USA and now l live in Germany

[@beatrizabujatum-brito8533]

Albert Mora No because of my dad's job if I am born in a country that is not chile I have to take the Chilean nationality. I was born in Turkey but the government says that because of my dad's job I have to take Chilean nationality

[@beatrizabujatum-brito8533]

Albert Mora yea

[@Sofia-hj5bn]

loverush 5236 omg samee

[@beatrizabujatum-brito8533]

Sofy Abujatum jajajajja I thought so

[@gloriaruff6383]

Beatriz abujatum 1

[@ct369]

In Brazil we say we are Brazilians and just that! The most of the people here has more than two heritages we're going to take forever to say them all.

[@CalebMichaelsonVEVO]

that's so true! we're all like "um i'm 15% polish, about 5% italian, 20% tupi, then i guess 30% portuguese, but my surname is russian, don't know where i got that from... also i guess some lebanese as well? but my grandmother was dutch and my great-grandfather on my mom's side..."

[@ct369]

Caleb Michaelson​​ Grandma was italian, my grandad was of african/portuguese descent. Then my grandad of my mothers side was german descent and he married my another grandma who was of polish descent. Oh and my grandad of portuguese/african has a asian mother, she didn't look asian by the photos I saw, but he told me she has japanese heritage.

[@CalebMichaelsonVEVO]

Adriana Lima lmao. My parents both have Italian heritage, but there's also some Ukrainian and native american on my mom's side (there must be some on my dad's side too, but I'm not sure). My last name (my real name at least) is Portuguese xD

[@ct369]

Caleb Michaelson hahaha see? That is my point, a whole argument on our heritage, lol.

[@andiahn8774]

Thats exactly what my mae says.

[@coleashlynn]

You were born in England?? That's so cool! How long did you live there???

[@CrisGoatmez]

I am Venezuelan but also Portuguese but also Spaniard but raised in The United States... I'm also 50% asshole on my mother's side, but that's beside the point.

[@gabdominates]

You. You are funny. (that is all)

[@gabdominates]

+Pand Love *raises hand* Just so that OP knows, I really did mean it. It made me laugh, I'm just awkward.

[@gabdominates]

+Pand Love 😂✌ peace out, my new homeslice

[@CrisGoatmez]

What just happened? lol

[@gabdominates]

+Pand Love goddamnit you guys, just roll with it I said I was awkward! OP, you are funny. Pand Love, I think you are cool. fuck. I'm out.

[@leechin610]

CHINESE-PUERTO RICAN-BLACK-AMERICAN-AGNOSTIC-LIT

[@theosmonteros1421]

Lit af, I'd say.

[@leechin610]

+Theos Monteros WE LIT!!!!!! AS F******CK!

[@floridamanduran]

Cuban-american-spanish-crying jordan face-im dead

[@omarjimenez4946]

I thought you were Dominican 🙄

[@felipel2829]

well, when god was creating you, your mother asked for an extra minority.

[@theflama]

Where are you from?

[@AB-lm9wd]

Puerto Rico

[@mattinsilvis274]

im italian born in morocco from a moroccan dad and a half french half italian mom :/

[@finrodfelagund1528]

I'm from my dad's penis, but later I moved to my mum's uterus and came outta her belly (I was too fat) and the I was in Spain.

[@eewg1995]

I was born in Mexico, my dad is Polish, my mom is Mexican. My grate granfather from my mom side was Spaniard and my great granmother from my mom side was a native Oaxacan. Both my grandmother and grandfather from my dad side were Polish, beyond that I have no clue.

[@claudiaramirez165]

De Chile =)

[@jareddavis1919]

I am Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, English, German, Polish, Russian, Scottish, and Native American. I am white, dirty blonde, with Blue/green eyes. When people ask me about my ancestry, I just point to a globe.

[@sebastianlang8050]

Daley y kannst du auch all languaes hablar perfecto or are you not so gut con un poco?

[@jareddavis1919]

Corv ette I speak English, אני מדבר עברית, y hablo un poco español,

[@sebastianlang8050]

Jared Davis were from germany are you from? ^^ iam 3/4 bavarian.

[@jareddavis1919]

Greetings from America! I'm was born in Louisiana, but now I live in Texas. Howdy!

[@jareddavis1919]

I have absolutely no information on my ancestral percentage, but it sounds pretty cool to be 3/4 Bavarian. As you can read from my first comment, I am a mutt.

[@pedrodettoni4638]

I'm brazilian (and with that statement I already get myself shitloads of hyphens)

[@juliannamezine3195]

Pedrinho Dettoni eu também coleguinha

[@analaurasilva9773]

Véi, mt vdd

[@analaurasilva9773]

Eu mesma (pelo q sei) tenho raízes em mais de 7 países o q é bem confuso, e tbm minha família ta espalhada pelo Brasil ent sempre q algm me perguntam de onde eu sou eu digo "Sou brasileira." Mas qnd pergunta o QUE eu sou eu digo "Sou judia." Pois tenho sangue de hebreus e sigo o judaísmo

[@a.s.3894]

Eu también bwahahaha

[@iiiioikkmhgfvnk]

Im Mexican, Salvadoran, Witch , Cristan , still with a Spainish Last name 🤧

[@dianas4865]

Puerto-Rican-Venezuelian-on-my-mom's-side-Spanish-on-my-dad's-side-Agnostic-but-catholic-on-my-mom's-side-but-I-feel-Korean-in-my-heart-the-Southern-Korea-not-the-Northern-one-that-one-is-super-crazy.

[@dianas4865]

with Japanese-French-German descent, I forgot to add.

[@DanRodriguez1]

And really pretty I must say ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@kevinmartinez1477]

VENEZUELAN* NOT venezuelian genius

[@fernandocruz1243]

What makes you feel Korean? Did you live there? It's just a little strange to me (a Chilean-Canadian, who lived in Korea, and now lives in Japan).

[@smrtseal]

good one.

[@prodigyredstarboom1823]

I am a son of the living God who ceated heaven and earth, Nicaraguan-American with a Jewish name, trilingual (Enspañol, English, Français) heterosexual male.

[@natanyat4901]

Thumbs up!

[@mateohedircortesvega955]

i am a son of God, 100% Chilean an heterosexual male and i am pretty normal, i am a sinner and i have chilean "friends" whit names like Tanaka or Skopinic

[@CharlieDanvers]

+Sapa Inti bc not all us are mapuche?? And also there's other native tribes??

[@YohWolf]

We most certainly are, but the thing is, all those cultures are negated here (even mapuche), seen as they belong to a "museum", chilean identity recognizes their existance, but as a distant past. So yeah, the concept of 100% chileno is by far the dominant culture.

[@sofiacastillo9427]

Yay another Nicoya!

[@imperator692]

Arab-Somali-Turkish-Portuguese-English-Persian-Ethiopian-Other Northern European ethnicities, and I'm also Sunni-Sufi Muslim.

[@imperator692]

nick jones K

[@ibrahimseck3609]

+nick jones Johanna asked people to cite their heritage in the comments, you idiot !!

[@remhenshaw4313]

I bet you're very good looking

[@imperator692]

Rem Henshaw Thank you

[@JohnDoe-um2qk]

nick jones Shut up nick youre an donkey

[@brianedward9119]

JOANNA WAS BORN IN ENGLAND ?!

[@jonatanborowicz]

your profile Picture of Aang really fits your comment xDbtw, I was also shocked, she doesn't even have a British accent.

[@brianedward9119]

Jonatan Borowicz lol thanks I didn't notice. I just assumed she was born in Venezuela lol

[@robiking011]

Jonatan Borowicz. She probably wasn't raised in England. She was only born there.

[@mariomend6480]

Yes, He is. Do not forget that she was born a boy. Only after her surgery she was born.

[@brianedward9119]

Mario Mend are you serous

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

Filipino. Pure. Brown skin. Dark brown eyes. Short. I'm not as cool as any other multi-ethnic people here because all of you are just so fucking cool like that with all your multi-ethnic stuff.

[@whoreticulturalreset]

Hey! Filipino is technically a *FUSION* of like *soooo* many cultures and ethnicities (primarily Latino culture)!

[@ThatAwkwarddKid]

jfrd072891 filipinos are some of the most mixed people now due to the levels of invasion and intergration. Our whole culture is made up of both indigenous and spanish/mexican roots plus most of us also have japanese/american heritage and influence although it may not be obvious in physical features 😊

[@sSHARPZz]

What an intelligent comment!

[@mercyfulflames]

Same here 😂

[@arturohull14161]

There are so many different cultural groups in Philippines. Ilocano, Tagalog, Kampapangan, Cebuano. There are so many different cultures in the Philippines.

[@gerardocantu9702]

took the ancestry dna test. 39% Italian, 20% Iberian península, 18 % Native American (I suspect Apache), 4% Scandinavian, 4% European Jew, 3% Irish, 1% Western European, less than 1% Russian, 5% Middle Eastern, 4% North African, Less than 1% Western Asia. 100% Mexican American.

[@lalafunnys]

i am a nicaraguan-mexican-american-cisgender-bisexual-female whooo try saying that in one breath

[@gracieesmeherro3711]

Haha 😂

[@yael1a]

Easy.

[@themiddleman5886]

It's depressing when vulnerable individuals believe gender has a spectrum, do not rely on pseudo-science.

[@mrbruv03]

Please, shut up.

[@kohlinoor]

Wooooo bisexuals!!!

[@DanielSanchezOjalvo]

I'm a Colombian-atheist-Jewish-Catholic-British-German-Swedish-Spanish-Jordanian-Greek-Bilingual-Hispanic-White Lawyer

[@Trolovinski]

Sweet I never met an Atheist Jewish Catholic

[@natanyat4901]

ROFL

[@monochromesoul5873]

I don't think you understand how religion works

[@DanielSanchezOjalvo]

What can I say..I do Christmas with my dad's family, I do Hanukkah + Yom Kippur with my mom's side and I put all my faith in science. Jewish and Catholic for me are more about heritage and rituals

[@Trolovinski]

+Daniel Sanchez Ojalvo I guess you can say it's your heritage

[@islandgirlxx3465]

Dad:Venezuela Mom:Aruba Dad side: Abuelo:Spain Abuela:Guajira/Trinidadian Mom side: Abuelo:the Netherlands Abuela:Madeira Me: Aruba

[@sophiphia3137]

I was born in Germany, my mum comes from Bolivia but the family comes from Spain, I life 4 Years in Argentina and the family of my dad comes from Russia and Poland... I am Confused....

[@AMelvin]

Sophi Fee LOL! I would be confused too!

[@oswaldbolcke3127]

why are u confused. you're white now living in the Homeland (Europe) I think you're just a dipshit .

[@marythe00001]

If only our ancestors would have been more like trees and less like birds... XD they were flying everywhere (in my case every other decade) and now we are confused as f*ck XD LOL

[@trinitybailey6222]

Me to my family is so mix

[@vastikaladelbarrio]

100% Mexican. 100% from San Luis Potosí. Even though my mom is from Monterrey, all of my grandparents are from SLP. But I was practically raised in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. And that's as far as my knowledge of my ethnic background goes.

[@beatriz3367]

No such thing as 100% anything. You most likely have Spanish or Portuguese ancestry, judging by your last name.

[@vastikaladelbarrio]

I said I don't have much information on my ethnic background. The most that I know is that my natural last name should be Villa but it's not because of some strange family drama about 4 generations back.

[@beatriz3367]

***** My grandfather was from Portugal. We do have this name. There is even an island in the Azores named Flores

[@CrisGoatmez]

Lucas Gabriel, you being Brazilian doesn't really validate any statements you make about Portugal lol. My last name is Guzman, my father was Portuguese... they DO have Spanish-like last names in Portugal.

[@beatriz3367]

Del Barrio is Spanish but her other last name is Flores so she could be Portuguese as well. Flores is Spanish and Portuguese. Also where you live has nothing to do with it. Portuguese people have migrated all over the place

[@themaik101]

Mexican 🇲🇽 with parts from 44% native, 27 Spanish 🇪🇸, 13% British 🇬🇧, 4% European Jewish 🇮🇱, 2% Italy/Greece 🇮🇹🇬🇷, 4% Armenian 🇦🇲, etc.

[@espanaxclutch2x818]

Mexican Portuguese Spanish Roman Catholic

[@joaofaria3966]

FrzYSevereNinja ay we share the Portuguese factor 😂😋

[@juanmanuelcastrillon3585]

Colombian - Colombian with a Colombian heritage from my grand grandfather and my 17 aunts

[@juanmanuelcastrillon3585]

Oh, but my surname is Spanish

[@racheldli8626]

wait wait!... 17 aunts!?!?!?!? how!?!? what!?!? i am baffled

[@hachehache]

I think all of our surnames are spanish... Unless a person has a native last name like Farinango (Ecuador) or Muelas or something of the sort, but if it's not native, than it's spanish... No?

[@koodddy]

or if someones mixed with European, Asian, or African heritage^

[@racheldli8626]

i am european and asian

[@abel-2210]

She kept shifting her rings in this video. It's a ring identity crisis..couldn't figure out which finger it's suppose to be from since it fits on so many! There are levels to this shit lol

[@ephh89]

🙄😂😂

[@analou3357]

I identify as an Injewfilip (Indian mom, Spanish Jew/Filipino father) from the Rainforest of P.R..😄.. Oh and 1/2 of us in the fam are Chinese Puerto Ricans. Family reunions looked like the line at an international airport...

I identify as a Chilean who likes chocolate.

[@jakedelacuesta6760]

Spanish-American-with-Jewish-last-name-because-grandfather-was-adopted.

[@ronzac55]

I'm Chinese, born in Indonesia have a surname that doesn't sound Chinese or Indonesian at all.

[@ronzac55]

oh and i'm Christian.

[@shivambhatt2724]

I'm just Indian. I feel boring lol

[@kennedythedford9102]

Shivam Bhatt Being Indian is still cool.

[@mercyfulflames]

Shivam Bhatt nah that's really cool

[@taopanda98]

You shouldnt!! Indian culture is so beautiful.Greetings from Mexico!

[@abhib8501]

Shivam Bhatt what language/ state? I am Telugu, parents from Andhra Pradesh and i live in the USA

[@shami5enwow]

Shivam Bhatt Less boring than being white lol

[@cassandrea9091]

Canadian born , mom is from Chile but her ancestors came from Spain and Italy , my dad is from Ecuador and his ancestors were Portuguese and German .... I'm Roman Catholic , but I look middle eastern or even Indian I look like I'm from any were my boyfriend is Pakistani Muslim

[@carlcast1286]

Sorry you effing Chilean no such thing as Spaniard

[@mariavictoriaperezdiaz3590]

Joanna, you should be Venezuela's National treasure next to Catherine Fulop, the "Reina Pepiada" arepa and the national anthem. We love you!

[@katherine630]

I'm Dominican, born in Dominican Republic, Italian last name, Irish grandmother, Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and German cousins. Father is tailored, mother is Spanish, grandfather has both Spanish and Italian roots. My family currently lives in Sweden, Poland, Germany, Boston, Florida, Pennsylvania, new York, new Jersey, Quebec, and Barcelona. Ohhh identity.

[@katherine630]

Father is taino

[@MagdaAlina94]

Daaaamn! Awesome

[@elisapasanisi7886]

Lol my last name is Italian I'm Dutch and I speak with a british accent confused? (Yes I'm from a British and Italian descent)

[@dirtmanrock5428]

nog geen nederlands geleerd?

[@aduarte8057]

Elisa Pasanisi do you live in Britain??? Because if you don't then you don't speak with a British accent because that's not how they work!

[@CLEANDrumCovers]

I'm Puerto-... Rican?

[@Nonsa]

I see what you did there.

[@jessegarcia32]

I'm gay (and Asian) is, and I can almost argue that the LGBT community, for some reason, are obsessed with identity, and I don't get it. It wouldn't be that different if I were straight, because we all have a complicated mix of issues. Wouldn't be so boring if all I am is a sexuality, and that's all I talk about???

[@kohlinoor]

Yep. Yep yep yep. You hit the nail on the head there. I'm also LGTBQ but I try not to let it define me. Life would be pretty boring otherwise!

[@alen_egret5815]

YES! I am gay, super gay, happily gay, but that is just a little part of who I am.

[@Calarat]

YES!!! FUCKING YES. These world has a huge problem with sex and the worst part is they are including love. I like women, my brother like men, WHO THE HELL CARES? why gay people need some special treatment? why straight people are better? Why are we giving a social importance to some bissnes that should be only between two people? (well maybe 3 or 4, I don't judge)

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

So true! That's why I say I'm not proud of being gay. I'm as proud of being gay as I am of having one nose.

[@booyah2217]

Yeah I totally agree.

[@alakomachado9680]

Nigerian- Portuguese Brazilian Catholic Family but I'm candomblecist (afrobrazilian religion That resambles Santeria and Voodoo).

[@dguajardo2756]

Arab-italian-spanish-french-irish-ireland-german-british background but I'm mexican

[@blasianbonita2271]

I'm Ecuadorian but I'm white, black, Latino and Asian. I was born in Ecuador but I live in Russia jajajaja I feel so weird

[@MrsGabbagabba]

Mother: French + Spanish born in Venezuela. Grandmother (M): French + German Grandfather (M): Catalan + Valencian (there's a difference) Dad: Venezuelan Grandmother (D): Venezuela + "negra" Grandfather: Venezuela + Spanish Me: A whole lot of goodness

[@hollyelements9505]

Otra Venezolana! 😄🇻🇪

[@marionabargallo6767]

Wowww, i'm Catalan!

[@FelipeAllison]

I'm brazilian and here we are so mixed that it's weird to hear when you say "I'm half this and half that", here we just say "I'm brazilian (eu sou brasileiro) and thats ok, we don't know exactly what are our roots, we just know that there are brazilians the came from everywhere, we are brazilians and that's it.

[@natanyat4901]

Really? Most Brazilians that I know think about their race as much as Americans do.

[@FelipeAllison]

I've never met anyone who talk about this.

[@natanyat4901]

Felipe Allison Interesting. The Brazilians that I know are very focused on skin color, hair curl pattern, ancestral race and class. I don't know that many so maybe it is just the ones that I meet.

[@FelipeAllison]

We can ser that we have a lot of Black People living in Bahia state and a lot of White peole in south but it's a historical matter, back in the past The northeast region was The ritchiest and was the slavery age so there are more Black People here, later we see The change of slavery to work as we have today and People move from another countries like Germany, Japan, then we are mixed but still with "racial gettos" but they are realy far from what exist in USA, here we hang out with other People, we say anything about each other, of course we have some rules about how to behave but it's cool. Sorry my english, I'm learning 😃

[@brunodevesa5429]

What he means to say is, we don't keep track of our heritage. I don't know anyone here who knows what fraction of what race they have. Race here is only related to color, light skinned people wouldn't say they're black even if their grandparents were and vice-versa. Which shows how this race talk is just huge bullshit we humans keep insisting on.

[@lavitorroja2632]

i'm Chilean , that's the only thing i identify as. i'm an atheist and most of my family is catholic (and my dad is a panteist) , i have french , german, english and mostly spanish surnames in my family tree so i'm white , but is probably that i have some native american blood somewhere because half of the population does , based on statistics. if i go to the states i will be classified as Hispanic and Latino, but those terms are poorly done.

[@natanyat4901]

Reading between the lines, I see that you have preference for your presumed European ancestry and disregard for your possible native ancestry. Most "Latinos/Hispanics" consider that label to be an honor. Not when others label us as such but when we embrace our culture. It is separate from race as there can also be Arab and Asian Latinos who have none of the typical triracial heritage. You can do a DNA test. You may actually find out that you are 100% European. Some Chileans are!

[@lavitorroja2632]

+Natanya Tavares nope , i don't feel any honour or shame towards my european or suppossed native american heritage . it doesn't make sense to be proud of something that comes inherently with you , it's like being proud of having blue eyes. i am just curious about my family and i discovered where do they come from. i have considered doing one of those tests too , but as far as i know they don't do them here ):

[@lavitorroja2632]

+Natanya Tavares also , i know that latino and Hispanic aren't races , where did you get that i didn't know that ?

[@natanyat4901]

***** I didn't say that. I am not arguing with you- just telling you what I read from what you wrote. You write "Supposed" native american" for example. Your feelings are clear. But, you may well be pure European. I am just saying that there isn't anything wrong with being "Mestizo". Take care.

[@lavitorroja2632]

+Natanya Tavares i know that. i never intended to say that native american blood is bad. i was trying to say that for me is unclear ,maybe unexisting.

[@Rasfa]

Italian-Portuguese-Lebanese-German-English-Brazilian-Jewish-Catholic-Protestant

[@jasminarrazola2592]

Minecraft Village at 0:43 seconds

[@jonatanborowicz]

wow, I didn't even notice

[@jasminarrazola2592]

+SkyBlue It is though, the church building, the blacksmiths building

[@jcnot9712]

Wait, I'm confused. It's splash art, so it doesn't look at all like Minecraft to me either.

[@MsMadLemon]

I think what Jasmin probably means is that it resembles a Minecraft village. To me it does anyway.

[@natalialopez2948]

In my humble opinion, I think that there's no sense to say that you're half sweeden (for example) from your grandmother's side although you don't have any idea about that culture and then present yourself as such in a spontaneous conversation. That is to say, if you're in contact with your sweeden roots it's more logical to mention it because this fact directly affects in your life, in other words, it's important because it's a part of you. And apologize my English, I'm learning!

[@antoniodefreitas4396]

I am a Catholic-american-peruvian-chinese-puertorican

[@antoniodefreitas4396]

oh mixed kid problems

[@entertain7us148]

soooo there is a difference between - your race (skin colour) - your nationality (country of origin and/or citizenship) - your culture (family, tradition, community, etc.) - your background (combination of the race, nationality and culture of your parents and their parents and so on). - your personal identity (whichever of these/combo of these factors you most identify with and have become part of your personality) Humans are complicated which is why it makes no sense to categorise them with 1 racialised term. oh, and there's also your religion

[@ronaldogalvan9658]

Dominican-Spanish Yeah, its boring.

[@natanyat4901]

Not boring at all. You probably are mixed with three different races and speak at least two languages, right?

[@natalialopez2948]

+Natanya T exactly, I'm from Majorca and I speak two languages (which one of them is catalan) and in addition in Spain there are many different cultures, and it goes without saying that dominican culture and majorcan culture are very different from each other

[@vexusdubok9408]

argentinian with spanish, uruguayan and amerindian heritage on my mom side and italian, french and probably libanese heritage on my dad side.

[@vexusdubok9408]

fully catholic on both my mom and my dad side, i forgot to add.

[@sapointi]

finally a Latino claiming their Amerindian heritage. I'm Ecuadorian and cuban. my Ecuadorian grandfather speaks Quechua. sad not many people claim our indigenous heritage while white and black Americans are always talking about their supposed native ancestry which is often not even real

[@BurnRoddy]

Maybe because heritage is very subjective it's part of a journey of discovery. The whole Something-Something thing is kind of dull if you think about it. The people who shape your perception of things and the world around you are your family and your peers. that perception changes with every new generation even WITHOUT migration so ultimately what keeps communities glued together is national law. IE instead of calling someone Mexican-American which is a word that makes no sense call that person American of Mexican heritage or Mexican living under American law. That would make things much easier for everyone. Now I'm Uruguayan so let's take Afro-Uruguayo for example. They call themselves afro-something just because they are black, skin color doesn't translates to culture. Not to mention it's a vague definition because it doesn't even mention the region of Africa where the person's ancestry came from. My former girlfriend is black and she saw herself as a black, never associating her identity with her skin color. Being part native myself, I never got the whole Something-Something thing. I'm Uruguayo or Oriental and that's it. The rest of it, my ethnicity, is in a sense equally important because is just the past, not what I am today. I'm not the same person I was a day ago, not even a minute ago, let alone being the same forever. I feel equally connected to my Italian roots than to my native blood even though I also have Spanish, Portuguese and French-Basque heritage but if I had to define my ancestry I'd do so like Trump does and say I'm of Charruan ancestry. That's because there's little people with Charruan blood in Uruguay and that's what stands out about my past, kind of like a shortcut, but it ain't something that defines my identity, as if I should call myself Charrua-Uruguayo. No, I'm Oriental or Uruguayo, my fiends and family sum up my identity but even that doesn't define me as a person, what ultimately defines us are our actions. That's the reason why many Latin people say they are from some place or the other it's their short cuts.

[@sapointi]

BurnRoddy great reply really best result I've ever received in a very long time. Thanks for giving your perspective hermano very true.

[@BurnRoddy]

Sapa Inti Epa! Que pasó hermano? No se me decaiga. Bueno acá en Uruguay hay muy pocos descendientes de charrúas pero le aseguro que si visita Paraguay o Peru va a encontrar muchísimos hermanos orgullosos de su pasado nativo.

[@ChileHT]

half english half chilean ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@agent9809]

I like the Chilean culture and The country Chile

[@ChileHT]

agent me too, it is a very beautiful country and culture :)

[@retardosaurusrex360]

I'm the same. I've never met another half English half Chilean before though (except my bother lol)

[@agent9809]

never stop speaking English , in America Spanish speakers do not learn English in a lifetime. the American government and public sees them as stupid because they are not capable of learning so they stay poor their entire lives plus ignorant.

[@agent9809]

Europeans ( non English speaking ) learn English , Asians , Africans , pacific islanders learn English. all but or expect latin americans and they do not or refuse to go to college or a tech school thumbs up on your behalf

[@lolmakeupxo]

I was born in America but I am Israeli Mizphrate Jewish( Middle Eastern Jewish) Native American Polish Russian Irish Italian. I was raised Catholic and Jewish.

[@matthewsanabria762]

Colombian-Brazilian-German-African-American

[@blancabernal1423]

I was born in Mexico but I am 3rd generation Mexican Italian on my mother’s side and my fathers father side is Sephardic you know Jews from Spain 🤷🏻‍♀️ so I’m Mexican-Italian-Jewish 🤷🏻‍♀️ oh but I live in Texas 😂

[@joeblow5996]

Portuguese-Irish-north African-german, who speaks spanish english and korean

[@politicallyincorrectbeing8201]

where from north africa??

[@isabelabastos9542]

I was so afraid Joanna would say french fries were invented in France. My heart skipped !!!!!!

[@Kristy770]

English-Scottish-Irish-Ulster Scot-Welsh-Dutch...Just a white girl. White AF.

[@lizonyuh2290]

Nothing wrong w that they all have interesting culturers and histories

[@yuliarmoreno2829]

I was born in Cuba but I live in the US my grandpa is Indian and my grandma is Jewish but I identifie as Christian

[@pueblorock911]

American-Mexican who is for voting for Trump.

[@Trolovinski]

idiot

[@leena4828]

You've let all brown people down. Not even just Mexicans, daug.

[@Trolovinski]

Look at the playlist he has called "race". Of course he's voting for Trump because he is racist.

[@DanRodriguez1]

Please get the hell out of here...you're not allowed to hang out with the cool kids...(hope you're kidding)

[@Trolovinski]

+John Trolovinski Oh and I missed the "White Privilege" playlist. Obvious racist is obvious.

[@pablolimo8481]

I know where my ancestors are from but I only identify as a human, do we seriously need to label ourselves?

[@TOTENPLATZ]

That's exactly the point, for me, identity, usually means stupidity , who cares, we all are just human beings to happen to live in the same planet, in a huge ( really huge) universe, so..what about Earth identity..sounds better no?, the true fact it's doesn't matter our skin color or where be are born, our blood it's always, always red..and that is a fact..

[@santibaritone]

I'm also a human, crazy coincidence

[@brandonlivega]

Missing the point, I don't believe what Joanna was trying to say was that labels will necesarily limit us, but instead to empower us. It's up to each person I guess. Either way, sure, you can call yourself a Cosmopolitan, but is it a sin to add more labels to it? I don't think so.

[@lisalentine1557]

I'm distant Italian-German-English-Ethiopian. But I'm 'Murican.

[@rodrigonovocastillo9813]

Why deos this channel hate Spain? Most Latinos come from Spain and I haven't seen any video in this channel talking about Spain or spanishs

[@popcorn1304]

Not talking about Spain doesn't necessarily mean they hate it but I see your point. From what I gathered I think this s a channel focused on the Hispanic countries in central and south america :)

[@bussyoperator5042]

Europeans aren't latino

[@laurensHD]

Most Spanish people are very racist. I don't think Flama has a lot audience there.

[@michelledelgado42]

There are some parts of Spain that are racist but most of us aren't

[@joseaparici]

+laurensHD That's false. Maybe years ago because seeing foreigners here was rare until some years ago but I have seen more racism among Latin-Americans themselves than in Spanish people (haven't you heard "negro" expression for low status people in Argentinians, f.e.?)

[@geneviveangel]

Moms side- Irish-Finnish-Swedish-English-Choctaw-German-Czech. Dad's side- Irish-Spanish-French-Cherokee-English... Me.. Complicated-white-heinz 57 sauce-American-Christain?

[@kohlinoor]

You do you, girlfriend.

[@natanyat4901]

White? No. Cherokee and Choctaw were listed. Not White.

[@geneviveangel]

+Natanya Tavares the native american in me is very small. im more northern European then anything

[@natanyat4901]

DeLanea Gilbert Ok. Cool.

[@sapointi]

I'm so damn tired of white and black Americans claiming to have native ancestry when it's usually under 5% while the vast majority of Latinos are anywhere from 25-100% indigenous and you don't hear any of us talking about it. I'm a proud Ecuadorian and I am very proud to be a quarter indigenous Ecuadorian genetically and I am very proud to have a grandfather who speaks Quechua! Latinos need to stand up and start being proud of our indigenous American heritage not only because of the fact that it makes up a big part of our genetic makeup but also because of how much influence our indigenous ancestors had on our cultures! it's the food we eat the way we speak our indigenous roots are a part of who we are SPEAK UP SEAS ORGULLOSO MI GENTE

[@Tobeler927]

100% German

[@LhizJordn]

boring ....... but HOT

[@ppgollo]

Probably with Roman-Germanic-Hispania-Mongol Roots. Who Knows?

[@thomasrivera8626]

so... your aryan?

[@Tobeler927]

Thomas Rivera depends on what you see as aryan. I don´t have blond hair or blue eys

[@thomasrivera8626]

Paul Toster ohhhhh okay I didn't know it "had" to be blonde with blue eyes. Thanks

[@booyah2217]

Colombian who was born in American…that's it…that's all I know…my mom won't tell me anything else.

[@sapointi]

get a DNA test

[@TsukiNekota]

Just google both of your last names origins, your mother's too.

[@booyah2217]

+Tsuki Nekota Alright…thanks for the advice.

[@hachehache]

Were you raised in Colombia?

[@booyah2217]

+Hache Rodriguez No…so I guess I just have Colombian descent. Oops I was wrong.😁

[@osmanvargas7921]

So im mexican-American with an old English first name a Portuguese middle name and a Spanish last name my name is Osman Antonio Vargas

[@jonatanborowicz]

I thought Antonio was a spanish name, not portugese o.o My spanish teacher´s name is Antonio, and he´s from the Canary Islands.

[@beatriz3367]

I'm from the Canary Islands as well! Where do you live?

[@bjk_manutd5238]

Osman is also turkish or arabic :)

[@mariomend6480]

Antonio is also a spanish name.

[@jonatanborowicz]

Beatriz Sweden, it's just my Spanish teacher that is from Tenerife.

[@AwimbOwehTv]

Nigerian born - raised in England for a bit - lived in Asia - lived in Scotland - Brazilian - Pentecostal - from Muslim backgrounds - Black - Afro-Latino kid

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

My ancestors came from all over the British Isles, Germany, France, Austria, Scandinavia, and possibly other nearby parts of Europe. I'm an American who was born in Washington, but have lived most of my life in Oklahoma. I have also lived briefly in 7 other states. Plus, I spent 3 months living in South Korea.

[@agustinamagpie]

Argentinean-Spanish-French-Celt-Catholic-Evangelist-Therewasawitchancestortoo-Buddhist-Huarpe-Latina

[@loiniksw]

Im Basque

[@loiniksw]

we've been here for a while

[@LautFErrotabere]

OMG! My great-grandparents were Basque.

[@loiniksw]

Lauti F Errotabere yeah! I can tell by your last name, it means windmill in basque

[@joshuasamaniego5583]

I'm part Basque :)

[@loiniksw]

wow! more basque people than i expected, that's great!

[@camiladanzinger8346]

chilean-spanish-austrian living in qatar hi

[@vanessadelagarza3885]

On my mom's side: Spanish/Catalonyan/French/Irish/Mexican. On my dad's side: Spanish/Basque/Mexican Now I am: Catalonyan/Basque/French/Irish/Mexican/Transgender/marriedtoarussian/Catholic/browneyed.

[@rebecallanes253]

Mexican- Nicaraguan American

[@adioshra]

Israeli white transqueer person. My grandparents are from Poland, Germany and Romania. But I consume mostly American culture so I speak English fluently and wanna move there some day.

[@aduarte8057]

Joy Darling we don't want freaks like you!

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

A Duarte805 i want! there is no we xd

[@eduardoperez1429]

American- Guatemalan- Spanish- Mayan- Aztec- Lebanese- French- Italian

[@Mac-nx1hg]

I was born in Texas but my mom and dad are Mexican and Italian

[@foxiflakes8245]

Brazilian-Cuban-French-Canadian-Portuguese-Spanish-Catalan-Italian-Dutch-Afrikaans-Greek-German-English-Scottish-Irish-Berber-Arab-Bantu-Scandanavian-Finnish American Catholic also I speak English,Spanish,and Portuguese and I'm currently making plans to move to New Zealand which will definitely change up my family tree a bit

[@unanimousnoneyobusiness2994]

I am catholic-Mexican-American-German-Russian-Cherokee-apache-Cuban-British-southern? Is southern a race anyway-south African-Indian-Arab. My full name is long as fuck

[@valesid6929]

I'm English, Jamacian, Guyanese, Venezuelan, Uruguayan, Spanish (Spain) and Dominican (dr), Native American and Peruvian. ~ I just tell ppl I'm Venezuelan and Jamaican 😂 because I have a lot of family from both countries

[@abbiredden5978]

This is an old video but I don’t care...I look white so when people ask me what my background is, I just shrug because I don’t want to have to justify and prove “what I am” and I don’t like the “oh really? U look white” comments after I tell them I’m quite mixed. I’m German, Native American, Aboriginal (Australian), Scottish, Mexican and Irish.

[@judna1]

I'm catalan-mediterrian-european, I was born in Barcelona, but my great grandmas are from andalusia (Cadiz and Córdoba), so I'm a caucasian-semitic. I also have family from Valencia (best known for the tradicional plate: PAELLA). I think I'm part french and maybe part italian as well, but I'm not sure because they're distant cousins. My name is hebro-jewish but I'm cristian (evangelic, not catholic). My surname Navarro, that would seem that comes from Navarra, actually is a valencian surname. And my second surname is greek. So there we go, I'm a hifen person as well😅

[@giomyv685]

I identify as a Hispanic/Latino with family from Puerto Rico and Spanish, African, and Native American in blood. (Which are the general races Puerto Rican's are mixed with) I call myself Puerto Rican even though I wasn't born in Puerto Rico because, I AM Puerto Rican, all of my family are from, born and raised, in Puerto Rico. So though my nationality isn't Puerto Rican, I am still Puerto Rican in blood, and always will be! And I love my culture!

[@patriciagiralt910]

Canadian by birth, Cuban by blood, VENEZUELAN by heart and American by choice. I have two sons: one is half Colombian and the other one is half Argentinian. Joanna thanks for helping teach my American friends about our latino culture. You should be hosting Saturday Night Life... You are the best!