re: #255 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I never understood modifying your behavior to fit your biological lineage. I don’t care if a blood test tomorrow showed that I am 100% Chinese; I identify as a Scottish-Irish American from Revolutionary stock, and I intend to keep drinking whiskey and playing the goddamn bagpipes until I’m dead and gone. It’s my identity, regardless of what my actual bloodline may be. It works for gender identity, why not for historical nationality?

There was a neat story about a woman. She tested herself and found out she was half Jewish. She had no idea. Eventually she found out her father was swapped out at birth, so thus a Jewish-American was raised Irish-Catholic and an Irish-Catholci was raised Jewish. They both embraced their heritage. On a much more darker story, I’ve read about two twins where one was raised a Nazi and the other Jewish. I do identify with my culture but I wouldn’t stop changing what I’ve eaten, my personality, if my results changed. I’m going to eat pierogis, listen to trad Irish music, and down German beer. I do think I have some what are regarded as Irish traits though. Love to tell a story.