Canadians have these brainworms too from my experience. The Americas have the rich immigrant history but the US and Canada have that unique Anglo racism involving stuff like the one drop rule and blood quantams. They do this all the time with indigenous cultures. White and black Americans usually claim Cherokee or Choctaw with a very dubious story of a Native American ancestor. The latino ones do it with the same four tribes in Latin America out of several hundred.

I define being part of a nationality or ethnic group as having been raised in it. It’s something you’re born into and that can be a hard pill to swallow for those that want to connect with their roots and think it’s as easy as joining cultural groups. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t able to look into it if it really makes them curious. I just hate it when they claim to carry traits from various countries because of their weird “blood” system.