re: Why do so many southern areas refer to themselves as americans on ancestry surveys?

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I was born in America. My parents were born in America. Their parents were born in America, and their parents as well.

How many fricking generations back have to be born here before I can call myself an American?

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Good point.

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Maybe they don’t know their ancestry

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This is probably the correct answer.

I feel like farthest degree of separation you should call yourself another nationality is if your parents were born in that country.

If your parents were born here then what connection do you have to that other country.

I have German ancestry. But the last people in my family born in Germany are my great grandparents. I'm not a German.

I don't know man, I'm a quarter Polish and my grandfather's name was Zigmont and his last name ended in "ski." Kinda hard to ignore

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all answer it like you'd expect. Where your ANCESTORS LEFT to come here./

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But where did their ancestors leave from? I guess we should all say Africa.

Are we talking about heritage or nationality?

I read about this but can’t recall the exact answer. I do remember it has to do with the government labeling this region.

Looks like a lot of those in the survey were responding with heritage and not nationality (Except AA since they're protected).

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It isn't. My parents are from New England but I grew up in the south. Northeasterners clearly value/focus on their ethnic heritage in a different way than Southerners.

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Well, guess I'm American till I die. The least I should do.

It's odd that people consider themselves Irish or Italian or whatever, when they've never been and don't speak a lick of the language.

Just imagine telling an actual Italian person that you're Italian. They will laugh at you.