Talk:American ancestry

Many United States citizens who can trace their ancestry back to the American colonial period consider themselves to be ethnically American.

Many United States citizens who can trace their ancestry back to the American colonial period consider themselves to be ethnically American.

This sounds like a guess by the writer of the article. It seems to me a more likely guess that people who can't trace their lineage back to anywhere outside the United States would consider themselves ethnically American. Or there may be a lot of people who can trace their ancestry back but don't consider it particularly relevant since every relative they ever met was born and raised in America. Or perhaps they can trace their ancestry back but a large number of countries and thus consider their ancestry to be "typical American mutt". Readin (talk) 21:18, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

From English American article:

According to 2000 U.S census data, Americans claiming English descent form the third largest European ancestry group after German Americans and Irish Americans. However, demographers regard this as a massive undercount as the index of inconsistency is high, and people from English stock have a tendency to identify simply as Americans [2][3][4] or, if of mixed European ancestry, nominate a more recent and differentiated ethnic group.[5] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.15.178.177 (talk) 01:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

The only people who are ethnic americans

Are Native Americans. If these stupid white rednecks thick of themselves as ethnically American, well then that's just BS because they come from Europe and belong there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.246.66.77 (talk) 23:57, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Wrong

"An individual's nationality is American if he or she is a citizen of the United States of America." By Law - An individual's nationality is U.S. Citizen if he or she is a citizen of the United States of America.

As a Canadian Citizen, I would like to add that I am American by virtue of America, but, a Canadian Citizen by Law. American(Can) (talk) 10:32, 6 June 2009 (UTC)